Deblois Flight Strip

Deblois Flight Strip (FAA LID: 43B) is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of the central business district of Deblois, a town in Washington County, Maine, United States.

[1] It is currently owned by the Maine Department of Transportation, and managed by Randy Gray, Superintendent of Operations for the Eastern Region.

The airport was built by the United States Army Air Forces about 1942 as an emergency landing airfield for military aircraft on training flights.

[2] [3] Deblois Flight Strip covers an area of 153 acres (62 ha) at an elevation of 217 feet (66 m) above mean sea level.

For the 12-month period ending August 12, 2008, the airport had 100 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 8 per month.