Central Maine Airport of Norridgewock is a public use airport

Airport

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 in Somerset County

Somerset County, Maine

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, Maine

Maine

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, United States

United States

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. It is owned by the Town of Norridgewock and is located four nautical miles (7.4 km) west of the central business district

Central business district

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.

Facilities and aircraft

Central Maine Airport of Norridgewock covers an area of 426 acres (172.4 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 270 feet (82 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt

Asphalt

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 runway

Runway

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s designated 03/21 and 15/33, both with surfaces measuring 3,999 by 90 feet (1,219 x 27 m).

For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2006, the airport had 9,824 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day: 100% general aviation

General aviation

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 with a few military

Military aviation

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 and ultralights. At that time there were 53 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 8% multi-engine and 8% ultralights.

External links

• Aerial photo as of 7 May 1996 from USGS The National Map