Loring International
ME16 · Limestone, Maine · Aroostook County · map
Loring International is a private airport owned by Loring Development Authority, 3 miles northwest of Limestone, Maine, 746 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 12,101 feet of asphalt and concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ME16
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Loring Development Authority
- Elevation
- 746 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,154 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Parking
- hangar
- On the chart
- Halifax sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 21W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1997
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 12,101 × 300 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 01: VASI, twelve boxes, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 19: VASI, twelve boxes, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 123.0 |
Aircraft registered in Limestone from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Limestone, ME as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Pvdd small aircraft use; VFR,day operations; excludes use durg winter/snow season.
- CSTMS-CIV-ENTER no of civil operns rqr cstms in rmrks sect of DD 175.
- Day VFR only.
- Rectangular pattern altitude: 1154 feet above ground level; ovhd pattern altitude: 1654 feet above ground level.
- NON-STD high-intensity runway lights due to no threshold lights; no edge lights at taxiway intersections; no amber lenses last 2000 feet each runway end.
- Out of service indefinitely.
- Out of service indefinitely.
- Runway 01/19 NON-STD markings; military pir markings both ends; edge stripes located 70 feet either side of centerline; runway 01 markings faded.
- Out of service indefinitely.
- Out of service indefinitely.
- First 1000 feet each runway end concrete, mid 10101 feet asphalt.
- Concrete ptns of runway grooved 70 feet either side of centerline.
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.