Machias Valley Airport
MVM · KMVM · Machias, Maine · Washington County · map
Machias Valley Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Machias, 1 mile southwest of Machias, Maine, 96 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,880 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MVM · ICAO KMVM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Machias
- Elevation
- 96 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Halifax sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,880 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 36: pole 53 ft high 999 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM · Mvm and aWOS-AV | 122.8 | |
| Bangor and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.25 |
Automated weather (AWOS-AV), by phone 207-255-2511.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
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 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 · 2 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour self service with major credit card.
- Deer and wildlife on and 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.