# Van Buren Seaplane Base (05B)

**Van Buren Seaplane Base** (FAA: 05B) is a seaplane base in Van Buren, Maine, United States. It opened in Apr 1979. It has one runway, 4,000 ft (1,219 m) long, water.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/05b

## At a glance

- FAA: 05B
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Van Buren, Maine, United States
- Opened: Apr 1979
- Elevation: 440 ft / 134 m
- Coordinates: 47.1589, -67.9320
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,000 ft / 1,219 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35314892
- Weather station: CYSL
- Ident: 05B

## Timeline

- Apr 1979: Van Buren Seaplane Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NW/SE | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Water |  |  |

## Nearby airports

- [YSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cysl.md) Saint-Léonard Airport · 4.5 mi / 7.2 km
- [CAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcar.md) Caribou Municipal Airport · 20 mi / 33 km
- [PQI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpqi.md) Presque Isle International Airport · 33 mi / 53 km
- [HUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khul.md) Houlton International Airport · 72 mi / 116 km
- [YRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyri.md) Rivière-du-Loup Airport · 88 mi / 141 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/05b/data