Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport (IATA: LEW, ICAO: KLEW, FAA LID: LEW) is a public use airport in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States, opened in 1935. It is located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest the cities of Auburn and Lewiston, both of which own and operate the airport, although it is located solely in the city of Auburn.
The airport is currently not served by any commercial airline, though scheduled service once served the airport on Northeast Airlines, Air New England, Northeast Express Regional Airlines, and Bar Harbor Airlines. The airport was the site of a fatal accident on the latter of those airlines, killing "America's Youngest Ambassador" Samantha Smith.
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“Airplanes are invariably scheduled to depart at such times as 7:54, 9:21 or 11:37. This extreme specificity has the effect on the novice of instilling in him the twin beliefs that he will be arriving at 10:08, 1:43 or 4:22, and that he should get to the airport on time. These beliefs are not only erroneous but actually unhealthy.”
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