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Known as Stroudwater Airport, the airport received its first commercial service on August 1, 1931, when Boston-Maine Airways began a flight from Portland to Boston. [9] In 1937 the city of Portland purchased the airfield for $68,471 [ 10 ] and changed its name to Portland-Westbrook Municipal Airport ; this is the origin of its airport code, PWM ...
When the United States Air Force closed Presque Isle Air Force Base in 1961, the former Air Force Base was redeveloped. A business park, which includes Northern Maine Community College (which is closely integrated with the nearby University of Maine at Presque Isle), [10] was developed on one side of the base, while the other portion became Northern Maine Regional Airport, now Presque Isle ...
The airport is named after the late Stephen A. Bean, who ran a flight school, and taught seaplane flying in the town of Rangeley, Maine. Steven died in a plane crash in December, 2000. For the 12-month period ending August 16, 2010, the airport had 12,350 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 97% general aviation , 2% military , and <1 ...
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 were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
English: Route map for Portland International Jetport as of October 2011. Map is an Azimuthal equidistant projection centered on the airport so straight lines from Portland are along great circle routes.
For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2006, the airport had 47,160 aircraft operations, an average of 129 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 51 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single- engine , 8% multi-engine, 10% helicopter and 2% ultralight .
One of three major airports serving the New York City area, EWR currently serves more than 30 airlines.
The airport is located on the site of the former Naval Air Station Brunswick. The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure committee recommended the closure of NAS Brunswick. The airport was opened for civilian aircraft use in June 2011. [4] The airport is the central focus of Brunswick Landing: Maine's Center for Innovation, a business park. [5]