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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, JP-8) and about 174 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 63,757 takeoffs and landings a year. About 51,956 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Portsmouth International AT Pease?
Its FAA code is PSM, and its ICAO code is KPSM.
Where is Portsmouth International AT Pease?
It is 1 mile west of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 100 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Portsmouth International AT Pease?
Its one runway, 16/34, is 11,322 feet long, asphalt and concrete.
Does Portsmouth International AT Pease have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Portsmouth International AT Pease?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, JP-8.
Where can you fly nonstop from Portsmouth International AT Pease?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Punta Gorda, Orlando Sanford International, Orlando International, Raleigh-Durham International, Southwest Florida International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Portsmouth International AT Pease?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Hampton Flying Services LLC and Yellowbird Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Portsmouth International AT Pease?
8 pilot examiners and 22 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, JP-8; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, JP-8
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Sanford Seacoast Regional (20 nm north), Lawrence Municipal (25 nm southwest), Manchester Boston Regional (28 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in New Hampshire · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 729 departures from PSM in those twelve months, carrying 85,953 passengers in 108,929 seats (79% filled), to 79 destinations (32 abroad) on 21 airlines.
All 79 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 123 |
| multi-engine | 10 |
| jets | 27 |
| helicopters | 2 |
| other | 12 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 63,757, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 1,190 |
| air taxi and commuter | 12,179 |
| general aviation, travelling | 2,080 |
| general aviation, local | 42,140 |
| military | 6,168 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in New Hampshire.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Hampton Flying Services LLC 6 aircraft · Portsmouth Hampton Flying Services LLC operates Hampton Airfield, a 40-acre airport in North Hampton, New Hampshire, with a flight school offering pilot training from introductory flights through private pilot certification, aircraft rentals, a mainte
- Yellowbird Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Greenland, 3 miles away
- Skyhaven Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · Dover, 8 miles away Skyhaven Flying Club is a not-for-profit private flying club based at Skyhaven Airport in Rochester, New Hampshire.
Charter operators and airlines based in Portsmouth:
- Cobalt Air, LLC 70 aircraft on the certificate
- Air New England, LLC. 5 aircraft on the certificate Air New England is a Part 135 on-demand charter operator based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Repair stations in Portsmouth:
- Atlas Aircraft Center INC Atlas Aircraft Center Inc is an FAA Part 145 repair station and Pilatus authorized service center that maintains and supports the PlaneSense fractional aircraft fleet.
- Port City Air INC JBI Helicopter Services is a helicopter operator and repair station based in Pembroke, New Hampshire, serving the Northeast and throughout North America since 1983.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 8 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 6 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 22 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 2 training center examiners.
- Jared Patrick Curtis private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · North Hampton, NH (6 nm) · (202) 280-3592 · [email protected]
- Mark Albert Favolise private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Sanford, ME (20 nm) · (207) 432-9866 · [email protected]
- Christopher Allen Thresher private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Manchester, NH (28 nm) · (603) 203-0486 · [email protected]
- Gregory Stuart Livernois private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Concord Aviation Services · Concord, NH (31 nm) · (386) 243-5944 · [email protected]
- Michael Rhodes private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Nashua, NH (35 nm) · (603) 759-8300 · [email protected]
- James Victor Loranger private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Emerson Aviation · Gilford, NH (36 nm) · (207) 839-2443 · [email protected]
- Marvin Randall Williams private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Portland International Jetport · Portland, ME (41 nm) · (617) 953-8764 · [email protected]
- Sean Anthony Brodeur private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals; airplanes · Mike Goulian Aviation · Bedford, MA (42 nm) · (413) 330-0058 · [email protected]
All 43 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Portsmouth 125 aircraft · 56 turboprops, 40 piston singles, 24 business jets
- Rigi INC 20 aircraft in town
- Chi Aerospace INC 10 aircraft in town
- Hampton Flying Services LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Carlisle Capital CORP 2 aircraft in town
- Cobalt Air, LLC 70 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Air New England, LLC. 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Hampton Flying Services LLC 6 aircraft · flight school
- Yellowbird Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Skyhaven Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Atlas Aircraft Center INC · repair station
- Port City Air INC · repair station
- Punta Gorda (PGD) 235 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Orlando Sanford International (SFB) 135 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Orlando International (MCO) 72 flights in twelve months · Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze
- Raleigh-Durham International (RDU) 70 flights in twelve months · Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze, TEM Enterprises dba Avelo Airlines
- Southwest Florida International (RSW) 44 flights in twelve months · Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze
- St. Pete-Clearwater International (PIE) 43 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Sarasota/Bradenton International (SRQ) 14 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Rzeszow (RZE) 9 flights in twelve months · Antonov Company, Atlas Air Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in New Hampshire 393 since 1982 · 57 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New Hampshire 25 landing places
- New Hampshire 1,556 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PSM.json.
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 26, 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.