Bangor International
BGR · KBGR · Bangor, Maine · Penobscot County · map
Bangor International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Bangor, 3 miles west of Bangor, Maine, 192 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 11,440 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BGR · ICAO KBGR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Bangor
- Elevation
- 192 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Halifax sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 11,440 × 200 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| H1 | 100 × 100 ft | Concrete, fair |
- Runway 15: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
- Runway 33: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 76 ft high 2,800 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Bgr and automated weather (ASOS) | 127.75 | Bangor |
| Clearance delivery | 119.9 | |
| Clearance delivery | 135.9 | Bangor |
| Ground | 121.9 | Bangor |
| Tower | 120.7 | Bangor |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 118.925 | Bangor |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) · Class C (secondary) | 124.5 | Bangor |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (HURLA) · Departure procedure (MMOOS) | 133.6 | |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Bangor |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 207-561-2515.
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Aircraft registered in Bangor from the FAA register
54 aircraft are registered to owners in Bangor, Maine: 34 piston singles, 10 helicopters, 7 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Maine.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) index B with index east capabilities available 24/7.
- Ang: transient aircraft may be diverted to civilian side during NON-DUTY hours and weekends. Fee required; no ang transient alert.
- Traffic pattern: runway 33 left traffic, turbo jet traffic 2000' above sea level unless otherwise instr.
- Misc: runway 15-33 grooved.
- Arng: operates 1230-2100Z++ MON-FRI except holidays. Ltd maintenance. J8. Prior permission required MAY-OCT service dsn 626-1100.
- Fuel: a++ (military).
- Service MIL-FLUID: OFF-BASE contracted lox available H24-RQR 24 hour notice.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.