AirNav: ME16 - Loring International Airport

ME16

Loring International Airport
Limestone, Maine, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 28 NOVEMBER 2024

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 -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving 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 (207-496-3153)
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 24-Dec-2024

	Local (UTC-5)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	06:42	11:42
Sunrise	07:17	12:17
Sunset	15:46	20:46
Evening civil twilight	16:22	21:22

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	24-Dec-2024 16:44:39
Local (UTC-5)	24-Dec-2024 11:44:39

METAR

KCAR 7nm SW	241637Z AUTO 36007KT 4SM -SN BKN027 OVC035 M08/M11 A3018 RMK AO2 P0001 T10781111
KPQI 18nm S	241612Z AUTO 01005KT 5SM -SN FEW020 BKN032 OVC041 M07/M10 A3020 RMK AO2 P0000

TAF

KCAR 7nm SW	241626Z 2416/2512 08003KT 3SM -SN OVC030 FM241800 36006KT P6SM VCSH BKN025 FM242300 36006KT P6SM SCT030
KPQI 18nm S	241623Z 2416/2512 00000KT 5SM -SN OVC030 FM241800 02005KT P6SM VCSH OVC025 FM242300 36006KT P6SM SCT025 FM250300 36007KT P6SM BKN035

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Loring Development Authority

207-328-7005
toll-free 888-567-4641
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[email]

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