Sterling Airport
3B3 · Sterling, Massachusetts · Worcester County · map
Sterling Airport is a public-use airport owned by Monadnock Realty CORP, 2 miles southwest of Sterling, Massachusetts, 459 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 3,086 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Sterling Airport?
Its FAA code is 3B3.
Where is Sterling Airport?
It is 2 miles southwest of Sterling, Massachusetts, 459 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Sterling Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 16/34, is 3,086 feet long.
Does Sterling Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Sterling Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Sterling Airport?
8 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Greater Boston Soaring Club INC and Mit Soaring Association INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Sterling Airport?
5 pilot examiners and 29 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Sterling Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3B3
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Monadnock Realty CORP
- Elevation
- 459 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Thursday to Sunday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1948
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,086 × 40 ft | Asphalt, good | Non-standard lights |
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 16: threshold displaced 150 ft, trees 50 ft high 400 ft from the end
- Runway 34: threshold displaced 500 ft, tree 100 ft high 600 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- gliders, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Fitchburg Municipal (8 nm north), Worcester Regional (10 nm south), Laurence G Hanscom Field (22 nm east), Orange Municipal (24 nm west).
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
- Established prior to 1959.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 and rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Intensive glider activate on weekends.
- NON-STD low-intensity runway lights; first 190 feet runway 16 unlighted; first 240 feet runway 34 unlighted.
- Approach ratio 11:1 to displaced threshold.
- Approach ratio 6:1 to displaced threshold.
- Glider operations in the vicinity of airport sunrise to sunset daily.
- Wildlife in the vicinity of airport.
- Gliders only R traffic runway 16.
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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Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Sterling from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in Sterling, Massachusetts: 10 piston singles, 9 gliders, 5 balloons. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
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:
- Greater Boston Soaring Club INC 7 aircraft · Sterling Greater Boston Soaring Club is a non-profit flying club based at Sterling Airport in Massachusetts with over 100 members.
- Mit Soaring Association INC 3 aircraft · Sterling
- Wachusett Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Princeton, 5 miles away
- Mavericks Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Lancaster, 7 miles away
- Fca Flight Center INC 4 aircraft · Fitchburg, 9 miles away FCA Flight Center is a flight school operating at Fitchburg Municipal Airport (KFIT) in Massachusetts since 1999.
- Cardinal Flyers INC 3 aircraft · Northborough, 11 miles away
- Worcester Naa Flying Club 1 aircraft · Worcester, 12 miles away
- Doolley Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Harvard, 13 miles away
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
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor; 3 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 29 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 3 training center examiners.
- Sean Anthony Brodeur private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals; airplanes · Mike Goulian Aviation · Bedford, MA (22 nm) · (413) 330-0058 · [email protected]
- Michael Rhodes private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Nashua, NH (25 nm) · (603) 759-8300 · [email protected]
- Christopher Allen Thresher private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Manchester, NH (34 nm) · (603) 203-0486 · [email protected]
- Gregory Stuart Livernois private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Monadnock Aviation · Keene, NH (35 nm) · (386) 243-5944 · [email protected]
- Richard MacIsaac private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Northampton, MA (37 nm) · (413) 313-9289 · [email protected]
All 47 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 · 18 since 1982, 1 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 Sterling 24 aircraft · 10 piston singles, 9 gliders, 5 balloons
- Greater Boston Soaring Club INC 4 aircraft in town
- Mit Soaring Association INC 3 aircraft in town
- Greater Boston Soaring Club 2 aircraft in town
- Greater Boston Soaring Club INC 7 aircraft · flying club
- Mit Soaring Association INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- Wachusett Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 18 since 1982 · 1 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/3B3.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.