Wiscasset Airport
IWI · KIWI · Wiscasset, Maine · Lincoln County · map
Wiscasset Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Wiscasset, 3 miles southwest of Wiscasset, Maine, 70 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 3,397 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 31 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 7,200 takeoffs and landings a year. About 48 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KIWI · observed 5:53 pm EDT (21:53 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 54°F (12°C), dew point 34°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 29.95 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KIWI 062153Z AUTO 10SM CLR 12/01 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP140 T01220011 $
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IWI · ICAO KIWI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Wiscasset
- Elevation
- 70 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to LABOR DAY, every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm; September to November, Friday to Sunday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm; JAN to MAR, not attended; December to April, weekends, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1960
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,397 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: PAPI, four lights on the right, pole 12 ft high 262 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 5 ft high 255 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure arriving from headings 112 to 292 | 119.75 | |
| Approach and departure arriving from headings 293 to 111 | 120.4 | |
| Bangor and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.25 | |
| Waterboro and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.2 | |
| Iwi and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.725 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 207-882-8094.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 7,200, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Wiscasset from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Wiscasset, Maine: 5 piston singles, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Maine.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 1 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
- Filed for record purposes only.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 25; PAPI runway 07 and 25; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour credit card fuel open.
- Scrub brush 60-100 feet from runway end, 80-200 feet R; scrub brush 20-43 feet from runway end, 140-210 feet L.
- Noise sensitive area southwest off eor 07, climb straight out to 700 feet above ground level.
- Deer and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 7 approach obstruction lights on 60 feet. Poles alg right side of approach located in 60 feet. To 70 feet. Tall trees.
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.