Down East Community Hospital Heliport
ME52 · Machias, Maine · Washington County · map
Down East Community Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Down East Community Hospital in Machias, Maine, 150 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 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 ME52
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Down East Community Hospital
- Elevation
- 150 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
- Magnetic variation
- 18W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 2015
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Asphalt, good |
Radio frequencies
| Bangor and center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.25 |
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: Eastport Municipal (23 nm northeast), Princeton Municipal (29 nm north), Hancock County/Bar Harbor (41 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Machias Valley Airport (1 nm south), Eastport Municipal (23 nm northeast), Princeton Municipal (29 nm north), Hancock County/Bar Harbor (41 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 Maine · avgas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Machias from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Machias, Maine: 1 piston single. 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 Machias 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in Maine 532 since 1982 · 70 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 1,426 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ME52.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 November 2, 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.