Millinocket Seaplane Base is a privately owned, public-use
seaplane
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base located on
Ambajejus LakeUSGS Topographic Map
at Acme Mapper in Piscataquis County
Piscataquis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of the 2020 census, its population was 16,800, making it Maine's least-populous county. Its county seat is Dover-Foxcroft. The county was incorporated on March 23, 1838, ta ...
, Maine
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, United States
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, seven nautical mile
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s (13 km) northwest of the central business district
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of Millinocket
Millinocket is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,114 at the 2020 census.
Millinocket's economy has historically been centered on forest products and recreation, but the paper company closed in 2008.
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, a town in Penobscot County
Penobscot County is a county in the U.S. state of Maine, named for the Penobscot Nation on Wabanakik. As of the 2020 census, the population was 152,199. Its county seat is Bangor. The county was established on February 15, 1816, from part of ...
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Facilities and aircraft
Millinocket Seaplane Base has one landing area measuring 4,000 x 500 feet (1,219 x 152 m). For the 12-month period ending August 19, 2006, the airport had 7,000 aircraft operations, an average of 19 per day: 60% general aviation
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, 20% scheduled commercial and 20% air taxi
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See also
* List of airports in Maine
This is a list of airports in Maine (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that wer ...
* Millinocket Municipal Airport
Millinocket Municipal Airport is a town-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district of Millinocket, a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. It once offered commercial ai ...
References
External links
Katahdin Air Service
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Seaplane bases in the United States
Airports in Piscataquis County, Maine
Millinocket, Maine