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).
Weather right now KLEW · observed 3:56 pm EDT (19:56 UTC), 39 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 15 knots, gusting to 21
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 56°F (13°C), dew point 33°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 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 KLEW 061956Z AUTO 31015G21KT 10SM CLR 13/01 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP136 T01330006
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Auburn/Lewiston from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Auburn/Lewiston, ME as the owner's town.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.