Airport type Public Location Trenton, Maine Website www.BHBairport.com Code BHB Phone +1 207-667-7329 | Serves Hancock County Elevation AMSL 83 ft / 25 m 4/22 5,200 Elevation 25 m Owner Hancock County, Maine | |
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Address 115 Caruso Drive, Trenton, ME 04605, United States Similar Cape Air, Acadia National Park, Downeast Transport, Enterprise Rent‑A‑Car, Hertz | ||
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Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport (IATA: BHB, ICAO: KBHB, FAA LID: BHB) is a county owned, public use airport located in Trenton, Maine, eight nautical miles (9 mi, 15 km) northwest of the central business district of Bar Harbor, a city in Hancock County, Maine, United States. It serves the residents of Hancock County with commercial and charter aviation services. During the summer months, the airport becomes one of Maine's busiest, with significant private jet operations bringing visitors to the numerous summer colonies in the county, which includes Mount Desert Island. Scheduled passenger airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
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- Renovations complete at hancock county bar harbor airport
- History
- Facilities and aircraft
- Airlines and destinations
- References
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 10,562 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 10,100 enplanements in 2009, and 11,109 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).
Renovations complete at hancock county bar harbor airport
History
The airport operated as Bar Harbor Naval Auxiliary Air Facility (NAAF) supporting operations of Naval Air Station Brunswick from September 1, 1943 until November 15, 1945.
Facilities and aircraft
Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport covers an area of 468 acres (189 ha) at an elevation of 83 feet (25 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 4/22 is 5,200 by 100 feet (1,585 x 30 m) and 17/35 is 3,253 by 75 feet (992 x 23 m). The airport is an uncontrolled airport that has no control tower.
For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2011, the airport had 33,965 aircraft operations, an average of 93 per day: 91% general aviation, 6% scheduled commercial, 2% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 45 aircraft based at this airport: 96% single-engine and 4% glider.
Airlines and destinations
Cape Air operates Cessna 402 twin prop aircraft, Elite Airways flies both CRJ 700 and CRJ 200 regional jets and PenAir operates Saab 340B turboprops. PenAir's service also operate as code sharing flights via an agreement with Alaska Airlines.