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Augusta State Airport (KAUG) is a public-use, state-owned field just west of Maine's capital city, offering a long ILS-equipped main runway alongside a shorter crosswind strip. It handles a mix of general aviation, air taxi and subsidised airline service, making it a useful and well-served destination for visiting VFR and IFR pilots in central Maine.
Augusta State Airport sits on the western edge of Augusta, the capital of Maine, and is owned by the State of Maine but managed and operated by the City of Augusta. It is a public-use field that combines everyday general aviation traffic with a subsidised airline service, and its long, lit, ILS-served runway makes it an accessible and interesting stop for simulator pilots exploring the Kennebec River valley.
The airport lies about one nautical mile west of the central business district of Augusta, in Kennebec County, Maine. It falls under the Portland Approach/Departure area, which provides the approach and departure control service used at the field.
Augusta State has two physical runways. Runway 17/35 is 4,994 feet long, has a hard surface, is lit, and is served by an ILS on runway 17. Runway 08/26 is 2,665 feet long, also hard-surfaced and lit, but without an instrument approach.
Pilots can expect the following frequencies at Augusta State: Portland Approach/Departure on 128.35 MHz, ASOS on 118.325 MHz, Clearance Delivery on 119.95 MHz, Bangor Radio on 122.6 MHz, and CTAF/Unicom on 123 MHz. The field's runway 17 is equipped with an ILS for instrument approaches.
The airport is located roughly one nautical mile west of downtown Augusta, giving pilots a clear urban landmark to orient toward when approaching from the east.
Augusta State Airport was developed as a New Deal project in the 1930s, built under the Maine Emergency Relief Administration following a statewide airport survey conducted by Capt. Harry M. Jones in January 1934. The original field consisted of three gravel runways: a 2,000 by 80 foot north-south strip, a 1,600 by 80 foot east-west strip, and a 2,500 by 80 foot northeast-southwest strip. In the summer of 2012, runway 17/35 underwent a major reconstruction costing 7.5 million dollars and funded by the federal government, during which the surface was ground up and reclaimed and the runway lighting and navigational aids were upgraded; the runway reopened on 29 June that year. The airport later received a federal grant of 1 million dollars to purchase new snow removal equipment, intended to help keep the field open during winter storms.
Today the airport is owned by the State of Maine and operated by the City of Augusta. It supports a mix of traffic dominated by general aviation, alongside air taxi and a small amount of military activity, and had 37 based aircraft as of 2018, mostly single-engine types with a handful of multi-engine aircraft. Scheduled passenger service is provided by Cape Air under the Essential Air Service program, connecting Augusta to Boston.
