Waterville Regional
WVL · KWVL · Waterville, Maine · Kennebec County · map
Waterville Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Waterville, 2 miles southwest of Waterville, Maine, 333 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 20 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 16,200 takeoffs and landings a year. About 71 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Waterville Regional?
Its FAA code is WVL, and its ICAO code is KWVL.
Where is Waterville Regional?
It is 2 miles southwest of Waterville, Maine, 333 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Waterville Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 05/23, is 5,500 feet long.
Does Waterville Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Waterville Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Waterville Regional?
Airline flights go to 6 airports, the busiest of them Nantucket Memorial, St. Johns, Westchester County, East Hampton, Norwood Memorial. Every route
Are there flight schools at Waterville Regional?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: American Classic Flying Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Waterville Regional?
2 pilot examiners and 3 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 Waterville Regional…
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 WVL · ICAO KWVL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Waterville
- Elevation
- 333 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to October, every day, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; November to April, every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Montreal sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 2,301 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent |
- Runway 05: ILS with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF)
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 14: trees 15 ft high 402 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 124.6 | |
| Approach and departure | 128.35 | |
| Wvl and aWOS-3PT | 118.375 | |
| Bangor and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.25 | |
| Waterboro and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.2 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 207-877-0519.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, parachute jumping, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Augusta State Airport (14 nm south), Pittsfield Municipal (19 nm northeast), Belfast Municipal (29 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.
- Activate malsf runway 05; runway end identifier lights runway 23; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour self serve.
- Aircraft operations on paved area only.
- Avoid hospital 1 MI north.
- 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 6 departures from WVL in those twelve months, carrying 22 passengers in 59 seats (37% filled), to 6 destinations (1 abroad) on 3 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterville Regional → Nantucket Memorial WVL–ACK | 1 | 5 | Tradewind Aviation |
| Waterville Regional → St. Johns WVL–ANU | 1 | 2 | Air Hamburg... |
| Waterville Regional → Westchester County WVL–HPN | 1 | 2 | Tradewind Aviation |
| Waterville Regional → East Hampton WVL–HTO | 1 | 6 | Tradewind Aviation |
| Waterville Regional → Norwood Memorial WVL–OWD | 1 | 5 | Tradewind Aviation |
| Waterville Regional → Teterboro WVL–TEB | 1 | 2 | Scott Aviation, LLC ... |
All 6 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 | 18 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
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 16,200, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 8,000 |
| general aviation, local | 8,000 |
| military | 200 |
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 Waterville from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Waterville, Maine: 14 piston singles, 4 piston twins. 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, 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:
- American Classic Flying Club LLC 2 aircraft · Waterville
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
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument; 2 for airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 engineering representative.
- Charles Edgar Surprenant private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes · Pittsfield Municipal Airport · Pittsfield, ME (19 nm) · (207) 249-8972 · [email protected]
- Paul Gregory Mckeown private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Turner, ME (29 nm) · (207) 440-3642 · [email protected]
All 8 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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.
- 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 · 7 since 1982, 0 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 Waterville 18 aircraft · 14 piston singles, 4 piston twins
- Good Winds LLC 2 aircraft in town
- American Classic Flying Club LLC 2 aircraft in town
- American Classic Flying Club LLC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Nantucket Memorial (ACK) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- St. Johns (ANU) 1 flights in twelve months · Air Hamburg Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Westchester County (HPN) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- East Hampton (HTO) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Norwood Memorial (OWD) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Teterboro (TEB) 1 flights in twelve months · Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 0 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/WVL.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 27, 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.