Buckhorn Camps Seaplane Base
78B · Norcross/Millinocket/, Maine · Penobscot County · map
Buckhorn Camps Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base in Norcross/Millinocket/, Maine, 500 feet above sea level. It has 2 water landing areas.
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What is the airport code for Buckhorn Camps Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is 78B.
Where is Buckhorn Camps Seaplane Base?
It is in Norcross/Millinocket/, Maine, 500 feet above sea level.
Does Buckhorn Camps Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Buckhorn Camps Seaplane Base?
1 pilot examiner and 1 aviation medical examiner 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 seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 78B
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 500 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Halifax sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1949
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| NW/SE | 4,000 × 500 ft | Water | |
| E/W | 3,000 × 500 ft | Water |
- Runway NW: trees 60 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
- Runway SE: trees 60 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
- Runway E: trees 60 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
- Runway W: trees 60 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- buoys
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Millinocket Municipal (11 nm east), Greenville Municipal (28 nm southwest), Dewitt Fld/Old Town Municipal (44 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Millinocket Seaplane Base (6 nm northeast), Millinocket Municipal (11 nm east), Lincoln Regional (25 nm southeast), Greenville Municipal (28 nm southwest).
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.
- Many shallow rocky areas during low water conditions in middle of lake.
- Dock
- Shallow areas with rocks near island west of the northwest/southeast sea lane.
- Many shallow rocky areas around the docking area.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Norcross/Millinocket/ from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Norcross/Millinocket/, ME as the owner's town.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument; 1 for airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 engineering representative.
- Charles Edgar Surprenant private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes · St. Albans, ME (47 nm) · (207) 249-8972 · [email protected]
All 4 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.
- 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.
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
- 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/78B.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 26, 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.