Brunswick (Maine) airport returns to civilian duty

In the 1920s, Brunswick Municipal Airport became Maine’s first airfield.

By Gordon Gilbert • Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

April 29, 2011

In the 1920s, Brunswick Municipal Airport became Maine’s first airfield. By the 1960s, the airport was greatly expanded and became Brunswick Naval Air Station (NHX). On April 2 this year, events officially came full circle when the former base, being closed by the Navy, again became a civilian-owned facility and reopened as Brunswick Executive Airport (BXM).

The former base comprises more than 3,200 acres, 750 of which are being used for Brunswick Executive Airport and its development projects. (The other parts of the property are designated as recreational, conservation and nature areas.) There are two parallel 8,000-foot by 200-foot runways, nearly 100 acres of parking ramps, and 650,000 sq ft of hangar/office buildings, including the 170,000-sq-ft Hangar 6. The majority of space in this hangar–110,000 sq ft–houses Kestrel Aviation, a start-up company developing a composite single-engine turboprop. About 50,000 sq ft belongs to the FBO, Norwood, Mass.-based FlightLevel Aviation.

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