Hancock County/Bar Harbor
BHB · KBHB · Bar Harbor, Maine · Hancock County · map
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) and about 23 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 23,989 takeoffs and landings a year. About 10,894 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Hancock County/Bar Harbor?
Its FAA code is BHB, and its ICAO code is KBHB.
Where is Hancock County/Bar Harbor?
It is 8 miles northwest of Bar Harbor, Maine, 83 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Hancock County/Bar Harbor?
The longest of its 2 runways, 04/22, is 5,200 feet long.
Does Hancock County/Bar Harbor have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Hancock County/Bar Harbor?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Hancock County/Bar Harbor?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them General Edward Lawrence Logan International, Westchester County, Teterboro, Nantucket Memorial, Laurence G Hanscom Field. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Hancock County/Bar Harbor?
1 pilot examiner and 2 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 Hancock County/Bar Harbor…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Belfast Municipal (28 nm west), Bangor International (29 nm northwest), Dewitt Fld/Old Town Municipal (33 nm northwest).
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 Maine · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1,649 departures from BHB in those twelve months, carrying 9,110 passengers in 14,798 seats (62% filled), to 24 destinations on 4 airlines.
All 24 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 22 |
| helicopters | 1 |
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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 23,989, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 4,323 |
| general aviation, travelling | 7,123 |
| general aviation, local | 12,364 |
| military | 179 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Maine.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument; 1 for airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 engineering representative.
- Charles Edgar Surprenant private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes · Pittsfield Municipal Airport · Pittsfield, ME (47 nm) · (207) 249-8972 · [email protected]
All 5 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
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 · 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. 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 Bar Harbor 7 aircraft · 4 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 turboprops
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Maine 529 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS) 1,609 flights in twelve months · Hyannis Air Service, Inc. dba Cape Air, Tradewind Aviation
- Westchester County (HPN) 6 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation, CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Teterboro (TEB) 4 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Nantucket Memorial (ACK) 3 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation, CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Laurence G Hanscom Field (BED) 3 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- East Hampton (HTO) 3 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Groton-New London (GON) 2 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle, Tradewind Aviation
- Martha'S Vineyard (MVY) 2 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Maine 67 landing places
- Maine 1,425 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BHB.json.
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 22, 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.