Portsmouth International AT Pease
PSM · KPSM · Portsmouth, New Hampshire · Rockingham County · map
Portsmouth International AT Pease is a public-use airport owned by Pease Development Authority, 1 mile west of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 100 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 11,322 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, JP-8).
Weather right now KPSM · observed 3:55 pm EDT (19:55 UTC), 40 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (280°) at 13 knots, gusting to 17
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 20,000 feet
- Temperature 62°F (16°C), dew point 31°F (0°C)
- Altimeter 29.92 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 13 knots, gusting to 20, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm EDT (23:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KPSM 061955Z 28013G17KT 10SM FEW200 17/M00 A2992 RMK AO2A SLP135 T01651003
TAF KPSM 061720Z 0618/0718 30013G20KT P6SM SKC FM062300 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM071400 20006KT P6SM SKC
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 PSM · ICAO KPSM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Pease Development Authority
- Elevation
- 100 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, JP-8
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1946
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 11,322 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 803 ft, 10,518 ft available for landing, trees 58 ft high 2,200 ft from the end
- Runway 34: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 132.05 | Portsmouth |
| Ground | 120.95 | Portsmouth |
| Tower | 128.4 | Portsmouth |
| Approach and departure · Departure | 125.05 | Portsmouth |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Portsmouth |
| Ang and operations | 141.95 | Portsmouth |
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Aircraft registered in Portsmouth from the FAA register
125 aircraft are registered to owners in Portsmouth, New Hampshire: 56 turboprops, 40 piston singles, 24 business jets, 3 piston twins, 1 helicopter. 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 New Hampshire.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 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
- Index east rescue and firefighting (ARFF) capability available 24/7.
- Edge lights are 24 in tall; 85 feet from centerline.
- 16/34 dbl faced dist mkrs both sides of runway at 1000 feet intvls.
- 50:1 to dthr.
- Runway 16-FST 600 feet CONC-GROOVED.
- Turb approach end runway 34 in strong an X winds.
- No pla or tgl 11:00 pm to 7:00 am for LCL-BASED aircraft, 9:00 pm to 7:00 am for transient aircraft or bfr 1200 Sunday for all aircraft.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Noise sensitive areas off both ends of runway.
- Traffic pattern: rectangular 1600 feet above sea level ovd 2100 feet above sea level - light aircraft 1100 feet above sea level.
- On other than a publd IAP--ARRG aircraft should established themselves on final approach at least 2 NM from the runway threshold at a minimum of 700 feet above sea level.
- Avoid close in base legs/short approaches.
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.