Houlton International Airport
| Houlton International Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| IATA: HUL – ICAO: KHUL – FAA LID: HUL | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Town of Houlton | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Houlton, Maine | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Houlton, Maine | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 489 ft / 149 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°07′23″N 067°47′31″W / 46.12306°N 67.79194°WCoordinates: 46°07′23″N 067°47′31″W / 46.12306°N 67.79194°W | ||||||||||||||
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Houlton International Airport (IATA: HUL, ICAO: KHUL, FAA LID: HUL) is a public-use airport located two miles (3 km) east of Houlton (CDP), Maine, in the town of Houlton in Aroostook County, Maine, United States, on the border of New Brunswick, Canada. This general aviation airport is publicly owned by the town of Houlton. It once had scheduled airline service on Northeast Airlines.
The airport originated as Houlton Army Air Base. From October 1944 to May 1946, it housed Camp Houlton, a prisoner-of-war camp.
Facilities
Houlton International Airport covers an area of 1,615 acres (654 ha) and has two runways:
- Runway 5/23: 5,001 x 150 ft (1,524 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway 1/19: 2,600 x 100 ft (793 x 30.5 m), Surface: Asphalt
See also
- Maine World War II Army Airfields
- Air Transport Command
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
External links
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for HUL
- AirNav airport information for KHUL
- ASN accident history for HUL
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures