Pease International Tradeport

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Pease International Tradeport

IATA: PSM - ICAO: KPSM
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Pease Development Authority
Serves		Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Elevation AMSL		100 ft (30.5 m)
Coordinates		43°04′40.6″N, 70°49′23.8″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
16/34	11,321	3,451	Asphalt/Concrete

Pease International Tradeport (IATA: PSM, ICAO: KPSM) is a public airport in southeastern New Hampshire, about 50 miles north of Boston, Massachusetts, located on the site of the former Pease Air Force Base. There is no scheduled commercial airline service.

The airport is also actively utilized by the 157th Air Refueling Wing (157 ARW) of the New Hampshire Air National Guard, operating the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft. That portion of the former Pease AFB still hosting USAF operations is now known as Pease Air National Guard Base.

Pease International Tradeport is the result of the ongoing redevelopment of the former Pease Air Force Base which was closed under Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission action in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

The airport served as a hub for Pan Am from 1998 until 2005. In 2005, all mainline Pan Am flights at the airport were suspended. Pease is one of 7 Launch Abort Sites and one of 18 Emergency Landing Sites for NASA space shuttle orbiters.^[1]