Merrymeeting Field
08B · Bowdoinham, Maine · Sagadahoc County · map
Merrymeeting Field is a public-use airport, 1 mile southeast of Bowdoinham, Maine, 61 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 1,935 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 08B
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 61 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Montreal sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1971
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 1,935 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 14: threshold displaced 425 ft, trees 65 ft high 50 ft from the end
- Runway 32: threshold displaced 143 ft, trees 35 ft high 240 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Bowdoinham from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Bowdoinham, Maine: 9 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter. 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 · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR only.
- No line of sight between runway ends.
- Wildlife on or in the vicinity of airport.
- Winter operations (nov 1 - may 1) skis only - runway not plowed.
- Runway 14 has +15 feet roadway 95 feet right and +15 feet building 125 feet left at thld.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.