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Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport

44.53320°N
-69.67550°W
ARR / DAY
7
11.4%
DEP / DAY
5
0.0%

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 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 10% of observed flights.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
4 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KWVL 022056Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM OVC060 21/13 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP212 T02110128 58007

Runway intelligence

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

05
40% of ops
110 land · 48 TO
23
22% of ops
60 land · 54 TO
32
21% of ops
58 land · 9 TO
14
16% of ops
45 land · 3 TO
Runway 05 carries 40% of operations (110 landings, 48 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

05 110 landings
UA 4%
23 60 landings
UA 0%
32 58 landings
UA 21%
14 45 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 05 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 110 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
11.8
flights/day · 354 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–4pm local, averaging 11.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (11.8 vs 12.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 289 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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