Stephen A. Bean Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 8B0) is a town owned, public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of the central business district of Rangeley, a town in Franklin County, Maine, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Stephen A. Bean Municipal Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 8B0
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Town of Rangeley
Serves	Rangeley, Maine
Elevation AMSL	1,825 ft / 556 m
Coordinates	44°59′31″N 070°39′53″W
Map
8B0 Location of airport in Maine
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 3,201 976 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 12,350 Based aircraft 6
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Stephen A. Bean Municipal Airport covers an area of 125 acres (51 ha) at an elevation of 1,825 feet (556 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 14/32 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,201 by 75 feet (976 x 23 m).[1]

The airport is named after the late Stephen A. Bean, who ran a flight school, and taught seaplane flying in the town of Rangeley, Maine. Steven died in a plane crash in December, 2000.

For the 12-month period ending August 16, 2010, the airport had 12,350 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% military, and <1% air taxi. At that time there were 6 aircraft based at this airport: 100% single-engine.[1]

Instrument Approach Procedures:

• RNAV (GPS)-D (PDF), effective 8 Sep 2022 (Area navigation / GPS)
• NDB-A (PDF), effective 8 Sep 2022 (Non-directional beacon)

[3]

See also

• Rangeley Lake Seaplane Base at 44°57′12″N 070°39′47″W

References

External links

• Aerial image as of June 1997 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for 8B0, effective September 8, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for 8B0
  • AirNav airport information for 8B0
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for 8B0