Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle
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Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle is a mile northwest of Presque Isle, in Aroostook County, Maine. It serves the residents of Presque Isle and a vast area of northern Maine and northwestern New Brunswick. Airline flights to Logan International Airport in Boston are subsidized by the federal government's Essential Air Service program at a cost of $3,892,174 (per year).Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 13,385 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 13,513 in 2009 and 15,052 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).The airport has the second longest commercial runway in Maine (second only to Bangor International Airport), and third longest overall (after the Loring Commerce Centre, formerly Loring Air Force Base). It was once hub to Aroostook Airways, a commuter airline in the 1970s, with service to several cities throughout New England.
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