Turners Falls Airport
0B5 · Montague, Massachusetts · Franklin County · map
Turners Falls Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Montague, 3 miles north of Montague, Massachusetts, 359 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 3,200 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 0B5
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Montague
- Elevation
- 359 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,200 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 20 ft high 600 ft from the end
- Runway 34: threshold displaced 550 ft, trees 30 ft high 800 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Gardner and center (remote transmitter) Low | 123.75 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Montague from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Montague, Massachusetts: 1 piston single. 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 Massachusetts.
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
- Established prior 1959.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 16; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 16 is calm wind runway.
- Wildlife and birds in the vicinity of airport.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -25C.
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.