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ME6 · Wales Airport

FAA-LID · US · 1 NTSB events

ID ME6 Elev 210 ft Lat 44° 10.47' N Lon 70° 1.13' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 2,100 ft.

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
04 — 2,100 ft 80 ft TURF-G No —
22 — 2,100 ft 80 ft TURF-G No —

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 0 matched · 9 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (9 sentences)
  • ·1239 FT MSL TWR 7000 FT SE & 968 FT MSL TWR 9600 FT SSE OF ARPT.
  • ·ARPT CLSD NOV-MAY EXC FOR SKIING.
  • ·ACFT SHOULD MNT 122.8 INVOF ARPT.
  • ·FOR CD CTC PORTLAND APCH AT 207-874-7320, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC BOSTON ARTCC AT 603-879-6859.
  • ·HAS WHITE PLASTIC BARREL EDGE MARKERS.
  • ·HAS WHITE PLASTIC BARREL MARKERS ALONG SIDE OF RY WITH THLD MKD WITH SINGLE PLASTIC WHITE BARREL.
  • ·HAS WHITE PLASTIC BARREL EDGE MARKERS .
  • ·HAS WHITE PLASTIC BARREL MARKERS ALONG SIDE OF RY WITH THLD MKD WITH SINGLE WHITE BARREL.
  • ·ALL OPNS DAYLIGHT VFR ONLY & USERS ARE NOTIFIED OF THIS CONDITION.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Private

Scheduled service

No

NTSB events

1 NTSB-recorded event on file at this airport .

Last 10 years · n=0

No NTSB events at this field in the last decade.

All time · n=1

  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
1999-12-12 Piper PA-22-108 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →

Designees in ME

CFI Flight Instructors 259 A&P Mechanics 682 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 7 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 1 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 1 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 1 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 5 Schools Flight Schools 13 FBO Fixed Base Operators 26 Clubs Flying Clubs 12 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 2 EAA EAA Chapters 6

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Paul Gregory Mckeown Turner ME 11 nm
Marvin Randall Williams Portland ME 33 nm
James Victor Loranger Gorham ME 34 nm
Charles Edgar Surprenant Pittsfield ME 45 nm
Mark Albert Favolise Sanford ME 55 nm
James Victor Loranger Gilford NH 71 nm
Jared Patrick Curtis North Hampton NH 82 nm
Christopher Allen Thresher Manchester NH 95 nm
Neil Singer Marblehead MA 107 nm
Michael Rhodes Nashua NH 107 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Jeremy Bruce Hayden North Monmouth ME 2 nm
Frederick Julius Wilcoxon Litchfield ME 4 nm
Christian Thomas Hemenway Sabattus ME 5 nm
Luke Joseph Welch Bowdoin ME 8 nm
Thomas Daniel Cote Lewiston ME 8 nm
Mark Francis Libbey Lewiston ME 8 nm
Matthew David Sylvester Winthrop ME 9 nm
Joshua James Tassone Winthrop ME 9 nm
Larry Raymond Cockrell West Gardiner ME 10 nm
Alexander Clay Poliakoff Richmond ME 10 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Frederick Julius Wilcoxon Litchfield ME 4 nm
Michael John Kane Litchfield ME 4 nm
Robert Scott Johnson Jr Litchfield ME 4 nm
Jerome Lee Young Sabattus ME 5 nm
Luke Joseph Welch Bowdoin ME 8 nm
Vance Terry Deppe Lewiston ME 8 nm
Jesse Cole Lemieux Lewiston ME 8 nm
Gerard Martineau Jr Lewiston ME 8 nm
Douglas Lee Foss Lewiston ME 8 nm
William Lawrence Thomas Peters Lewiston ME 8 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Maine Aviation Aircraft Maintenance, LLC
Portland, ME
 34 nm
Maine Seaplanes, LLC
Owls Head, ME
 40 nm
Hampton Airfield Maintenance Shop
North Hampton, NH
 81 nm
Craig Avionics
Concord, NH
 87 nm
Air Bear Aviation
Danvers, MA
 103 nm
Green Mountain Avionics
Middlebury, VT
 133 nm
NexAir Avionics, LLC
Plymouth, MA
 140 nm
Stick'n Rudder Aero Maintenance, Inc.
Chatham, MA
 149 nm
AirFlyte, Inc. / Rectrix MRO
Westfield, MA
 169 nm
Windham Aircraft Repair
North Windham, CT
 176 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.