Fitchburg Municipal
FIT · KFIT · Fitchburg, Massachusetts · Worcester County · map
Fitchburg Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Fitchburg, 3 miles southeast of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 344 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 112 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 8 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 13,200 takeoffs and landings a year. About 5 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Fitchburg Municipal?
Its FAA code is FIT, and its ICAO code is KFIT.
Where is Fitchburg Municipal?
It is 3 miles southeast of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 344 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Fitchburg Municipal?
Its one runway, 14/32, is 5,001 feet long, asphalt.
Does Fitchburg Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Fitchburg Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Are there flight schools at Fitchburg Municipal?
7 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Fca Flight Center INC and Mavericks Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Fitchburg Municipal?
6 pilot examiners and 23 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 Fitchburg Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FIT · ICAO KFIT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Fitchburg
- Elevation
- 344 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,002 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 5,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 163 ft, 4,538 ft available for landing, trees 50 ft high 600 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 300 ft, 4,538 ft available for landing, trees 42 ft high 800 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.4 | |
| Fit and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.175 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 978-343-9121.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance, avionics, gliders, flight instruction, aircraft rental
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Boire Field (17 nm northeast), Worcester Regional (18 nm south), Laurence G Hanscom Field (21 nm east).
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 Massachusetts · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Established prior to 1959.
- Rotating beacon not available durg daylight IFR conditions.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 14 and 32; PAPI runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - 123.0.
- Pwrd paragliders.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5 degreess L and R of centerline.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -21C.
- Noise sensitive area: departure aircraft climb to pattern altitude bfr turning crosswind.
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, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 99 |
| multi-engine | 8 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 3 |
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 about 13,200, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 100 |
| general aviation, travelling | 1,000 |
| general aviation, local | 12,000 |
| military | 100 |
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 Fitchburg from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Fitchburg, Massachusetts: 12 piston singles, 3 gliders, 1 balloon. 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 Massachusetts.
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:
- Fca Flight Center INC 4 aircraft · Fitchburg FCA Flight Center is a flight school operating at Fitchburg Municipal Airport (KFIT) in Massachusetts since 1999.
- Mavericks Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Lancaster, 6 miles away
- Greater Boston Soaring Club INC 7 aircraft · Sterling, 9 miles away Greater Boston Soaring Club is a non-profit flying club based at Sterling Airport in Massachusetts with over 100 members.
- Mit Soaring Association INC 3 aircraft · Sterling, 9 miles away
- Wachusett Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Princeton, 9 miles away
- Doolley Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Harvard, 10 miles away
- Fi Fi Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Littleton, 14 miles away
Repair stations in Fitchburg:
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
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 23 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 engineering representatives, 3 training center examiners.
- Michael Rhodes private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Nashua, NH (17 nm) · (603) 759-8300 · [email protected]
- Sean Anthony Brodeur private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals; airplanes · Mike Goulian Aviation · Bedford, MA (21 nm) · (413) 330-0058 · [email protected]
- Christopher Allen Thresher private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Manchester, NH (27 nm) · (603) 203-0486 · [email protected]
- Gregory Stuart Livernois private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Monadnock Aviation · Keene, NH (31 nm) · (386) 243-5944 · [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 (40 nm) · (413) 313-9289 · [email protected]
- Jared Patrick Curtis private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · North Hampton, NH (48 nm) · (202) 280-3592 · [email protected]
All 40 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.
- 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 · 24 since 1982, 7 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 Fitchburg 16 aircraft · 12 piston singles, 3 gliders, 1 balloons
- Fca Flight Center INC 4 aircraft in town
- Fca Flight Center INC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Mavericks Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Greater Boston Soaring Club INC 7 aircraft · flying club
- Twin City Avionics, LLC · repair station
- Unlimited Aero Engines · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 24 since 1982 · 7 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Massachusetts 987 since 1982 · 91 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Massachusetts 38 landing places
- Massachusetts 2,648 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FIT.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 28, 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.