Highland View Field
55ME · Searsmont, Maine · Waldo County · map
Highland View Field is a private airport, 4 miles southeast of Searsmont, Maine, 600 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 1,300 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 55ME
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 600 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Montreal sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- May 2009
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 1,300 × 30 ft | Grass |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Belfast Municipal (8 nm northeast), Knox County Regional (16 nm south), Waterville Regional (26 nm northwest), Augusta State Airport (28 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Belfast Municipal (8 nm northeast), Knox County Regional (16 nm south), Waterville Regional (26 nm northwest), Augusta State Airport (28 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 Maine · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only; remove trees at departure end of runway 33; remove vegetation on southwest edge of landing strip.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Searsmont from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Searsmont, Maine: 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 Maine.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Searsmont 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in Maine 529 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Maine 66 landing places
- Maine 1,427 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/55ME.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 29, 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.