Easton/Newnam Field
ESN · KESN · Easton, Maryland · Talbot County · map
Easton/Newnam Field is a public-use airport owned by Talbot CO, 2 miles north of Easton, Maryland, 72 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KESN · observed 4:45 pm EDT (20:45 UTC), 35 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 63°F (17°C), dew point 34°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 30.12 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KESN 062045Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/01 A3012
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 ESN · ICAO KESN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Talbot CO
- Elevation
- 72 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 4,003 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, 4,775 ft available for landing
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 325 ft, 5,175 ft available for landing, trees 46 ft high 1,508 ft from the end
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 86 ft high 3,023 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 95 ft high 2,016 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.525 | Easton |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Esn and aWOS-3PT | 124.475 | Easton |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 119.075 | Easton |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 124.55 | Easton |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (TERPZ) | 133.75 | Easton |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 410-822-2817.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Easton from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Easton, Maryland: 29 piston singles, 5 business jets, 3 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. 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 Maryland.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 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.
- Deer, birds, other wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When tower closed activate runway end identifier lightss runway 15, 22, and 33; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude for jet aircraft 1526 feet above ground level; all other aircraft 1026 feet above ground level.
- Runway 15/33 distance markers every 1000 feet west side runway.
- Noise abatement for runway 22: continue straight out or make a right turn to avoid overflight of the town of Easton. Departures should avoid overflight of the town of Easton below 2000 feet.
- Aircraft should avoid overflight of the town of Easton and residential areas near the airport to the extent possible.
- Noise abatement for runway 4: if traffic permits, make a slight left turn after departure to avoid overflying retirement community.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.