Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport
Auburn-Lewiston Airport  is a public airport in Androscoggin County, Maine, which opened in 1935. It is five miles southwest of the cities of Auburn and Lewiston, two cities in Maine that jointly  own and operate the airport. 

The airport is not served by any commercial airline, but is served by several charter airlines. The airport was the site of the Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 accident, which  killed Samantha Smith, who gained global notoriety following her correspondence with Soviet leader Yuri Andropov during the Cold War.

Lewiston NAAF
During World War II, the airfield was under the control of the United States Navy for use as a base for anti-submarine patrols by Squadron VS-31. It was commissioned on 15 April 1943 as Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Lewiston, and used along with Naval Air Station Brunswick to train British and American torpedo bomber pilots until 1945. Naval operations ceased on 1 December 1945, and the site was declared a surplus in 1946 and handed returned to the cities of Auburn and Lewiston in 1947 and 1948.

Facilities and aircraft 
Auburn-Lewiston Airport covers  at an elevation of 288 feet (88 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt runways: 4/22 is 5,001 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m) and 17/35 is 2,750 by 75 feet (838 x 23 m).

In the year ending May 1, 2008 the airport had 74,180 aircraft operations, average 203 per day: 64% general aviation, 36% air taxi, and <1% military. 120 aircraft were then based at this airport: 75% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 1% jet, 3% helicopter and 6% ultralight.

Accidents

On August 25, 1985, Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808, carrying eight people including six six passengers and two crew, attempted to land at the airport when it crashed 500 feet to the right of the airport's runway centerline, killing all passengers and crew. A subsequent investigation determined that the crash was due to a combination of factors, including weather conditions, incorrect altimeter settings, and pilot error. The accident attracted global attention since one of its passengers was Samantha Smith, a 13-year-old peace activist from Houlton, Maine who gained global notoriety following her correspondence with Soviet leader Yuri Andropov during the Cold War.

See also 
 Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808
 List of airports in Maine
 Samantha Smith

References

External links 
 Aerial image as of 7 June 1997 from USGS The National Map
 

Airports in Androscoggin County, Maine
Buildings and structures in Auburn, Maine
Former Essential Air Service airports
Lewiston–Auburn, Maine