Bresett'S Mountainside Airport
17ME · Van Buren, Maine · Aroostook County · map
Bresett'S Mountainside Airport is a private airport, 4 miles northwest of Van Buren, Maine, 590 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 1,600 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 17ME
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 590 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Halifax sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2007
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 1,600 × 80 ft | Grass |
- Runway 13: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 50 ft high 800 ft from the end
- Runway 31: trees 50 ft high 800 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Van Buren from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Van Buren, Maine: 2 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
- Provided vft operations, and establish a NON-STD traffic pattern runway 13.
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.