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KWVL · WVL

Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport

44.53320°N
-69.67550°W
ARR / DAY
7
▼ 7.3%
DEP / DAY
6
▲ 7.1%

Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport (KWVL/WVL) is a small general aviation airport located in Waterville, ME, 124 mi south east of Sherbrooke. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 7 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers account for about 10% of observed flights, with FedEx, UPS and others operating alongside passenger service.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
8 kts
50°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KWVL 272356Z AUTO 05008KT 10SM FEW021 BKN030 OVC034 16/11 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP179 T01560106 10172 20150 50009

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

05
45% of ops
97 land · 46 TO
14
23% of ops
50 land · 5 TO
32
20% of ops
43 land · 8 TO
23
12% of ops
26 land · 45 TO
Runway 05 carries 45% of operations (97 landings, 46 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 23%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

05 97 landings
UA 1%
14 50 landings
UA 2%
32 43 landings
UA 2%
23 26 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 05 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 97 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
12.0
flights/day · 359 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 3pm · 12pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–1pm local, averaging 12.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (13.5 vs 12.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (26% of 294 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700 —
APCH 128.350 —
APCH 299.200 —
UNICOM 122.700 —
AWOS 118.375 —
BANGOR R 124.250 —
OTHER 124.250 —
CD/P 124.600 —
OTHER 124.600 —
WATERBOR 128.200 —
OTHER 128.200 —
WATERBOR 263.050 —
OTHER 263.050 —
BANGOR R 290.500 —
OTHER 290.500 —
CD/P 299.200 —
OTHER 299.200 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZBW
Mag var:
18° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
rstan
7/15/2025
Great Airport
Recently visited Very accomidating and friendly
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