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08B
Airport
Merrymeeting Field
Bowdoinham, Maine

FAA NFDC Information Effective 56-day cycle 09/25/2008 - 11/20/2008

Ops Comms Services Owner Runways IFR Procs Remarks

Location

FAA Identifier:08B (Zero-Eight-Bravo)
Lat/Lng: 44.0, -69.8871388889
44-00-00.0000N, 069-53-13.7000W
Estimated by NGS on 09/04/2002
Elevation: 65 feet Surveyed
Magnetic Variation: 18W, (1985), [-16W (2008)]
Sectional: MONTREAL
From City: 1nm SE of Bowdoinham

Operations

Use: Open to the public
Airspace Analysis: CONDITIONAL
VFR only.
Ownership: Privately owned
Activation: 02/1971
Control Tower: no
ARTCC: Boston Center (ZBW)
FSS: Bangor FSS (BGR)
NOTAMs and Weather: BGR NOTAM-D service at airport
Wind Indicator: Unlighted
Segmented Circle: no
Lights: Dusk-Dawn (local time)
Beacon: Clear-Green (Lighted Land Airport), Rotating Beacon out of Service Indefinitely.
Landing Fee: no

Communications

CTAF: 122.800
UNICOM: 122.800

Services

Airframe Repair: None
Powerplant Repair: None
Bottled Oxygen: None
Bulk Oxygen: None
Transient Storage: Tie-Down
Other Services: Pilot Instruction, Aircraft Rental

Based Aircraft

Single Engine GA: 6
Total: 6

Annual Operations

For year ending: 07/31/2006
Local GA (< 20 miles): 600
Non-local GA: 100
Total: 700

Ownership

Owner: Mark Bowker
108 Bay Road
Bowdoinham, Me 04008
508-340-3707
Manager: Mark Bowker
108 Bay Road
Bowdoinham, Me 04008
603-964-7575

Runways

Runways: 14/32

Runway 14/32

Length: 1935 feet
by Ngs on 09/04/2002
Width: 100 feet
Surface: Grass / Sod, Good Condition
Runway Lights Edge Intensity: Low Intensity
Runway 14/32 LIRL out of Service Indefinitely.
End 14 End 32
Displaced Threshold Distance: 417'
Runway 14 Displaced Threshold Lights out of Service Indefinitely.
143'
Runway 32 Displaced Threshold Lights out of Service Indefinitely.
Elevation at End: 56.2' MSL 56.6' MSL
Elevation at Displaced Threshold: 61.2' MSL 57.9' MSL
Visual Glide Path Angle:  
Objects: Trees Trees
Objects affecting Navigable Airspace (CFR part 77): Utility runway with a visual approach Utility runway with a visual approach
Object Clearance Slope: 1:1
Runway 14 Approach Ratio 9:1 to Displaced Threshold.
8:1
Runway 32 Approach Slope 13:1 to Displaced Threshold.
Object Height: 53' AGL 29' AGL
Object Distance: 100' Along centerline
50' Right of centerline
260' Along centerline
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Procedures

Additional Remarks

A110*G-This Airport Has Been Surveyed by the National Geodetic Survey.
Turf Areas may be Soft.
Frost Heave Mid Field.

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