Hancock County/Bar Harbor
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Hancock County/Bar Harbor is a public-use airport owned by Hancock County, 8 miles northwest of Bar Harbor, Maine, 83 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 5,200 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBHB · observed 4:56 pm EDT (20:56 UTC), 70 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (300°) at 9 knots, gusting to 19
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 5,000 feet
- Temperature 53°F (12°C), dew point 33°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 29.84 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west at 13 knots, gusting to 22, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm EDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the west at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 11 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 15,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBHB 062056Z AUTO 30009G19KT 260V330 10SM FEW050 12/01 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP107 T01170006 53013 $
TAF KBHB 061720Z 0618/0718 27013G22KT P6SM SKC FM062300 28005KT P6SM SKC FM071500 20011KT P6SM BKN150
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BHB · ICAO KBHB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Hancock County
- Elevation
- 83 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Halifax sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,200 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 3,363 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 04: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 125 ft high 1,410 ft from the end
- Runway 22: ILS with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF)
- Runway 17: threshold displaced 684 ft, tree 148 ft high 900 ft from the end
- Runway 35: threshold displaced 111 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Clearance delivery | 119.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 133.6 | |
| Bhb and aWOS-3PT | 118.35 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 207-667-7364.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Bar Harbor from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Bar Harbor, Maine: 4 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Maine.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 2 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 malsf runway 22; runway end identifier lights runway 04; VASI runway 04 and 22; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - 122.7.
- Due to hump at midpt, opposite ends of runway not vsb at gnd level.
- Runway 17/35 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. No part 121/PART 380 operations except for tax on runway 17/35 between 04/22 and taxiway H.
- 10:1 to dthr.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Durg VFR conditions when wind speed less than 5 kts as rprtd by automated weather (AWOS) or UNICOM, all aircraft using runway 04/22 are required to takeoff and land on runway 22 for noise abatement procedures.
- Taxiway bravo closed to all aircraft gtr than 10000 pounds.
- Taxiways F and G closed dec 1- mar 31 annually.
- Ficon not mnt MON-FRI 9:00 pm to 7:30 am, weekends and holidays.
- Grass areas unavailable for aircraft operations.
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.