Aroostook Airways was an

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based in

Presque Isle, Maine Presque Isle is the commercial center and largest city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 8,797 at the 2020 Census. The city is home to the University of Maine at Presque Isle, Northern Maine Community College, Husso ...

, United States, from 1969 to 1972. It was established as P & M Flying Services, founded by

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in 1965. It offered commuter airline service throughout

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, and Hartford's Bradley International Airport. The airline also offered charter and

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service.

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** Presque Isle (

Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle Presque Isle International Airport , formally Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle, is a mile northwest of Presque Isle, in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. It serves the residents of Presque Isle and a vast area of northern Ma ...

) (PQI) Hub ** Augusta (

Augusta State Airport Augusta State Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of the state capital of Augusta, a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The airport is owned by the s ...

) (AUG) ** Bangor (

Bangor International Airport Bangor International Airport is a joint civil-military public airport on the west side of the city of Bangor, in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. Owned and operated by the City of Bangor, the airport has a single runway measuring . F ...

) (BGR) ** Madawaska/Fort Kent (

Northern Aroostook Regional Airport Northern Aroostook Regional Airport is a public airport three miles (5 km) east of the central business district of Frenchville, a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. It is owned by the Northern Aroostook Regional Airport Autho ...

)* (WFK) **

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(

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) (PWM) *

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(

Bradley International Airport Bradley International Airport is a public international airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States. Owned and operated by the Connecticut Airport Authority, it is the second-largest airport in New England. The airport is about halfw ...

) (BDL) *

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(

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) (BOS) ''Those airports marked with an asterisk (*) no longer have commercial airline service.''

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AirTimes.com
Defunct airlines of the United States Transportation in Aroostook County, Maine Defunct companies based in Maine Airlines based in Maine Airlines established in 1969 Airlines disestablished in 1972 1969 establishments in Maine 1972 disestablishments in Maine {{Maine-transport-stub

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