Newton Field
59B · Jackman, Maine · Somerset County · map
Newton Field is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Jackman, 1 mile west of Jackman, Maine, 1,178 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 3,601 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 59B
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Jackman
- Elevation
- 1,178 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Montreal sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,601 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 125 × 80 ft | Grass |
- Runway 13: tree 12 ft high 221 ft from the end
- Runway 31: tree 11 ft high 208 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · 59B AWOS-AV | 122.9 | |
| Bangor and center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.25 |
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Aircraft registered in Jackman from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Jackman, Maine: 3 piston singles. 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Mntn 122.9 WI vicinity of airport. 3 clicks adzy and weather.
- Geese, deer and moose on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available 24 hours with major credit card.
- +4 feet grass 50-200 feet from threshold, 80 feet R of centerline.
- +12 feet tree and brush 0-20 feet from threshold, 120 feet R of centerline; +4 feet tree 10 feet from threshold, 150 feet L of centerline.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -23C.
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.