🇺🇸 Brunswick Executive Airport

Brunswick Executive Airport (IATA: NHZ, ICAO: KBXM, FAA LID: BXM) is a public-use general aviation airport located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Brunswick, Maine, United States. It is owned and operated by the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority (MRRA).

Notable Features and History:

• The airport covers 920 acres (372 ha) at an elevation of 75 feet (23 m) above mean sea level.
• It has one asphalt paved runway, 1R/19L, measuring 8,000 by 200 feet (2,438 x 61 m). A former runway, 1L/19R, is closed.
• Originally Naval Air Station Brunswick (NASB), it was decommissioned on May 31, 2011, as part of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) program. MRRA was then assigned to manage and operate the airport, renaming it Brunswick Executive Airport with the identifier BXM.
• From the late 1950s until 2009, NASB conducted patrols over the North Atlantic using P3-Orion Aircraft.

Current Status:

• Brunswick Executive Airport focuses entirely on serving general aviation, including corporate and business users, charter flights, and transient aircraft.
• It accommodates maintenance education and R&D, specifically experimental float plane, aerospace, and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) research and development.
• The airport is utilized for events such as air shows and fly-ins.
• It also accommodates some transient military operations.
• The airport has received over $32 million in FAA grants for various improvement projects since 2011.
• BXM is classified by the FAA as a GA Local Service airport.

*Sources researched: airnav.com, en.wikipedia.org, brunswicklanding.us, aopa.org, skyvector.com*