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Wales Airport

ME6 · Wales, Maine · Androscoggin County · map

Wales Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles ssw of Wales, Maine, 210 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 2,100 feet of grass.

The airport

Codes
FAA ME6
Kind
Airport · open to the public · privately owned
Elevation
210 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
On the chart
Montreal sectional
Magnetic variation
17W
In the FAA's files since
June 1999

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0422N500 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
04/222,100 × 80 ftGrass, good
  • Runway 04: gnd 15 ft high 20 ft from the end
  • Runway 22: tree 44 ft high 200 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

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Aircraft registered in Wales from the FAA register

1 aircraft are registered to owners in Wales, Maine: 1 balloon. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Maine.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal

1999-12-12NYC00LA051 · Piper Pa-22-108 N5279Z · accident · no injuries

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

  • All operations daylight VFR only and users are notified of this condition.
  • 1239 feet above sea level tower 7000 feet southeast and 968 feet above sea level tower 9600 feet sse of airport.
  • Has white plastic barrel edge markers.
  • Has white plastic barrel edge markers.
  • Has white plastic barrel markers along side of runway with thld marked with single plastic white barrel.
  • Has white plastic barrel markers along side of runway with thld marked with single white barrel.
  • Soft in spring.
  • Airport closed NOV-MAY except for skiing.
  • Aircraft should mnt 122.8 in the vicinity of airport.

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.