# Acushnet River Seaplane Base (6MA8)

**Acushnet River Seaplane Base** (FAA: 6MA8) is a seaplane base in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. It opened in Feb 1992. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,500 ft (1,067 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/6ma8

## At a glance

- FAA: 6MA8
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
- Opened: Feb 1992
- Elevation: 0 ft / 0 m
- Coordinates: 41.6473, -70.9175
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,500 ft / 1,067 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49744805
- Weather station: KEWB
- Ident: 6MA8

## Timeline

- Feb 1992: Acushnet River Seaplane Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02W/20W | 3,500 ft / 1,067 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Water |  |  |
| 16W/34W | 3,500 ft / 1,067 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Water |  |  |

## Nearby airports

- [EWB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewb.md) New Bedford Regional Airport · 2.8 mi / 4.6 km
- [NPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kuuu.md) Newport State Airport · 20 mi / 33 km
- [NCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/koqu.md) Quonset State Airport · 26 mi / 41 km
- [PVD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpvd.md) Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport · 27 mi / 43 km
- [HYA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khya.md) Cape Cod Gateway Airport · 33 mi / 53 km
- [OWD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kowd.md) Norwood Memorial Airport · 40 mi / 64 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/6ma8/data