Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Old Town Municipal Airport
Dewitt Field
IATA: OLD – ICAO: KOLD – FAA: OLD
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Old Town
Serves Old Town, Maine
Elevation AMSL 126 ft / 38 m
Coordinates 44°57′09″N 068°40′28″W / 44.9525, -68.67444
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 3,199 975 Asphalt
12/30 3,999 1,219 Asphalt
17W/35W 8,400 2,560 Water
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 47,160
Based aircraft 51
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base (IATA: OLD, ICAO: KOLD, FAA LID: OLD), also known as Dewitt Field, is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of the central business district of Old Town, in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. It is owned by the City of Old Town.[1] The seaplane base is located on the Penobscot River.[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Dewitt Field covers an area of 360 acres (146 ha) at an elevation of 126 feet (38 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 12/30 measuring 3,999 x 100 ft (1,219 x 30 m) and 4/22 measuring: 3,199 x 75 ft. (975 x 23 m). It also has one seaplane landing area (17W/35W) measuring 8,400 x 100 ft. (2,560 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2006, the airport had 47,160 aircraft operations, an average of 129 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 51 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 10% helicopter and 2% ultralight.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for OLD (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10
  2. ^ City of Old Town, Maine - Airport

[edit] External links