Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport is a
general aviation
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airport located two miles (3 km) southwest of the
central business district
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(CBD) of
Waterville, a city in
Kennebec County
Kennebec County is a County (United States), county located in the South-central portion of the U.S. state of Maine. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 123,642. Its county seat is Augusta, Maine, Augusta, the state ...
,
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
,
USA
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. The airport covers and has two
runways
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concrete, o ...
.
It is currently not served by any passenger airline service, though FedEx Feeder (operated by
Wiggins Airways
Wiggins Airways is an American cargo airline based in Manchester, New Hampshire, operating from Manchester–Boston Regional Airport. It is a subsidiary of Ameriflight.
History
Wiggins Airways was founded in 1929, by E.W. Wiggins, operating ou ...
) does serve the airport daily. Scheduled passenger service was once available on
Air New England and
Northeast Express Regional Airlines
Northeast Express Regional Airlines was a regional airline based in Manchester, New Hampshire."World Airline Directory." ''Flight International''. 22–28 March 199580 The airline was originally known as Valley Airlines started by Maine business ...
. KWVL has 2 open runways RW 14/32 and RW 5/23.
See also
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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 ...
References
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External links
Airports in Kennebec County, Maine
Buildings and structures in Waterville, Maine
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