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KMVM Machias Valley Airport
Machias, Maine, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 SEPTEMBER 2008

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

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
  • 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
PNNr187/38.8PRINCETON VOR/DME114.3021W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
MACHIASat field25119WMVM -- ...- --
EASTPORT257/23.526019WEPM . .--. --

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: 
Single wheel: 12.5
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 44-42.406850N44-41.966283N
Longitude: 067-28.847167W067-28.584683W
Elevation: 96.0 ft.70.3 ft.
Gradient: 0.9% DOWN0.9% UP
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 176 magnetic, 157 true356 magnetic, 337 true
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Runway end identifier lights: noyes
Touchdown point: no, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 27 ft. trees, 245 ft. from runway, 60 ft. right of centerline, 1:1 slope to clear30 ft. trees, 460 ft. from runway, 40 ft. left of centerline, 8:1 slope to clear

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: TOWN MANAGER
TOWN OFFICES
MACHIAS, ME 04654
Phone 207-255-6621

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 9
Single engine airplanes: 9
    
Aircraft operations: avg 31/week *
50% transient general aviation
50% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 July 2006

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 25 September 2008 at 0901Z and 23 October 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 36   download (172KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums 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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From to KMVM

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 14-Oct-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:1710:17
Sunrise06:4610:46
Sunset17:4521:45
Evening civil twilight18:1522:15

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  14-Oct-2008 11:26:12
Local (UTC-4)  14-Oct-2008 07:26:12
 
METAR
CWSS 
31nm N 
141100Z AUTO 00000KT M01/M01 RMK AO1 SLP253 T10081008 56006
KBHB 
41nm W 
141115Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC035 08/06 A3031 RMK AO1
CWPE 
48nm NE 
141100Z AUTO 01002KT 03/03 RMK AO1 SLP256 T00290026 55002
TAF
KBHB 
41nm W 
141017Z 141006 18006KT P6SM BKN035 FM1600 19012G18KT P6SM BKN035 FM0200 21010G20KT P6SM SCT025 BKN045 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND
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