Russell Mill Pond Seaplane Base
MA78 · Plymouth, Massachusetts · Plymouth County · map
Russell Mill Pond Seaplane Base is a private seaplane base, 3 miles southeast of Plymouth, Massachusetts, 55 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MA78
- Kind
- Seaplane base · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 55 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1990
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09W/27W | 2,800 × 400 ft | Water |
- Runway 09W: tower 150 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this seaplane base.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Plymouth Municipal (4 nm west), Marshfield Municipal - George Harlow Field (11 nm north), Provincetown Municipal (20 nm northeast), New Bedford Regional (21 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Plymouth Municipal (4 nm west), Marshfield Municipal - George Harlow Field (11 nm north), Cape Cod Airport (17 nm southeast), Myricks Airport (18 nm west).
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
- Provided VFR/daylight operations only.
- Runway 09W/27W has 100 feet power line 1000 feet southwest.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Plymouth from the FAA register
74 aircraft are registered to owners in Plymouth, Massachusetts: 58 piston singles, 5 helicopters, 5 drones, 3 turboprops, 2 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base 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
Fuel and service companies in Plymouth, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Yankee Aviation Services INC Yankee Aviation Services is an aircraft maintenance facility located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, providing comprehensive maintenance services including annual inspections, engine overhauls, aircraft ferrying, and FAA airworthiness certifica
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Old Colony Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Plymouth, 5 miles away
Repair stations in Plymouth:
Companies in the same town as this seaplane base, 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this seaplane base.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Plymouth 74 aircraft · 58 piston singles, 5 helicopters, 5 drones
- Hyldburg Aviation INC 8 aircraft in town
- Massachusetts State Police 5 aircraft in town
- K e F Enterprises INC 4 aircraft in town
- Hyldburg Aviation 3 aircraft in town
- Yankee Aviation Services INC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Old Colony Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Nexair Avionics LLC · repair station
- Professional Jet Center Aircraft Maintenance, LLC · repair station
- 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/MA78.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.