Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle

Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle (IATA: PQI, ICAO: KPQI, FAA LID: PQI) is a city owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northwest of the central business district of Presque Isle, a city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. It serves the residents of Presque Isle and a vast area of northern Maine and northwestern New Brunswick with commercial and charter aviation services. Airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program with daily service to Logan International Airport in Boston.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 13,385 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 13,513 enplanements in 2009, and 15,052 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).

The airport is home to 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) and is often advertised as the "Gateway to Northern Maine." It was once hub to Aroostook Airways, a commuter airline which operated in the 1970s, with service to several destinations throughout New England.

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