Hopedale Industrial Park Airport
1B6 · Hopedale, Massachusetts · Worcester County · map
Hopedale Industrial Park Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles southeast of Hopedale, Massachusetts, 269 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,172 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Hopedale Industrial Park Airport?
Its FAA code is 1B6.
Where is Hopedale Industrial Park Airport?
It is 3 miles southeast of Hopedale, Massachusetts, 269 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Hopedale Industrial Park Airport?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,172 feet long, asphalt.
Does Hopedale Industrial Park Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Hopedale Industrial Park Airport?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including New England Flyers LLC and Norby Aviation LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Hopedale Industrial Park Airport?
8 pilot examiners and 30 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1B6
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 269 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, dawn to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1953
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,172 × 90 ft | Asphalt, fair | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: trees 60 ft high 470 ft from the end
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 110 ft, trees 60 ft high 325 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.0 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: North Central State Airport (11 nm south), Norwood Memorial (16 nm east), Worcester Regional (19 nm northwest), Rhode Island TF Green International (23 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: North Central State Airport (11 nm south), Mansfield Municipal (15 nm southeast), Norwood Memorial (16 nm east), Worcester Regional (19 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Massachusetts · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Airport closed to transient aircraft sunset to sunrise.
- DUSK-2200.
- Road 30 feet north from runway end.
- Road 20 feet from runway end.
- Approach ratio 3:1 at dthr.
- Runway 18, two story house 27 feet above ground level (291 feet above sea level) located approximately 400 feet northwest runway threshold.
- Airport closed to transient student training.
- Wildlife in the vicinity of airport.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Hopedale from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Hopedale, 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Massachusetts.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- New England Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Franklin, 5 miles away New England Chute Flyers offers powered parachute flight training, discovery flights, and aircraft sales across New England.
- Norby Aviation LLC 4 aircraft · Hopkinton, 8 miles away Norby Aviation LLC is a flight school based at Southbridge Municipal Airport (3B0) in Massachusetts that provides pilot training including private pilot, sport pilot, and instrument training.
- Air Ventures Flying School LLC 5 aircraft · Smithfield, 14 miles away Air Ventures Flying School is an FAA-certified flight school located at North Central State Airport in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 6 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 30 aviation medical examiners, 7 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 4 training center examiners.
- Sean Anthony Brodeur private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals; airplanes · Mike Goulian Aviation · Bedford, MA (24 nm) · (413) 330-0058 · [email protected]
- Stephen Oakman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Middleborough, MA (32 nm) · (617) 755-4863 · [email protected]
- Alexander Crosett private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Plymouth, MA (37 nm) · (978) 807-7553 · [email protected]
- Derek Gerard Sunnerberg private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Plymouth, MA (37 nm) · (508) 209-4715 · [email protected]
- Michael George Goulian private pilot; airplanes · Plymouth,, MA (41 nm) · (617) 510-9328 · [email protected]
- Michael Rhodes private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Nashua, NH (41 nm) · (603) 759-8300 · [email protected]
- Ryan Gauthier private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Westerly, RI (47 nm) · (860) 912-3283 · [email protected]
- Christopher Allen Thresher private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Manchester, NH (50 nm) · (603) 203-0486 · [email protected]
All 57 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Hopedale 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- New England Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Norby Aviation LLC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Air Ventures Flying School LLC 5 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Massachusetts 987 since 1982 · 91 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Massachusetts 38 landing places
- Massachusetts 2,648 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/1B6.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.