# Loring International Airport (LIZ / ME16)

**Loring International Airport** (IATA: LIZ, FAA: ME16) is a small airport in Limestone, Maine, United States. It opened in Oct 1997. It has one runway, 12,101 ft (3,688 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/me16

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LIZ / —
- FAA: ME16
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Limestone, Maine, United States
- Opened: Oct 1997
- Elevation: 746 ft / 227 m
- Coordinates: 46.9504, -67.8859
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 12,101 ft / 3,688 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://loring.org/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loring_International_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6681265
- Weather station: KCAR · WMO 72712
- Ident: ME16

## Timeline

- Oct 1997: Loring International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 12,101 ft / 3,688 m | 300 ft / 91 m | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 12,101 ft / 3,688 m | #292 of 29,858 | #67 in North America | #57 in US |
| Elevation | 746 ft / 227 m | =22,492 of 43,403 | =10,666 in North America | =8,803 in US |
| Age | Opened 1997 | =10,733 of 15,079 | =8,402 in North America | =8,287 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [US-6654](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-6654.md) Murphy Road Airstrip · 7.1 mi / 11 km
- [CAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcar.md) Caribou Municipal Airport · 8.3 mi / 13 km
- [ME67](https://dromopedia.com/airports/me67.md) Morrill Airpark · 13 mi / 21 km
- [CCK3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cck3.md) Grand Falls Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [ME00](https://dromopedia.com/airports/me00.md) Fort Fairfield Municipal Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [YSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cysl.md) Saint-Léonard Airport · 14 mi / 23 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/me16/data