Auburn/Lewiston Municipal
LEW · KLEW · Auburn/Lewiston, Maine · Androscoggin County · map
Auburn/Lewiston Municipal is a public-use airport, 4 miles southwest of Auburn/Lewiston, Maine, 288 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 53 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 50,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 69 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Auburn/Lewiston Municipal?
Its FAA code is LEW, and its ICAO code is KLEW.
Where is Auburn/Lewiston Municipal?
It is 4 miles southwest of Auburn/Lewiston, Maine, 288 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Auburn/Lewiston Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 04/22, is 5,001 feet long.
Does Auburn/Lewiston Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Auburn/Lewiston Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Auburn/Lewiston Municipal?
Airline flights go to 7 airports, the busiest of them Teterboro, East Hampton, Westchester County, Nantucket Memorial, Francis S Gabreski. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Auburn/Lewiston Municipal?
4 pilot examiners and 4 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Auburn/Lewiston Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LEW · ICAO KLEW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 288 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Montreal sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 2,750 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 100 ft high 4,450 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 62 ft high 849 ft from the end
- Runway 17: tree 73 ft high 1,508 ft from the end
- Runway 35: tree 58 ft high 1,077 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance Contact approach control | 124.05 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.5 | |
| Lew and aWOS-3PT | 118.025 | |
| Waterboro and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.2 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 207-783-2806.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Brunswick Executive (18 nm southeast), Portland International Jetport (24 nm south), Wiscasset Airport (25 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Maine · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 04; runway end identifier lights runway 22; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 and medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Auburn city transportation dir.
- 13 feet pole 100 feet from runway end, 375 feet R, +5 feet roadway 0-200 feet from runway end 0-350 feet R.
- Runway 04 dsgnd calm wind runway.
- Occasional blasting in prog MON-SAT approximately 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm feet southwest of runway 04 threshold 11:00 am to 3:00 pm durg VFR conditions only.
- Intensive hop daily from 5:00 am to 8:00 pm. Helicopter traffic pattern 500 above ground level, right traffic.
- Aircraft DE-ICING available.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 13 departures from LEW in those twelve months, carrying 47 passengers in 104 seats (45% filled), to 7 destinations (1 abroad) on 1 airline.
All 7 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 39 |
| multi-engine | 9 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 4 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 50,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 14,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 15,900 |
| general aviation, local | 20,000 |
| military | 100 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Auburn/Lewiston from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Auburn/Lewiston, ME as the owner's town.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 4 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance).
- Paul Gregory Mckeown private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Turner, ME (13 nm) · (207) 440-3642 · [email protected]
- James Victor Loranger private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Gorham, ME (22 nm) · (207) 839-2443 · [email protected]
- Marvin Randall Williams private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Portland International Jetport · Portland, ME (24 nm) · (617) 953-8764 · [email protected]
- Mark Albert Favolise private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Sanford, ME (43 nm) · (207) 432-9866 · [email protected]
All 11 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Maine 529 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Maine 67 landing places
- Maine 1,425 aircraft registered
- Teterboro (TEB) 4 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- East Hampton (HTO) 3 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Westchester County (HPN) 2 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Nantucket Memorial (ACK) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Francis S Gabreski (FOK) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Floyd Bennett Memorial (GFL) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Montreal (YUL) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LEW.json.
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 22, 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.