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MA53

Ware Airport
Ware, Massachusetts, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 DECEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier:	MA53
Lat/Long:	42-16-55.3310N 072-12-53.2860W 42-16.922183N 072-12.888100W 42.2820364,-72.2148017 (estimated)
Elevation:	483 ft. / 147.2 m (surveyed)
Variation:	15W (1985)
From city:	2 miles NE of WARE, MA
Time zone:	UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code:	01082

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date:	10/1947
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	BOSTON CENTER
FSS:	BRIDGEPORT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Wind indicator:	yes
Segmented circle:	no

Airport Communications

WX ASOS at ORH (15 nm E):	PHONE 508-767-5851
WX ASOS at ORE (18 nm N):	135.675 (978-544-6774)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance	VOR name	Freq	Var
GDMr218/17.3	GARDNER VOR/DME	116.95	14W
BAFr086/23.4	BARNES VORTAC	113.00	14W
PUTr334/25.6	PUTNAM VOR/DME	117.40	14W
CTRr104/32.6	CHESTER VOR/DME	115.10	13W

Airport Services

Airframe service:	NONE
Powerplant service:	NONE

Runway Information

Runway N/S

Dimensions:	2030 x 150 ft. / 619 x 46 m
Surface:	turf
	RUNWAY N	RUNWAY S
Traffic pattern:	left	left

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Privately-owned
Owner:	RICHARD AND JOAN O'RILEY PO BOX 782 265 CHURCH ST WARE, MA 01082 Phone 413-461-6881 OWNER LIVES AT ARPT.
Manager:	RICHARD AND JOAN O'RILEY PO BOX 782 265 CHURCH ST WARE, MA 01082 Phone 413-461-6881

Additional Remarks

-	FOR CD CTC YANKEE APCH AT 860-386-3597

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at MA53.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

3B0 - Southbridge Municipal Airport (13 nm SE)
KORH - Worcester Regional Airport (15 nm E)
KCEF - Westover Air Reserve Base/Metropolitan Airport (15 nm W)
KORE - Orange Municipal Airport (18 nm N)
7B2 - Northampton Airport (18 nm W)
KGDM - Gardner Municipal Airport (18 nm NE)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 16-Jan-2026

	Local (UTC-5)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	06:45	11:45
Sunrise	07:16	12:16
Sunset	16:42	21:42
Evening civil twilight	17:12	22:12

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	16-Jan-2026 16:09:17
Local (UTC-5)	16-Jan-2026 11:09:17

METAR

KCEF 14nm W	161555Z 30017G24KT 10SM FEW040 M03/M15 A2974 RMK AO2A PK WND 27030/52 SLP078 T10351155
KORH 15nm E	161554Z 26014G29KT 10SM CLR M06/M17 A2963 RMK AO2 PK WND 27037/1535 SLP049 T10611167
KORE 17nm N	161552Z AUTO 28012G29KT 10SM CLR M06/M18 A2970 RMK AO2 PK WND 30036/1501 SLP067 T10561178
KBAF 23nm W	161553Z 27019G30KT 10SM CLR M04/M15 A2977 RMK AO2 PK WND 26035/1536 SLP087 T10391150
KFIT 26nm NE	161552Z AUTO 29015G25KT 10SM CLR M04/M19 A2966 RMK AO2 PK WND 29032/1524 SLP050 T10391189

TAF

KCEF 14nm W	161310Z 1613/1719 29010G20KT 9999 SCT040 SCT070 BKN250 520006 QNH2963INS TEMPO 1613/1620 32020G30KT SCT040 BKN070 BKN250 620703 530006 BECMG 1621/1622 25010G18KT 9999 FEW040 BKN100 BKN200 QNH2987INS BECMG 1702/1703 21009KT 9999 SCT030 BKN060 OVC140 620605 520103 QNH2999INS BECMG 1709/1710 21009KT 6000 -SN BKN015 OVC025 620159 QNH2992INS TXM01/1621Z TNM08/1711Z
KORH 15nm E	161120Z 1612/1712 28018G39KT P6SM SCT035 FM162100 27015G30KT P6SM FEW110 FM162300 25010KT P6SM FEW100 FM170900 21007KT P6SM VCSH BKN045 TEMPO 1709/1712 4SM -SHSN BKN025

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