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Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport

44.53320°N
-69.67550°W
ARR / DAY
6
▼ 29.7%
DEP / DAY
5
▼ 39.7%

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 6 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 8% of observed flights.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

36m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
4 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KWVL 070056Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM CLR 20/15 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP224 T02000150

Runways

2 installed

5,500 FT MAX
05/23
5,500 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH
14/32
2,301 ft × 60
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

05
41% of ops
78 land · 34 TO
23
26% of ops
50 land · 68 TO
14
17% of ops
32 land · 3 TO
32
15% of ops
29 land · 3 TO
Runway 05 carries 41% of operations (78 landings, 34 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

05 78 landings
UA 0%
23 50 landings
UA 2%
14 32 landings
UA 9%
32 29 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 05 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 78 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
10.3
flights/day · 310 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–7pm local, averaging 10.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (10.1 vs 10.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

55 · 21%
38 · 15%
38 · 15%
29 · 11%
15 · 6%
12 · 5%
Activity is led by (21% of 261 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 —
OTHER 128.200 —
WATERBOR 128.200 —
OTHER 263.050 —
WATERBOR 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
07/15/2025
Great Airport
Recently visited Very accomidating and friendly
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