Augusta State Airport

Augusta State Airport
IATA: AUG ICAO: KAUG FAA LID: AUG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State of Maine
Serves	Augusta, Maine
Elevation AMSL	352 ft / 107 m
Coordinates	44°19′14″N 069°47′50″W / 44.32056°N 69.79722°W / 44.32056; -69.79722Coordinates: 44°19′14″N 069°47′50″W / 44.32056°N 69.79722°W / 44.32056; -69.79722
Website	AugustaAirport.org
Map
AUG Show map of Maine AUG Show map of the US Location of airport in Maine / United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 5,001 1,524 Asphalt 8/26 2,703 824 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 33,800 Based aircraft 27
Sources: FAA and airport website

Augusta State Airport (IATA: AUG, ICAO: KAUG, FAA LID: AUG) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northwest of the central business district of the state capital of Augusta, a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The airport is owned by the state of Maine, 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, 3,663 in 2009, and 4,300 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).

Augusta State Airport covers an area of 406 acres (164 ha) at an elevation of 352 feet (107 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 17/35 is 5,001 by 150 feet (1,524 x 46 m) and 8/26 is 2,703 by 75 feet (824 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending August 2, 2008, the airport had 33,800 aircraft operations, an average of 92 per day: 75% general aviation, 16% air taxi, and 9% military. At that time 27 aircraft were based at this airport: 89% single-engine and 11% multi-engine.