# Sterling Airport (3B3)

**Sterling Airport** (FAA: 3B3) is a small airport in Sterling, Massachusetts, United States. It opened in Dec 1948. It has one runway, 3,086 ft (941 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/3b3

## At a glance

- FAA: 3B3
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Sterling, Massachusetts, United States
- Opened: Dec 1948
- Elevation: 459 ft / 140 m
- Coordinates: 42.4259, -71.7929
- Runways: 1
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 3,086 ft / 941 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7611359
- Weather station: KFIT
- Ident: 3B3

## Timeline

- Dec 1948: Sterling Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 3,086 ft / 941 m | 40 ft / 12 m | Asphalt |  | yes |

- Also 1 helipad.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,086 ft / 941 m | #15,525 of 29,858 | #6,282 in North America | #5,304 in US |
| Elevation | 459 ft / 140 m | =27,877 of 43,403 | =13,249 in North America | =11,099 in US |
| Age | Opened 1948 | =3,279 of 15,079 | =2,168 in North America | =2,110 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [MA16](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ma16.md) Marshall's Airport · 4.6 mi / 7.3 km
- [KFIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfit.md) Fitchburg Municipal Airport · 9.0 mi / 15 km
- [ORH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/korh.md) Worcester Regional Airport · 12 mi / 19 km
- [60M](https://dromopedia.com/airports/60m.md) Spencer Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [MMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/6b6.md) Minute Man Air Field · 14 mi / 23 km
- [GDM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgdm.md) Gardner Municipal Airport · 14 mi / 23 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/3b3/data