Portsmouth International Airport at Pease: Difference between revisions

On the West side of the airport, there is a short airport access road situated to the East of McIntyre Rd.  Click on the Google Map link below.  You are right by the airport perimeter fence, which you will have to shoot through or over. This location offers great lighting in the afternoon and evening of aircraft landing on runway 16.

Pease has one Airline gate operated by Allegiant Air, which flies Airbus A320s from Pease to Places in Florida and Tennessee. A local flight school called Chi Aerospace operates a small fleet at Pease made up mostly of Van's RV-12s. Small GA planes, especially Piper Cherokees and Cessna Skyhawks are a very common sight. Military aircraft and military charters are the biggest users of Pease currently.  Pease competes with the [[Bangor International Airport]] as a stopover location for transatlantic charters, but sees far less frequent visitors.  MD-11s and 737s occasionally stop at Pease for fuel. International military aircraft will often stop at Pease for fuel, joining the regular Air National Guard KC-46 traffic, which has replaced the former KC-135s that used to be based here. KC-135 traffic is still not unusual, as Stratotankers from other states (usually Maine and Washington) arrive at Pease for a variety of reasons. Other common military planes include C-17s, KC-10s, and C-130s. PlaneSense, an aircraft fractional-ownership company, is also based at Pease, flying a fleet of 30+ Pilatus PC-12 aircraft, as well as a few Pilatus PC-24s as of 2018. Occasionally, an AN-124 will stop at Pease. About once per week, a C-5 Galaxy, usually with the callsign "RODD" will visit Pease to do touch-and-goes. RODD usually comes on Tuesdays, but not always. When high-ranking Executive-Branch officials visit New England, it is not uncommon to see a Boeing C-32 or C-40 arrive at Pease for fuel or as a backup plane for whichever VIP is in the area.