Presque Isle
83B · Presque Isle, Maine · Aroostook County · map
Presque Isle is a public-use airfield 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.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 83B
- Kind
- Airfield · 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
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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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 airfield; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airfield alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Maine.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airfield NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airfield.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.