Portland International Jetport
PWM · KPWM · Portland, Maine · Cumberland County · map
Portland International Jetport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Portland, 2 miles west of Portland, Maine, 76 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 11/29, is 7,200 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 35 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 20 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 56,280 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,195,108 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Portland International Jetport?
Its FAA code is PWM, and its ICAO code is KPWM.
Where is Portland International Jetport?
It is 2 miles west of Portland, Maine, 76 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Portland International Jetport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 11/29, is 7,200 feet long.
Does Portland International Jetport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Portland International Jetport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Portland International Jetport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Laguardia, Chicago O'Hare International, Newark Liberty International, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall, Philadelphia International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Portland International Jetport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Bald Eagle Flying Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Portland International Jetport?
6 pilot examiners and 11 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 Portland International Jetport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PWM · ICAO KPWM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Portland
- Elevation
- 76 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 5:45 am to 12:00 am
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 7,200 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 6,100 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), trees 42 ft high 2,000 ft from the end
- Runway 29: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 166 ft high 6,400 ft from the end
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 450 ft, 5,150 ft available for landing, tree 20 ft high 600 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 500 ft, 5,150 ft available for landing, tree 60 ft high 1,300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower · VFR and adzy | 120.9 | Portland |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Pwm and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.05 | Portland |
| Clearance delivery | 119.95 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.725 | |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.9 | Portland |
| Clearance delivery | 123.65 | |
| Clearance delivery | 123.8 | |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance Contact approach control | 124.05 | |
| Clearance delivery | 124.6 | |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Scogs and star arriving from headings 112 to 292 | 119.75 | Portland |
| Approach and departure arriving from headings 293 to 111 | 120.4 | |
| Class C airspace · Approach and departure Mstic DP | 125.5 | Portland |
| Approach and departure | 128.35 | |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 132.4 | Portland |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Portland |
| Pwm and vot | 111.0 | |
| Waterboro and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.2 | Portland |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 207-419-5584.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Brunswick Executive (22 nm northeast), Sanford Seacoast Regional (23 nm southwest), Auburn/Lewiston Municipal (24 nm north).
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.
- No tgls durg snow removal.
- When tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 29; runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; tdzl runway 11; cntln runway 11/29; PAPI runway 11, 29, 18 and 36; high-intensity runway lights runway 11/29; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- General aviation customs/img facility located at cargo apron. Aircraft arrg/depg customs must use extreme ctn when navigating on the cargo apron to minimize jet blast exposure to hngrs and aircraft.
- ALSF-II becomes ssals when the control tower closed.
- Paew adjacent to runways nights; gnd vehicles monitor 120.9 when the control tower closed.
- Birds occasionally on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Pushback onto taxiway a required from terminal gates 1-8, taxiway C required from terminal gate 1A. aircraft may not push short of taxiway a from gates 1-8 nor short of taxiway C from gate 1A. contact gnd 121.9. Advise pushback operates you have alpha or charlie prior to push.
- Noise abatement procedures in afct for landing runway 11 and departure runway 29.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
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 14,976 departures from PWM in those twelve months, carrying 1,282,355 passengers in 1,570,280 seats (82% filled), to 89 destinations (4 abroad) on 28 airlines.
All 89 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 | 29 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| jets | 5 |
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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 56,280, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 24,590 |
| air taxi and commuter | 8,645 |
| general aviation, travelling | 17,873 |
| general aviation, local | 4,297 |
| military | 875 |
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 Portland from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Portland, Maine: 18 piston singles, 4 business jets, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Maine.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Bald Eagle Flying Club 2 aircraft · South Portland, 1 mile away
Charter operators and airlines based in Portland:
- Portland Jets Charter LLC 4 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Portland:
- Mac Aircraft Maintenance MAC Air Group is a general aviation services company based in Portland, Maine, offering air charter, aircraft sales and management, maintenance, avionics, parts sales, and FBO services.
- Northeast Air INC
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 6 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 11 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative.
- 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 (0 nm) · (617) 953-8764 · [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 (8 nm) · (207) 839-2443 · [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 (23 nm) · (207) 432-9866 · [email protected]
- Paul Gregory Mckeown private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Turner, ME (37 nm) · (207) 440-3642 · [email protected]
- Jared Patrick Curtis private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · North Hampton, NH (46 nm) · (202) 280-3592 · [email protected]
- Gregory Stuart Livernois private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Sky Bright, Inc. · Gilford, NH (47 nm) · (386) 243-5944 · [email protected]
All 22 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.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
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 · 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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Portland 28 aircraft · 18 piston singles, 4 business jets, 2 piston twins
- Portland Jets Charter LLC 4 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Bald Eagle Flying Club 2 aircraft · flying club
- Mac Aircraft Maintenance · repair station
- Northeast Air INC · repair station
- Laguardia (LGA) 1,542 flights in twelve months · Republic Airline, Endeavor Air Inc.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 1,439 flights in twelve months · Republic Airline, United Air Lines Inc.
- Newark Liberty International (EWR) 1,340 flights in twelve months · Republic Airline, GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) 1,327 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., American Airlines Inc.
- Philadelphia International (PHL) 1,263 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines, American Airlines Inc.
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 1,133 flights in twelve months · Republic Airline, GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express
- Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 1,112 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., PSA Airlines Inc.
- John F Kennedy International (JFK) 995 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., JetBlue Airways
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 13 since 1982 · 3 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 1,426 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PWM.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 26, 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.