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 21:59:01 |
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| Local (UTC-4) | 05-Jul-2009 17:59:01 |
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| METAR |
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CWSS
31nm N | 052100Z AUTO 30006KT 21/15 RMK AO1 SLP024 T02050151 53009
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KBHB
41nm W | 052135Z AUTO 32003KT 10SM OVC037 21/14 A2970 RMK AO1
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CWPE
48nm NE | 052100Z AUTO 29007KT 22/17 RMK AO1 SLP016 T02190165 55002
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| TAF |
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KBHB
41nm W | 051724Z 0518/0618 30012G18KT P6SM BKN035 FM060600 VRB03KT 3SM BR SCT012 BKN120 FM061200 36005KT 5SM BR SCT012 BKN025 FM061300 36005KT P6SM SCT025 BKN120 FM061500 36005KT P6SM SCT120 BKN200 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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