Vinalhaven Airport
ME55 · Vinalhaven, Maine · Knox County · map
Vinalhaven Airport is a private airport owned by the Town of Vinalhaven, 1 mile north of Vinalhaven, Maine, 72 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, NE/SW, is 1,510 feet of gravel.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ME55
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Vinalhaven
- Elevation
- 72 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Halifax sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17W
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| NE/SW | 1,510 × 60 ft | Gravel, fair | |
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Gravel, fair | Perimeter lights |
- Runway SW: hill 50 ft high 500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Approach and departure | 118.925 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.4 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Knox County Regional (12 nm west), Belfast Municipal (22 nm north), Hancock County/Bar Harbor (30 nm northeast), Wiscasset Airport (39 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Knox County Regional (12 nm west), Belfast Municipal (22 nm north), Hancock County/Bar Harbor (30 nm northeast), Wiscasset Airport (39 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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Iaw VFR.
- Portable perimeter helicopter lights for night operations.
- Airstrip is leased to penobscot is air service.
- Helipad: north end of runway, fato 80 feet an X 80 feet.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Vinalhaven from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Vinalhaven, ME as the owner's town.
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:
- Knox County Flying Club 1 aircraft · Owls Head, 13 miles away The Knox County Flying Club is a flying club based at Knox County Regional Airport (KRKD) in Owls Head, Maine.
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Maine 529 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Knox County Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- 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/ME55.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.