| Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: LEW – ICAO: KLEW – FAA LID: LEW | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner/Operator | Cities of Auburn & Lewiston | ||
| Serves | Auburn / Lewiston, Maine | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 288 ft / 88 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 4/22 | 5,001 | 1,524 | Asphalt |
| 17/35 | 2,750 | 838 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 74,180 | ||
| Based aircraft | 120 | ||
| Sources: Airport website[1], FAA[2] | |||
Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport (IATA: LEW, ICAO: KLEW, FAA LID: LEW) is a public use airport in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States, opened in 1935.[1] It is located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest the cities of Auburn and Lewiston,[2] both of which own and operate the airport,[1] although it is located solely in the city of Auburn.
The airport is currently not served by any commercial airline, though scheduled service once served the airport on Northeast Airlines, Air New England, Northeast Express Regional Airlines, and Bar Harbor Airlines. The airport was the site of a fatal accident on the latter of those airlines, killing "America's Youngest Ambassador" Samantha Smith.
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From late 1942, during World War II, the airfield was under the control of the United States Navy for use as a base for anti-submarine patrols by Squadron VS-31. It was officially commissioned on 15 April 1943 as Lewiston Naval Auxiliary Air Facility, and used for training British and American torpedo bomber pilots until 1945. The site was declared surplus to the Navy's requirements in 1946, and was handed back to the cities of Auburn and Lewiston in 1947/8.[3]
Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport covers an area of 547 acres (221 ha) at an elevation of 288 feet (88 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 4/22 is 5,001 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m) and 17/35 is 2,750 by 75 feet (838 x 23 m).[2]
For the 12-month period ending May 1, 2008, the airport had 74,180 aircraft operations, an average of 203 per day: 64% general aviation, 36% air taxi, and <% military. At that time there were 120 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 1% jet, 3% helicopter and 6% ultralight.[2]