# Vinalhaven Airport (ME55)

**Vinalhaven Airport** (FAA: ME55) is a small airport in Vinalhaven, Maine, United States. It has one runway, 1,510 ft (460 m) long, gravel.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/me55

## At a glance

- FAA: ME55
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Vinalhaven, Maine, United States
- Elevation: 72 ft / 22 m
- Coordinates: 44.0732, -68.8193
- Runways: 1
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 1,510 ft / 460 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35315667
- Weather station: KRKD
- Ident: ME55

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NE/SW | 1,510 ft / 460 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Gravel | 036° / 216° |  |

- NE/SW slopes 2.0%: threshold SW at 42 ft / 13 m, threshold NE at 72 ft / 22 m.
- Also 1 helipad.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,510 ft / 460 m | #27,799 of 29,858 | #14,029 in North America | #12,504 in US |
| Elevation | 72 ft / 22 m | =38,075 of 43,403 | =17,264 in North America | =14,361 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [ME41](https://dromopedia.com/airports/me41.md) Witherspoons Airport · 6.1 mi / 9.8 km
- [93B](https://dromopedia.com/airports/93b.md) Stonington Municipal Airport · 9.8 mi / 16 km
- [RKD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krkd.md) Knox County Regional Airport · 14 mi / 22 km
- [35ME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/35me.md) Matinicus Island Airport · 14 mi / 23 km
- [57B](https://dromopedia.com/airports/57b.md) Islesboro Airport · 16 mi / 27 km
- [US-3404](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-3404.md) Ragged Island Airstrip · 17 mi / 27 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/me55/data