Runways at KBST
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Belfast Municipal Airport has one runway: 15/33 - 1,219 m long (4,000 ft), 30 m wide, asphalt surface.
Belfast Municipal Airport (KBST)
United States · elevation 198 ft AMSL
· 44.4094, -69.0119
About Belfast Municipal Airport
Belfast Municipal Airport is an airport with the ICAO code KBST. Country: United States. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Belfast. OurAirports classifies it as a small airport. Its ICAO code starts with the KB prefix, which marks airports in United States. No IATA code is assigned, which is typical for airports without scheduled traffic. The airport reference point sits at 44°24'34"N, 69°00'43"W, at an elevation of 198 ft (60 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is America/New_York.
Satellite view of KBST
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
Runways of KBST
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 150° | 1,219 m (4,000 ft) | 30 m (100 ft) | asphalt |
| 33 | 330° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
Runway headings and wind
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 15/33 on 150° and 330° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 15/33 axis, wind from the south-west (around 240°) or from the north-east (around 60°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 150° or 330° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
METAR and TAF for KBST
Weather reports for Belfast Municipal Airport are published under the ICAO code KBST. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the KBST report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for KBST, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The America/New_York zone is GMT-05:00 in winter and GMT-04:00 in summer - that is the shift to apply to the time in the report to get local time at the airport.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Knox County Regional Airport (Rockland) (KRKD, 39 km), Bangor International Airport (KBGR, 47 km), Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport (KBHB, 52 km). When no report is available for KBST, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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