Franklin Memorial Hospital Heliport
ME23 · Farmington, Maine · Franklin County · map
Franklin Memorial Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, Maine, 408 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 45 by 45 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ME23
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Franklin Memorial Hospital
- Elevation
- 408 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Montreal sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 2010
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 45 × 45 ft | Asphalt, fair | Perimeter lights |
Radio frequencies
| Approach and departure | 128.35 | |
| ME23 and aWOS-AV | 122.8 | |
| Waterboro and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.2 |
Automated weather (AWOS-AV), by phone 207-779-3105.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Waterville Regional (22 nm east), Augusta State Airport (24 nm southeast), Stephen A Bean Municipal (31 nm northwest), Auburn/Lewiston Municipal (35 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Central Maine/Norridgewock Airport (14 nm northeast), Waterville Regional (22 nm east), Augusta State Airport (24 nm southeast), Sugarloaf Regional (28 nm north).
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
- Provided pvt use only; takeoff/landing area marked.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Farmington from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Farmington, Maine: 2 piston singles, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Maine.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Farmington 3 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Accidents and incidents in Maine 529 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Maine 66 landing places
- Maine 1,427 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ME23.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 29, 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.