AirNav: ME16 - Loring International Airport

ME16

Loring International Airport
Limestone, Maine, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 09 JULY 2026

Location

FAA Identifier:	ME16
Lat/Long:	46-57-01.5400N 067-53-09.1000W 46-57.025667N 067-53.151667W 46.9504278,-67.8858611 (estimated)
Elevation:	746 ft. / 227.4 m (surveyed)
Variation:	21W (1985)
From city:	3 miles NW of LIMESTONE, ME
Time zone:	UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code:	04750

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date:	10/1997
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	BOSTON CENTER
FSS:	BANGOR FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Pattern altitude:	1900 ft. MSL RECTANGULAR TPA: 1154 FT AGL; OVHD TPA: 1654 FT AGL.
Wind indicator:	yes
Segmented circle:	no
International operations:	CSTMS-CIV-ENTER NO OF CIV OPERNS RQR CSTMS IN RMRKS SECT OF DD 175.

Airport Communications

UNICOM:	123.0
WX ASOS at CAR (7 nm SW):	135.125 (207-544-7089)
WX AWOS-3PT at PQI (17 nm SW):	118.025 (207-764-7248)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
PQIr060/13.6		PRESQUE ISLE VOR/DME		116.40		21W

Airport Services

Parking:	hangars
Bottled oxygen:	NONE

Runway Information

Runway 1/19

Dimensions:

12101 x 300 ft. / 3688 x 91 m

Surface:

asphalt/concrete/grooved, in fair condition
CONC PTNS OF RWY GROOVED 70 FT EITHER SIDE OF CNTRLN.

Weight bearing capacity:

Single wheel:	155.0
Double wheel:	265.0
Double tandem:	445.0

Runway edge lights:

non-standard
NON-STD HIRL DUE TO NO THR LGTS; NO EDGE LGTS AT TWY INTXNS; NO AMBER LENSES LAST 2000 FT EACH RWY END.

Runway edge markings:

RWY 01/19 NON-STD MARKINGS; MILITARY PIR MARKINGS BOTH ENDS; EDGE STRIPES LCTD 70 FT EITHER SIDE OF CNTRLN ; RWY 01 MARKINGS FADED.

RUNWAY 1

RUNWAY 19

Latitude:

46-56.059333N

46-57.997000N

Longitude:

067-52.786833W

067-53.452333W

Elevation:

745.8 ft.

744.1 ft.

Traffic pattern:

left

Markings:

NSTD, in poor condition

Visual slope indicator:

12-box VASI (3.00 degrees glide path)
OTS INDEFLY.

Approach lights:

ALSF1: standard 2,400 foot high intensity approach lighting system with centerline sequenced flashers (category I)
OTS INDEFLY.

Runway end identifier lights:

Touchdown point:

yes, no lights

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Privately-owned
Owner:	LORING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 154 DEVELOPMENT DRIVE - SUITE F LIMESTONE, ME 04750 Phone 207-328-7005
Manager:	LORING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 154 DEVELOPMENT DRIVE - SUITE F LIMESTONE, ME 04750 Phone 207-328-7005

Additional Remarks

-	DAY VFR ONLY.
-	FOR CD CTC BOSTON ARTCC AT 603-879-6859.
-	CTN: EXP STANDING WATER ON RWY APRX 3000 FT FM N END OF RWY 01/19 DURG SUBSEQUENT PDS OF PRECIPITATION.
-	LARGE BIRDS & MAMMALS INVOF RWY.
-	1000 FT BY 300 FT PAVED OVRN AT EACH RWY END.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at ME16.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KCAR - Caribou Municipal Airport (7 nm SW)
KPQI - Presque Isle International Airport (17 nm SW)
KFVE - Northern Aroostook Regional Airport (27 nm NW)
KHUL - Houlton International Airport (50 nm S)
KMLT - Millinocket Municipal Airport (85 nm SW)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 15-Jul-2026

	Local (UTC-4)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	04:15	08:15
Sunrise	04:53	08:53
Sunset	20:22	00:22
Evening civil twilight	21:00	01:00

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	16-Jul-2026 03:36:49
Local (UTC-4)	15-Jul-2026 23:36:49

METAR

KCAR 7nm SW	160254Z AUTO 24005KT 10SM FEW075 FEW100 16/10 A2958 RMK AO2 SLP019 T01610100 50007
KPQI 18nm S	151356Z AUTO 31016G20KT 10SM CLR 23/11 A2960 RMK AO2 PK WND 29026/1325 SLP043 T02280106

TAF

KCAR 7nm SW	151728Z 1518/1618 31013G25KT P6SM SCT060 FM152300 30009KT P6SM FEW060 FM161200 28013G23KT P6SM VCSH BKN060
KPQI 18nm S	151728Z 1518/1618 31015G27KT P6SM SCT060 FM152300 30007KT P6SM FEW060 FM161200 28014G24KT P6SM VCSH BKN060 AMD NOT SKED

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