FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 JULY 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | MVM |
| Lat/Long: | 44-42-11.2000N / 067-28-43.0000W
44-42.186667N / 067-28.716667W
44.7031111 / -67.4786111
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 96 ft. / 29.3 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 19W (1985) |
| From city: | 1 mile SW of MACHIAS, ME |
| Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 04654 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Sectional chart: | HALIFAX |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | BOSTON CENTER |
| FSS: | BANGOR FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | BGR (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 18/36 AND REIL RY 36 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
- APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY BOSTON ARTCC ON FREQS 124.25/290.50 (SAINT ALBANS RCAG).
- CLNC DLVY THRU BANGOR AFSS (BGR) ON FREQ 122.5.
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| PNNr187/38.8 | | PRINCETON VOR/DME | | 114.30 | | 21W |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| EASTPORT | | 257/23.5 | | 260 | | 19W | | EPM | . .--. -- |
Airport Services
| Parking: | tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | NONE |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 18/36
| Dimensions: | 2909 x 60 ft. / 887 x 18 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity
RY CNTRLN AND NUMBERS FADED. |
| Runway edge markings: | RY MARKINGS FADED. |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
| Latitude: | 44-42.406850N | | 44-41.966283N |
| Longitude: | 067-28.847167W | | 067-28.584683W |
| Elevation: | 96.0 ft. | | 70.3 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.9% DOWN | | 0.9% UP |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 176 magnetic, 157 true | | 356 magnetic, 337 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in poor condition | | nonprecision, in poor condition |
| Runway end identifier lights: | no | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | no, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 30 ft. trees, 210 ft. from runway, 75 ft. right of centerline
RY 18 HAS +8 FT BRUSH 150 FT- 200 FT FM END OF RY, 150 FT - 200 FT L OF CNTRLN. | | 46 ft. trees, 240 ft. from runway, 230 ft. left of centerline
RY 36 HAS +20 FT TREES 108 FT FM END OF RY, 90 FT L OF CNTRLN. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | TOWN OF MACHIAS
P.O. BOX 418
MACHIAS, ME 04654
Phone 207-255-8683 |
| Manager: | BETSY FITZGERALD
TOWN OFFICES
MACHIAS, ME 04654
Phone 207-255-6621
TOWN MANAGER |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 9 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 9 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 31/week * | | 50% | transient general aviation | | 50% | local general aviation | | * for 12-month period ending 13 August 2008 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | DEER & WILDLIFE ON & INVOF ARPT. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 04 June 2009 at 0901Z and 02 July 2009 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 36 | |
download (172KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (42KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KEPM - Eastport Municipal Airport (23 nm NE)
KPNN - Princeton Municipal Airport (30 nm N)
KBHB - Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport (41 nm W)
KOLD - Dewitt Field, Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base (53 nm W)
KBGR - Bangor International Airport (58 nm W)
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| Aerial photo |
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 05-Jul-2009
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(UTC-4) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 04:15 | | 08:15 |
| Sunrise | | 04:52 | | 08:52 |
| Sunset | | 20:17 | | 00:17 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 20:54 | | 00:54 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 05-Jul-2009 05:16:52 |
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| Local (UTC-4) | 05-Jul-2009 01:16:52 |
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| METAR |
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CWSS
31nm N | 050400Z AUTO 25001KT 15/15 RMK AO1 6007 SLP010 T01490146 50032
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KBHB
41nm W | 050455Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM BKN075 OVC100 15/14 A2966 RMK AO1 P0001
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CWPE
48nm NE | 050400Z AUTO 22002KT 11/11 RMK AO1 SLP016 T01130110 56007
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| TAF |
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KBHB
41nm W | 042321Z 0500/0524 22006KT P6SM VCTS SCT015CB BKN035 OVC100 TEMPO 0500/0504 5SM -SHRA BR OVC012 FM050400 29008KT P6SM VCSH SCT020 BKN035 FM050800 31009G15KT P6SM BKN035 OVC100 FM051500 31012G20KT P6SM SCT050 BKN120 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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