Brunswick Executive Airport
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Brunswick Executive Airport (also known as BXM and formerly Naval Air Station Brunswick
) is a public general aviation
airport
in Brunswick
, Maine
.
The airport was formerly a naval air station until the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure
committee recommended it close. A disestablishment ceremony took place on May 31, 2011. As of November 28, 2009, the last military aircraft (P-3 Orions) took off, never to return. The runways were closed in January 2010. The airport re-opened for civilian aircraft use in June 2011.Levesque, Steve. Update on Brunswick Landing, The Times Record, June 17, 2011, Retrieved 2011-07-07
The airport is the central focus of Brunswick Landing: Maine's Center for Innovation, a business park.
Naval Air Station Brunswick
Naval Air Station Brunswick , also known as NAS Brunswick, was a military airport located northeast of Brunswick, Maine. The base was home to a number of Navy-operated Maritime patrol aircraft...
) is a public general aviation
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
in Brunswick
Brunswick, Maine
Brunswick is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 20,278 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area. Brunswick is home to Bowdoin College, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, , and the...
, Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
.
The airport was formerly a naval air station until the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure
Base Realignment and Closure
Base Realignment and Closure is a process of the United States federal government directed at the administration and operation of the Armed Forces, used by the United States Department of Defense and Congress to close excess military installations and realign the total asset inventory to reduce...
committee recommended it close. A disestablishment ceremony took place on May 31, 2011. As of November 28, 2009, the last military aircraft (P-3 Orions) took off, never to return. The runways were closed in January 2010. The airport re-opened for civilian aircraft use in June 2011.Levesque, Steve. Update on Brunswick Landing, The Times Record, June 17, 2011, Retrieved 2011-07-07
The airport is the central focus of Brunswick Landing: Maine's Center for Innovation, a business park.