Millinocket Seaplane Base
70B · Millinocket, Maine · Piscataquis County · map
Millinocket Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base owned by Katahdin Air INC, 7 miles northwest of Millinocket, Maine, 492 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
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What is the airport code for Millinocket Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is 70B.
Where is Millinocket Seaplane Base?
It is 7 miles northwest of Millinocket, Maine, 492 feet above sea level.
Does Millinocket Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Millinocket Seaplane Base?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Millinocket Seaplane Base?
1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
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The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 70B
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Katahdin Air INC
- Elevation
- 492 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to October, every day, dawn to dusk
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Halifax sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALL/WAY | 4,000 × 500 ft | Water, excellent |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Millinocket Municipal (8 nm southeast), Greenville Municipal (34 nm southwest), Dewitt Fld/Old Town Municipal (47 nm south), Houlton International (50 nm northeast).
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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Water level fluctuates +/- 10 feet, lowest in sept and oct.
- Dock
- Airport closed 31 OCT-30 apr.
- Preferred takeoff and landing drctn for spb runway 04/22.
- Sgfnt amt of boat actvty sharing sea lane.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Millinocket from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Millinocket, Maine: 15 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Maine.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
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 seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this seaplane base.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Millinocket 15 aircraft · 15 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 67 landing places
- Maine 1,426 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/70B.json.
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 27, 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.