Salmon River Airfield
9B8 · Marlborough, Connecticut · Hartford County · map
Salmon River Airfield is a public-use airport owned by Salmon River Airfield Assoc, 3 miles south of Marlborough, Connecticut, 540 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,000 feet of grass. The receiver network heard 1 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Salmon River Airfield?
Its FAA code is 9B8.
Where is Salmon River Airfield?
It is 3 miles south of Marlborough, Connecticut, 540 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Salmon River Airfield?
Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,000 feet long, grass.
Does Salmon River Airfield have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Salmon River Airfield?
5 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Lindbergh Flyers INC and Connecticut Valley Flyers INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Salmon River Airfield?
4 pilot examiners and 22 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Salmon River Airfield…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 9B8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Salmon River Airfield Assoc
- Elevation
- 540 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1962
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,000 × 60 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 17: right-hand traffic pattern, trees on the approach
- Runway 35: trees on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Hartford-Brainard Airport (13 nm northwest), Windham Airport (15 nm northeast), Robertson Field (20 nm west), Groton-New London Airport (24 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Chester Airport (13 nm south), Hartford-Brainard Airport (13 nm northwest), Windham Airport (15 nm northeast), Meriden Markham Municipal (18 nm west).
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 Connecticut · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- VFR operns only.
- Airport closed dec 15 - apr 30.
- Pilot must supply tie down ropes.
- Airport closed sunset to sunrise.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Pae in the vicinity of RY'S and taxiways.
- All surfaces, runway and taxiway, work in progress, maintenance.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year
No operations count is published for this airport. The busiest airports and the national picture: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Marlborough from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Marlborough, Connecticut: 8 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 business jet. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Connecticut.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Lindbergh Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Marlborough
- Connecticut Valley Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Glastonbury, 10 miles away Connecticut Valley Flyers is a flying club based at Brainard Airport in Hartford, Connecticut.
- 43Rd Aviation Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · Wethersfield, 14 miles away
- Groton Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Bozrah, 14 miles away
- Premier Flight Center LLC 6 aircraft · Hartford, 15 miles away Premier Flight Center is a flight school in Hartford, Connecticut offering pilot training from private pilot through airline transport pilot certificates, as well as ground school courses.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor; 3 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 22 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 4 training center examiners.
- Robert Joseph Nardiello private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Interstate Aviation · Plainville, CT (20 nm) · (860) 416-2726 · [email protected]
- Christopher R Hand private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · oxford airport · oxford, CT (32 nm) · (914) 548-5191 · [email protected]
- Ryan Gauthier private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Westerly, RI (32 nm) · (860) 912-3283 · [email protected]
- Richard MacIsaac private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Northampton, MA (45 nm) · (413) 313-9289 · [email protected]
All 46 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Marlborough 10 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 business jets
- Global Automation Solutions INC 3 aircraft in town
- Lindbergh Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Connecticut Valley Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- 43Rd Aviation Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Connecticut 521 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 Connecticut 22 landing places
- Connecticut 1,608 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/9B8.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.