# Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport (WVL / KWVL)

**Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport** (IATA: WVL, ICAO: KWVL) is a small airport in Waterville, Maine, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,500 ft (1,676 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WVL / KWVL
- FAA: WVL
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Waterville, Maine, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 333 ft / 101 m
- Coordinates: 44.5332, -69.6755
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,500 ft / 1,676 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: https://www.waterville-me.gov/183/Airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterville_Robert_LaFleur_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7974545
- Weather station: KWVL
- Ident: KWVL

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 5,500 ft / 1,676 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 029° / 209° | yes |
| 14/32 | 2,301 ft / 701 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 125° / 305° |  |

- 05/23 slopes 1.2%: threshold 05 at 268 ft / 82 m, threshold 23 at 333 ft / 101 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,500 ft / 1,676 m | =5,417 of 29,858 | =1,676 in North America | =1,334 in US |
| Elevation | 333 ft / 101 m | =30,535 of 43,403 | =14,177 in North America | =11,936 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 | PORTLAND APP/DEP | 124.250 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 118.375 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 124.600 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

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- [US-0103](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0103.md) Hapworths Private Landing Area Airport · 7.4 mi / 12 km
- [ME60](https://dromopedia.com/airports/me60.md) Sunny Hill Airport · 8.3 mi / 13 km
- [89ME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/89me.md) Fox Field · 8.9 mi / 14 km
- [04ME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/04me.md) Beech Hill Airport · 14 mi / 23 km
- [OWK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kowk.md) Central Maine/Norridgewock Airport · 16 mi / 25 km

## Sources

- [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)
- [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/kwvl/data