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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

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
Repairs: airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
Parking: tiedown
On the chart: Montreal sectional
Magnetic variation: 13W
In the FAA's files since: April 1966

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

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

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, never named. All aircraft registered in New York.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

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The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

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.

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.