Falmouth Airpark
5B6 · Falmouth, Massachusetts · Barnstable County · map
Falmouth Airpark is a public-use airport owned by Falmouth Airpark Homeowners Assoc, 4 miles northeast of Falmouth, Massachusetts, 41 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 2,298 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, UL94 unleaded avgas).
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What is the airport code for Falmouth Airpark?
Its FAA code is 5B6.
Where is Falmouth Airpark?
It is 4 miles northeast of Falmouth, Massachusetts, 41 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Falmouth Airpark?
Its one runway, 07/25, is 2,298 feet long, asphalt.
Does Falmouth Airpark have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Falmouth Airpark?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, UL94 unleaded avgas.
Are there flight schools at Falmouth Airpark?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Cape Cod Aero Club LLC and Cape Flight Instruction INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Falmouth Airpark?
6 pilot examiners and 11 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5B6
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Falmouth Airpark Homeowners Assoc
- Elevation
- 41 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, UL94 unleaded avgas; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1959
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 2,298 × 40 ft | Asphalt, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 56 ft high 1,014 ft from the end
- Runway 25: trees 25 ft high 300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.2 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Martha'S Vineyard Airport (12 nm south), Cape Cod Gateway Airport (13 nm northeast), New Bedford Regional (20 nm west), Plymouth Municipal (21 nm northwest).
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.
- Be aware of HIGH-SPD military jet and hvy helicopter traffic in the vicinity of cape cod cgas.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - 122.7.
- Airport closed to aircraft exceeding 5000 pounds publd maximum gross weight.
- Grass around runway 07/25 soft aft rain.
- Transient operations daytime only. No night transient takeoffs or landings.
- No transient student acts, solo or dual at 5B6.
- Full stops only. Tgl operations prohibited.
- Wildlife in the vicinity of airport.
- Watch for pedestrians or animals in the vicinity of runway.
- Activate runway lights with 5 clicks on frequency 122.7.
- NON-STD yellow chevrons at approach end of runway 07 and 25.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Falmouth from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Falmouth, Massachusetts: 4 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.
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:
- Cape Cod Aero Club LLC 3 aircraft · Falmouth Cape Cod Aero Club is a not-for-profit equity flying club based at Falmouth Airpark and Hyannis Airport on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- Cape Flight Instruction INC 1 aircraft · Cotuit, 6 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
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 6 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 11 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 engineering representative, 3 aircrew program designees, 4 training center examiners.
- Yoshitaka Murata private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Centerville, MA (10 nm) · (407) 885-0658 · [email protected]
- Michael George Goulian private pilot; airplanes · Plymouth,, MA (18 nm) · (617) 510-9328 · [email protected]
- Alexander Crosett private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Plymouth, MA (21 nm) · (978) 807-7553 · [email protected]
- Derek Gerard Sunnerberg private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Plymouth, MA (21 nm) · (508) 209-4715 · [email protected]
- Sean Anthony Brodeur private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals; airplanes · Mike Goulian Aviation · Plymouth, MA (21 nm) · (413) 330-0058 · [email protected]
- Stephen Oakman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Middleborough, MA (23 nm) · (617) 755-4863 · [email protected]
All 29 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.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- 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 · 11 since 1982, 3 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 Falmouth 4 aircraft · 4 piston singles
- Cape Cod Aero Club LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Cape Cod Aero Club LLC 3 aircraft · flying club
- Cape Flight Instruction INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 11 since 1982 · 3 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 2,649 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/5B6.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 30, 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.