KLEW
Auburn Lewiston Municipal Airport
LIFR
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Name
Auburn Lewiston Municipal Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
KLEW / LEW / KLEW
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- Region
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Timezone
1:56 am (EST)
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Municipality
Auburn/Lewiston
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Coordinates
44° 2′ 54″ N 70° 17′ 0″ W
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Elevation
288 ft (88 m MSL)
About Auburn Lewiston Municipal Airport
Auburn-Lewiston Airport (IATA: LEW, ICAO: KLEW, FAA LID: LEW) is a public airport in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. It opened in 1935. It is five miles southwest of the cities of Auburn and Lewiston, which jointly own and operate the airport.
The airport is not served by any commercial airline, but is served by several charter airlines. The airport was the site of the Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 accident, which killed Samantha Smith, who gained global notoriety following her correspondence with Soviet leader Yuri Andropov during the Cold War.