Business View Magazine | March 2019

60 Auburn and Lewiston still own and operate the Airport through a nonprofit, quasi-municipal government corporation. Policy and strategic direction is set by a Board of Directors, with both cities participating equally in the Airport’s devel- opment. Auburn-Lewiston is not currently served by any commercial airline, although Executive Airlines, Northeast Airlines, Air New England, Northeast Express Regional Airlines, and Bar Har- bor Airlines have all had scheduled flights there in the past. Today, the Airport thrives by serving the varied needs of corporate, charter, cargo, and recre- ational flyers who lease hangars and tie-downs, pay landing fees, buy fuel, and rent cars. It is the second-busiest airport in the state, with over 52,000 landings per year, and it generates ap- proximately $25 million, annually, into the local economy. Since 2012, the Airport has been managed by its Director, Rick Lanman, a retired Marine who had AT A GLANCE AUBURN-LEWISTON AIRPORT WHAT: A general aviation airport WHERE: Five miles southwest of the cities of Auburn and Lewiston in Androscoggin County, Maine WEBSITE: www.flytomaine.com AUBURN-LEWISTON AIRPORT