Robertson Field
4B8 · Plainville, Connecticut · Hartford County · map
Robertson Field is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Plainville, 2 miles north of Plainville, Connecticut, 202 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 3,666 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 49 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 22,610 takeoffs and landings a year. About 7 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 4B8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Plainville
- Elevation
- 202 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 7:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 3,666 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 30 × 30 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 17 ft high 250 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the right, trees 50 ft high 240 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 134.5 | |
| Approach and departure | 123.95 | |
| 4B8 AWOS-3PT | 119.175 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 860-351-5362.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 22,610, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Plainville from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Plainville, Connecticut: 10 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 3 helicopters, 2 piston twins, 2 business jets. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Connecticut.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 21 since 1982, 4 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 02 and 20; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 02 and 20 operates continuously.
- Landing fee for commercial and corporate aircraft only.
- Pattern altitude: 800 feet for aircraft less than 12500 pounds, 1300 feet for aircraft 12500 pounds and above.
- 10 feet brush, 15 feet dstc, 90 feet L.
- Ctn deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.