Airports / Maine / CAR
Caribou Municipal Airport
KCAR / CARCaribou, MaineELEV 626 FT
Google rating
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
11 nm
To the nearest alternate
Presque Isle International Airport (PQI) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Caribou Municipal Airport, listed as KCAR / CAR, is a mid-sized airport in Caribou, Maine. Field elevation is 626 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list CAR as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Presque Isle International Airport (PQI, 11 nm), Houlton International Airport (HUL, 46 nm), and Bangor International Airport (BGR, 129 nm).
Trip costs from CAR are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from CAR to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
KCAR
IATA
CAR
FAA / Local
CAR
Elevation
626 ft
Coordinates
46.8715° N · 68.0179° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs ME fields
state range 56–988 ft
At 626 ft, CAR sits higher than 85% of the 20 Maine fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 11nmPQIPresque Isle International AirportPresque Isle
- 46nmHULHoulton International AirportHoulton
- 129nmBGRBangor International AirportBangor
- 146nmBHBHancock County-Bar Harbor AirportBar Harbor
- 170nmAUGAugusta State AirportAugusta
- 175nmRKDKnox County Regional AirportRockland
Location
Open the full mapKCAR · Caribou Municipal Airport · Caribou, ME