New Bedford Regional
EWB · KEWB · New Bedford, Massachusetts · Bristol County · map
New Bedford Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of New Bedford, 2 miles northwest of New Bedford, Massachusetts, 79 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,400 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 104 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 57,576 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2,053 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KEWB · observed 5:53 pm EDT (21:53 UTC), 60 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (280°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 56°F (13°C), dew point 37°F (3°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 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 KEWB 062153Z 28004KT 10SM CLR 13/03 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP154 T01330028
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 EWB · ICAO KEWB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of New Bedford
- Elevation
- 79 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:30 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,400 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 5,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 20 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 400 ft, tree 35 ft high 1,400 ft from the end
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 10 ft high 400 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 11 ft high 600 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.1 | New Bedford |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Ewb and automated weather (ASOS) | 126.85 | New Bedford |
| Ground | 121.9 | New Bedford |
| Approach and departure | 128.7 | New Bedford |
| Emergency | 121.5 | New Bedford |
| Wipor and star | 123.675 | New Bedford |
| Woodstock and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.85 | New Bedford |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 508-992-0195.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 57,576, 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
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 New Bedford from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in New Bedford, Massachusetts: 19 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 2 turboprops. 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 Massachusetts.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 4 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
- Provided approach/departure surfaces conform with terps and far part 77.
- Birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runways 05 and 23; runway end identifier lights runway 32; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 14, 23 and 32 operates 24 hours.
- Approach slp 50:1 at dthr.
- Landing fees for aircraft ovr 3000 pounds.
- Taxiways A1 and A2 for air carrier aircraft only.
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.