RANGELEY — The town has learned it will receive almost $11.5 million to expand the runway at Stephen A. Bean Municipal Airfield for emergency medical services. The funding will also cover other key enhancements to support air medical transport in the rural area. “Of course this a good thing for the Rangeley Lake’s area and town […]
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Rangeley voters approve airport runway extension project
RANGELEY — Residents voted 265-88 on Tuesday to move forward on the final phase of an engineering proposal to add 1,100 feet to the town airport’s runway. The current runway – at 3,201 feet – is too short for the LifeFlight of Maine’s airplane to land when needed to airlift a patient to a hospital. Of the […]
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Rangeley voters to consider airport runway extension
RANGELEY — Voters are expected to decide Tuesday whether they want to extend the runway at the town airport by 1,100 feet to accommodate LifeFlight of Maine’s medical airplane. Voting hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Town Office. LifeFlight, through the Federal Aviation Administration, is proposing the extension to allow its King Air B200 […]
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Possible extension of airport runway being explored in Rangeley
RANGELEY — LifeFlight of Maine, through the Federal Aviation Administration, is proposing a 1,000-foot extension to the municipal airport’s runway to allow medical aircraft to land and depart, Town Manager Tim Pellerin said. The town “has a remarkable opportunity in front of them,” airport Manager Rebekah Carmichael said. Town officials and residents will get to hear about the preliminary […]
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Airplane ice no match for crafty Auburn crew
AUBURN — When a Blue Angel jet slid off of a Brunswick runway last month, Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport Manager Rick Lanman said it exposed one of his greatest fears. “It could happen anywhere, but I was worried that it could happen here,” Lanman said. It could have happened in December 2013, when icy runways kept […]