Maxson Airfield
89NY · Alexandria Bay, New York · Jefferson County · map
Maxson Airfield is a private airport owned by Maxson Airfield LLC, 2 miles south of Alexandria Bay, New York, 340 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 4,280 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 89NY
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Maxson Airfield LLC
- Elevation
- 340 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Montreal sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1966
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 4,280 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 06: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 37 ft high 215 ft from the end
- Runway 24: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 18 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Watertown International (20 nm south), Ogdensburg International (29 nm northeast), Potsdam Muni/Damon Field (46 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Watertown International (20 nm south), Ogdensburg International (29 nm northeast), Potsdam Muni/Damon Field (46 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 New York · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- In accord west/VFR.
- Runway 06/24, act mag brg = 05/23
- Runway 06 has + 23 feet, brush and trees, 10 feet - 71 feet from thld, 114 feet - 122 feet left; +20 feet brush, 94 feet from thld, 113 feet right.
- Runway 24 has 34 feet power line 121 feet and 163 feet from thld 161 feet L and 132 feet R; +15' feet road, 168 feet to 199 feet from thld, both sides.
- Markings worn and faded.
- Markings worn and faded.
- Runway 24, +19' tree, 213' from thld, 38' right
- Runway 06, first 200' of pvmt poor condition.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Alexandria Bay from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Alexandria Bay, New York: 2 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.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in New York.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Alexandria Bay 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in New York 1,965 since 1982 · 251 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New York 126 landing places
- New York 6,660 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/89NY.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 29, 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.