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Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport

44.53320°N
-69.67550°W
ARR / DAY
6
▼ 19.2%
DEP / DAY
4
▼ 34.1%

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 6 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

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

32m ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
3 kts
30°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KWVL 250556Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP129 60000 T01670144 10211 20156 58005

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
44% of ops
86 land · 35 TO
23
22% of ops
42 land · 47 TO
14
18% of ops
35 land · 3 TO
32
16% of ops
32 land · 6 TO
Runway 05 carries 44% of operations (86 landings, 35 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

05 86 landings
UA 2%
23 42 landings
UA 0%
14 35 landings
UA 0%
32 32 landings
UA 19%
Approaches to 05 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 86 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
10.8
flights/day · 325 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 2pm · 1pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–1pm local, averaging 10.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (11.8 vs 11.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

62 · 23%
47 · 17%
28 · 10%
25 · 9%
17 · 6%
13 · 5%
Activity is led by (23% of 271 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
07/15/2025
Great Airport
Recently visited Very accomidating and friendly
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