Islesboro Airport
57B · Islesboro, Maine · Waldo County · map
Islesboro Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Islesboro, 1 mile west of Islesboro, Maine, 88 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 2,400 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 57B
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Islesboro
- Elevation
- 88 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Halifax sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1966
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 2,400 × 50 ft | Asphalt, excellent | |
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Asphalt, excellent |
- Runway 01: threshold displaced 250 ft, trees 50 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 19: road 10 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.925 |
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Aircraft registered in Islesboro from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Islesboro, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Maine.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 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
- VFR operations only.
- Airport closed nights, daytime use only.
- 35-45 feet trees, 0- 200 feet from threshold, 90-125 feet L of centerline and 120-125 feet L and R of centerline.
- 10 feet road, 107 feet R of centerline; 45 feet trees 100-200 feet from threshold, 120 feet R of centerline; 10-20 feet brush 100-200 feet from threshold, 105 feet L of centerline.
- Approach ratio 0:1 to dthr due to 35 feet tree, 0 feet from dthr, 120 feet L.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- No tgl operations.
- Noise abatement - mntn runway hdg to 1000 feet above ground level.
- Helipad: northwest corner of ramp.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.