Bangor International Airport (IATA: BGR, ICAO: KBGR) is a joint civil-military public airport 3 mi (4.8 km) west of the city of Bangor, in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. Owned and operated by the City of Bangor, the airport has a single runway measuring 11,439 by 200 ft (3,487 by 61 m). Formerly a military installation known as Dow Air Force Base, Bangor International Airport remains home to the 101st Air Refueling Wing of the Maine Air National Guard, although most of the Air Force’s aircraft and people left in the late 1960s.
BANGOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HISTORY
Bangor International Airport began as Godfrey Field in the 1920s, on land owned by local attorney Edward Rawson Godfrey (1877–1958). On Aug. 19, 1923, 15 Martin Bombers and 11 DeHaviland Scout Planes under the command of Gen. Billy Mitchell — virtually the entire U.S. Army Air Corps — landed there on a practice mission.
BANGOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LOCATION
Bangor International Airport (IATA: BGR, ICAO: KBGR) is a joint civil-military public airport 3 mi (4.8 km) west of the city of Bangor, in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
BANGOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FACTS
ICAO/IATA: BGR/KBGR
Lat: 44.80739974975586
Long: -68.82810211181641
Elevation: 192 ft.
Runway length available: 15/33 11440×200 ft.
