Presque Isle International Airport

Presque Isle International Airport
USGS 2006 orthophoto
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Presque Isle
ServesPresque Isle, Maine
Elevation AMSL534 ft / 163 m
Coordinates46°41′20″N 068°02′41″W / 46.68889°N 68.04472°W / 46.68889; -68.04472
Websitewww.flypresqueisle.com
Map
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 7,441 2,268 Asphalt
10/28 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (year ending 8/31/2022)7,388
Based aircraft (2022)18
Total passengers (12 months ending Mar. 2018)26,000
Sources: Airport website,[1] FAA,[2] and BTS[3]
Runway 1 at night

Presque Isle International Airport (IATA: PQI, ICAO: KPQI, FAA LID: PQI), formally Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle,[4] is a mile northwest of Presque Isle, in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.[2] It serves the residents of Presque Isle and a vast area of northern Maine and northwestern New Brunswick. Airline flights to Newark Liberty International Airport are subsidized by the federal government's Essential Air Service program at a cost of $3,892,174 (per year).[5]

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 13,385 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[6] 13,513 in 2009 and 15,052 in 2010.[7] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[8]

The airport has the third longest active runway in Maine at 7441' (behind Bangor International Airport, 11,440' and Brunswick Executive Airport, formerly Naval Air Station Brunswick runway 1R/19L, 8000'), and fifth longest overall (after the Loring Commerce Centre, formerly Loring Air Force Base (runway closed), 12,100', and Brunswick Executive Airport 1L/19R (runway closed), 8000'). It was once hub to Aroostook Airways, a commuter airline in the 1970s, with service to several cities throughout New England.[9]

  1. ^ Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle, official site
  2. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for PQI PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective August 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference transtats.bts.gov was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Name of Northern Maine Regional Airport changing". Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Essential Air Service Reports". U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
  6. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  7. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  8. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  9. ^ "AirTimes.com". AirTimes.com. 1972-09-15. Retrieved 2018-07-09.