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
- 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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- 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 |
Aircraft registered in Vinalhaven from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Vinalhaven, ME as the owner's town.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.