Brunswick Executive Airport
{{Short description|Airport in Maine, United States}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Brunswick Executive Airport
| image = NAS Brunswick Maine aerial view 2008.jpg
| image-width = 250
| caption = Brunswick Executive Airport (as NAS Brunswick), October 2009
| IATA = NHZ{{cite web|url=http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx|title=Airline and Airport Code Search| publisher=IATA|accessdate=1 April 2016}}
| ICAO = KBXM
| FAA = BXM
| type = Public
| owner = Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority
| operator =
| city-served = Brunswick, Maine
| location =
| elevation-f = 75
| coordinates = {{coord|43|53|32|N|069|56|20|W|region:US-ME_type:airport}}
| website = {{URL|www.BrunswickExecutiveAirport.com}}
| r1-number = 1L/19R (Closed)
| r1-length-f = 8,000
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| r2-number = 1R/19L
| r2-length-f = 8,000
| r2-surface = Asphalt
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=BXM|use=PU|own=PU|site=07885.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
}}
Brunswick Executive Airport {{airport codes|NHZ|KBXM|BXM}} is a public use general aviation airport located {{convert|2|nmi|km|abbr=on}} southeast of the central business district of Brunswick, a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. It is owned by the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority.{{Cite web |title=Brunswick Executive Airport |url=http://mrra.us/brunswick-executive-airport/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority}}
The airport is located on the site of the former Naval Air Station Brunswick. The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure committee recommended the closure of NAS Brunswick. The airport was opened for civilian aircraft use in June 2011.{{cite news | last = Levesque | first = Steve | url = http://www.timesrecord.com/articles/2011/06/17/opinion/commentaries/doc4dfb8269ac8a2278657110.txt | title = Update on Brunswick Landing | work = The Times Record | date = June 17, 2011 | accessdate = July 7, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
The airport is the central focus of Brunswick Landing: Maine's Center for Innovation, a business park.{{cite news | url = http://www.timesrecord.com/articles/2010/03/17/news/doc4ba0fd443deed238663340.txt | title = Reuse panel announces name for base property | work = The Times Record | date = March 17, 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Brunswick Executive Airport is assigned BXM by the FAA and NHZ by the IATA (which assigned BXM to Batom Airport in Indonesia).
{{cite web| url = http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=BXM| title = Batom Airport, Indonesia (IATA: BXM)| publisher = Aviation Safety Network| accessdate = July 25, 2012}} The airport's ICAO identifier is KBXM.{{cite web| url = https://nfdc.faa.gov/nfdcApps/airportLookup/airportDisplay.jsp?airportId=BXM| title = Brunswick Executive – BXM (KBXM)| work = National Flight Data Center| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration| accessdate = July 25, 2012}}
Presidential visits
On July 28, 2023, Air Force One landed on the runway with President Joe Biden, for Biden to then be escorted to Auburn by a V-22 Osprey aircraft.
Facilities
Brunswick Executive Airport covers an area of 920 acres (372 ha) at an elevation of 75 feet (23 m) above mean sea level. It has an asphalt paved runway, 1R/19L, measuring 8,000 by 200 feet (2,438 x 61 m). There is also former runway 1L/19R that is closed and now marked with an X.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@43.9021153,-69.9402252,641a,35y,182.37h/data=!3m1!1e3|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps|language=en|access-date=2019-02-09}} There also several closed taxiways.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@43.8983386,-69.9445611,503m/data=!3m1!1e3|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps|language=en|access-date=2019-02-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@43.9020875,-69.9352296,503m/data=!3m1!1e3|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps|language=en|access-date=2019-02-09}}
Environmental Issues
On August 19, 2024, a malfunctioning fire suppression system in Hangar 4 accidentally discharged over 1,400 gallons of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) containing toxic PFAS chemicals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2024/08/19/environmental-officials-respond-to-dangerous-chemical-spill-in-brunswick/|title=Foam spill spews dangerous forever chemicals at Brunswick airport|publisher = The Portland Press Herald|date=August 20, 2024}} The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority had been previously warned of the "tremendous" potential for an accidental discharge due to deficiencies in the fire suppression systems.{{cite news | url = https://www.pressherald.com/2024/09/12/fire-suppression-system-at-brunswick-airport-had-been-flagged-as-deficient/| title = Inspectors warned of ‘tremendous’ potential for accidental foam discharge at Brunswick airport | work = Portland Press Herald | date = September 12, 2024 }} The incident was the sixth-largest accidental discharge of AFFF in the United States in 30 years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2024/08/25/brunswick-landing-is-maines-biggest-firefighting-foam-spill-in-30-years/|title=Brunswick Landing is Maine’s biggest firefighting foam spill in 30 years|publisher = The Portland Press Herald|date=August 26, 2024}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.brunswickexecutiveairport.com}}
- {{FAA-procedures|BXM}}
- {{US-airport-minor|BXM}}
{{Cumberland County, Maine|state=collapsed}}