PWM

Portland International Jetport

ICAO KPWM43.6462°N 70.3093°W76 ft / 23 mLarge airport
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Portland International Jetport (IATA: PWM, ICAO: KPWM) is a large airport in Portland, Maine, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,200 ft (2,195 m). In 2025 it handled 2.6 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1940–1944
APR 1940
OpenedPortland International Jetport opens.
11 JUL 1944
DisasterLong Creek Air Tragedy Memorial.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Portland International Jetport
11/29095° / 275° · LIT
LENGTH7,200 ft2,195 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
18/36163° / 343° · LIT
LENGTH6,100 ft1,859 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.7M
1.7M
1.8M
1.9M
2.1M
2.2M
810K
1.7M
2.0M
2.2M
2.4M
2.6M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

23 destinations · 1 country
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miLGA · LaGuardia Airport · 269 mi / 433 kmJFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport · 273 mi / 440 kmDCA · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · 481 mi / 774 kmDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 667 mi / 1,073 kmRDU · Raleigh-Durham International Airport · 700 mi / 1,126 kmCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 812 mi / 1,307 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 897 mi / 1,444 kmCHS · Charleston International Airport · 910 mi / 1,464 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 1,215 mi / 1,956 kmTPA · Tampa International Airport · 1,278 mi / 2,057 kmPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 364 mi / 586 kmIAD · Washington Dulles International Airport · 493 mi / 793 kmPIT · Pittsburgh International Airport · 553 mi / 890 kmORF · Norfolk International Airport · 560 mi / 901 kmCAK · Akron Canton Regional Airport · 599 mi / 964 kmCMH · John Glenn Columbus International Airport · 694 mi / 1,117 kmCVG · Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport · 808 mi / 1,301 kmSRQ · Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · 1,314 mi / 2,115 kmRSW · Southwest Florida International Airport · 1,345 mi / 2,164 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 1,619 mi / 2,606 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 1,778 mi / 2,861 kmLAX · Los Angeles International Airport · 2,636 mi / 4,243 kmSFO · San Francisco International Airport · 2,717 mi / 4,372 kmSFOLAXDENDFWRSWCHSORDCLTCVGDTWORFPITPHLTPARDUIADSRQMCOCMHCAKJFKPWM
Year-round10
LGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Delta Connection433 km269 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection440 km273 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Airlines774 km481 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Connection1,073 km667 miRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,126 km700 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,307 km812 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,444 km897 miCHSCharleston International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,464 km910 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,956 km1,215 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways2,057 km1,278 mi
Seasonal13
PHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Airlines586 km364 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines793 km493 miPITPittsburgh International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways890 km553 miORFNorfolk International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways901 km560 miCAKAkron Canton Regional AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways964 km599 miCMHJohn Glenn Columbus International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,117 km694 miCVGCincinnati Northern Kentucky International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,301 km808 miSRQSarasota Bradenton International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways2,115 km1,314 miRSWSouthwest Florida International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways2,164 km1,345 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,606 km1,619 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,861 km1,778 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines4,243 km2,636 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines4,372 km2,717 mi
Most destinationsBreeze Airways 11United Airlines 5American Airlines 4Delta Connection 3

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PWM. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Portland International Jetport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2.6M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#512of 3,974 · #121 North America · #94 USLongest runway7,200 ft2,195 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,349of 29,823 · =752 North America · =560 USElevation76 ft23 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#37,861of 43,341 · #17,178 North America · #14,297 USAgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =366 North America · =338 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels
A/DAPP/DEP119.750
ATISATIS119.050
CLDCLNC DEL121.900
CTAFCTAF120.900
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR120.900
UNICUNICOM122.950