Beech Hill Airport
04ME · Mercer, Maine · Somerset County · map
Beech Hill Airport is a private airport, 2 miles southeast of Mercer, Maine, 625 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 1,950 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 04ME
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 625 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar
- On the chart
- Montreal sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1971
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 1,950 × 120 ft | Grass |
- Runway 15: trees 20 ft high 50 ft from the end
- Runway 33: trees on the approach
Aircraft registered in Mercer from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Mercer, Maine: 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Maine.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Operations in VFR conditions, right traffic pattern for runway 15.
- Skis only when snow covered.
- Airport is atndd all 12 months. Only runway 15/33 is closed apr and may.
- Closed apr and may durg spring thaw.
- Low altitude turbulence durg high winds.
- P-LINE west. Along road (not an approach obs).
- Runway 15/33 soft when wet.
- Trucks crossing approach end of runway 33 on access road.
- Ang aircraft and helicopter activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.