Presque Isle Seaplane Base
83B · Presque Isle, Maine · Aroostook County · map
Presque Isle Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base owned by the City of Presque Isle, 2 miles northwest of Presque Isle, Maine, 500 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
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What is the airport code for Presque Isle Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is 83B.
Where is Presque Isle Seaplane Base?
It is 2 miles northwest of Presque Isle, Maine, 500 feet above sea level.
Does Presque Isle Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
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The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 83B
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Presque Isle
- Elevation
- 500 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,300 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, unatdd
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Halifax sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1976
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01W/19W | 6,000 × 300 ft | Water |
- Runway 01W: trees on the approach
- Runway 19W: right-hand traffic pattern, trees on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Presque Isle International (1 nm southeast), Northern Aroostook Regional (36 nm north), Houlton International (37 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Presque Isle International (1 nm southeast), Caribou Municipal (10 nm north), Long Lake Seaplane Base (30 nm north), Northern Aroostook Regional (36 nm north).
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
- VFR weather conditions only.
- Airport located northwest and in the vicinity of Presque Isle international airport.
- Moring eye on large rock at boat ramp.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degree slp.
- Rising terrain west side of lake.
- North 300 feet of pond, submerged tree stumps.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Presque Isle from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Presque Isle, Maine: 9 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 business jet, 1 balloon. 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.
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 Presque Isle 13 aircraft · 9 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 business jets
- 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 66 landing places
- Maine 1,427 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/83B.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.