# Portland International Jetport (PWM / KPWM)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpwm

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PWM / KPWM
- FAA: PWM
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Portland, Maine, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 76 ft / 23 m
- Coordinates: 43.6462, -70.3093
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,200 ft / 2,195 m
- Instrument procedures: 11 approaches, 3 departures, 2 arrivals
- Passengers: 2,564,139 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.portlandjetport.org/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_International_Jetport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432470
- Weather station: KPWM · WMO 72606
- Ident: KPWM

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Portland International Jetport opens.
- 11 Jul 1944: Long Creek Air Tragedy Memorial.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 7,200 ft / 2,195 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 095° / 275° | yes |
| 18/36 | 6,100 ft / 1,859 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 163° / 343° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00329AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,667,734 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,718,590 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 1,774,486 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 1,851,605 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 2,123,093 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 2,171,060 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 809,634 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 1,705,998 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 1,969,522 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 2,223,583 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 2,425,692 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 2,564,139 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

23 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (10)

- [LGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klga.md) LaGuardia Airport · United States · 269 mi / 433 km · Delta Connection
- [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 273 mi / 440 km · Delta Connection
- [DCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdca.md) Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · United States · 481 mi / 774 km · American Airlines
- [DTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdtw.md) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · United States · 667 mi / 1,073 km · Delta Connection
- [RDU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krdu.md) Raleigh-Durham International Airport · United States · 700 mi / 1,126 km · Breeze Airways
- [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 812 mi / 1,307 km · American Airlines
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 897 mi / 1,444 km · United Airlines
- [CHS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kchs.md) Charleston International Airport · United States · 910 mi / 1,464 km · Breeze Airways
- [MCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmco.md) Orlando International Airport · United States · 1,215 mi / 1,956 km · Breeze Airways
- [TPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktpa.md) Tampa International Airport · United States · 1,278 mi / 2,057 km · Breeze Airways

### Seasonal (13)

- [PHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphl.md) Philadelphia International Airport · United States · 364 mi / 586 km · American Airlines
- [IAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiad.md) Washington Dulles International Airport · United States · 493 mi / 793 km · United Airlines
- [PIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpit.md) Pittsburgh International Airport · United States · 553 mi / 890 km · Breeze Airways
- [ORF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/korf.md) Norfolk International Airport · United States · 560 mi / 901 km · Breeze Airways
- [CAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcak.md) Akron Canton Regional Airport · United States · 599 mi / 964 km · Breeze Airways
- [CMH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcmh.md) John Glenn Columbus International Airport · United States · 694 mi / 1,117 km · Breeze Airways
- [CVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcvg.md) Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport · United States · 808 mi / 1,301 km · Breeze Airways
- [SRQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksrq.md) Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · United States · 1,314 mi / 2,115 km · Breeze Airways
- [RSW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krsw.md) Southwest Florida International Airport · United States · 1,345 mi / 2,164 km · Breeze Airways
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 1,619 mi / 2,606 km · American Airlines
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 1,778 mi / 2,861 km · United Airlines
- [LAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klax.md) Los Angeles International Airport · United States · 2,636 mi / 4,243 km · United Airlines
- [SFO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfo.md) San Francisco International Airport · United States · 2,717 mi / 4,372 km · United Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from PWM, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (4)

- MX [Breeze Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/breeze-airways) · 11
- UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 5
- AA [American Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-airlines) · 4
- [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 3

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.6M (2025) | #512 of 3,974 | #121 in North America | #94 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,200 ft / 2,195 m | =3,349 of 29,858 | =752 in North America | =560 in US |
| Elevation | 76 ft / 23 m | #37,917 of 43,403 | #17,187 in North America | #14,305 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 119.750 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 119.050 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.900 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 120.900 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.900 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [NHZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbxm.md) Brunswick Executive Airport · 25 mi / 40 km
- [PSM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpsm.md) Portsmouth International Airport at Pease · 47 mi / 76 km
- [AUG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaug.md) Augusta State Airport · 53 mi / 85 km
- [RKD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krkd.md) Knox County Regional Airport · 67 mi / 107 km
- [CON](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcon.md) Concord Municipal Airport · 67 mi / 108 km
- [MHT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmht.md) Manchester-Boston Regional Airport · 75 mi / 121 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Portland International Jetport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portland_International_Jetport&oldid=1376896823), revision of 26 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpwm/data