Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base , also known as Dewitt Field, is a public use
airport located two
nautical mile
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s (4 km) northwest of the
central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
of
Old Town
In a city or town, the old town is its historic or original core. Although the city is usually larger in its present form, many cities have redesignated this part of the city to commemorate its origins after thorough renovations. There are ma ...
, in
Penobscot County
Penobscot County is a county in the U.S. state of Maine, named for the Penobscot Nation on Wabanakik. As of the 2020 census, the population was 152,199. Its county seat is Bangor. The county was established on February 15, 1816, from part of ...
,
Maine,
United States. It is owned by the City of Old Town.
The seaplane base is located on
Marsh Island on the
Penobscot River
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.
Facilities and aircraft
Dewitt Field covers an area of at an
elevation of 126 feet (38 m) above
mean sea level. It has two
asphalt paved
runways: 12/30 measuring 3,999 x 100 ft (1,219 x 30 m) and 4/22 measuring: 3,199 x 75 ft (975 x 23 m). It also has one seaplane landing area (17W/35W) measuring 8,400 x 100 ft (2,560 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2006, the airport had 47,160 aircraft operations, an average of 129 per day: 99%
general aviation and 1%
military. At that time there were 51 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-
engine, 8% multi-engine, 10%
helicopter and 2%
ultralight.
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Seaplane bases in the United States
Buildings and structures in Old Town, Maine
Airports in Penobscot County, Maine