Stephen A Bean Municipal
8B0 · Rangeley, Maine · Franklin County · map
Stephen A Bean Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Rangeley, 2 miles northwest of Rangeley, Maine, 1,821 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 4,299 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 5 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 2,600 takeoffs and landings a year. About 44 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8B0
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Rangeley
- Elevation
- 1,821 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Montreal sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,299 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| 8B0 AWOS-3PT | 118.000 | |
| Bangor and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.25 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 207-864-5250.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 2,600, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Rangeley from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Rangeley, Maine: 8 piston singles, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Maine.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 14 and 32; PAPI runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Bring own tie down ropes.
- +2 -3 feet grass and weeds 25-200 feet from threshold, air carriers approach.
- Nrs and centerline faded or misg.
- Nrs and centerline faded or misg.
- Unusable beyond 3 NM.
- Migratory birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Military operations in area (F16, A-10 aircraft and helicopter).
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -30C.
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.