Augusta State Airport

Augusta State Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState of Maine
ServesAugusta, Maine
Elevation AMSL352 ft / 107 m
Coordinates44°19′14″N 069°47′50″W / 44.32056°N 69.79722°W / 44.32056; -69.79722
Websiteaugustastateairport.com
Map
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
8/26 2,703 824 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2016)24,500
Based aircraft (2018)37
Sources: FAA[1] and airport website[2]
Augusta Airport during or before the Second World War. US Military image.

Augusta State Airport (IATA: AUG, ICAO: KAUG, FAA LID: AUG) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) west of the central business district of the state capital of Augusta, a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States.[1] The airport is owned by the state of Maine,[1] but managed and operated by the city of Augusta. It is served by one commercial airline, with scheduled passenger service subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 3,554 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 3,663 in 2009, and 4,300 in 2010.[4] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non-primary commercial service facility.[5]

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for AUG PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 26, 2018.
  2. ^ Augusta State Airport, official site
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  4. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  5. ^ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.