Orange Municipal
ORE · KORE · Orange, Massachusetts · Franklin County · map
Orange Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Orange, 1 mile southeast of Orange, Massachusetts, 556 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KORE · observed 2:52 pm EDT (18:52 UTC), 63 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (300°) at 9 knots, gusting to 19
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 58°F (14°C), dew point 28°F (-2°C)
- Altimeter 30.01 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KORE 061852Z AUTO 30009G19KT 10SM CLR 14/M02 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP166 T01441022
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ORE · ICAO KORE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Orange
- Elevation
- 556 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 4,800 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 50 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
- Runway 19: threshold displaced 1,301 ft, trees 30 ft high 800 ft from the end
- Runway 14: trees 20 ft high 700 ft from the end
- Runway 32: threshold displaced 1,290 ft, trees 20 ft high 900 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Gardner and center (remote transmitter) Low | 123.75 | |
| Ore and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.675 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 978-544-6774.
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 Orange from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Orange, Massachusetts: 10 piston singles, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Massachusetts.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 15 since 1982, 3 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
- Established prior to 1959.
- Dusk to dawn. Activate medium-intensity runway lights runways 01/19 and 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 01 operates continuously.
- Paja WI 2 NM of airfield, surface to 14500 feet above sea level, 7 days a week, sunrise to sunset, apr 1-NOV 30.
- 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.