For the civil use of this facility and airport information, see Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle

Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle

Northern Maine Regional Airport at Presque Isle is a city-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile northwest of the central business district of Presque Isle, a city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. It serves the residents of Presque Isle, Maine, and a vast area of northern...

Presque Isle Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 base, located in the city of Presque Isle, Maine

Presque Isle, Maine

Presque Isle is the commercial center and largest city in the sparsely populated Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 9,692 at the 2010 census...

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Presque Isle Air Force Base was originally built in 1930 by the Civilian Conservation Corps

Civilian Conservation Corps

The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families, ages 18–25. A part of the New Deal of President Franklin D...

 as Presque Isle Airport, a commercial airport located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the "business center." The field was said to consist of a 250 acres (1 km²) L-shaped grass field, measuring 4,775' × 2,914', with two grass runways measuring 1,700' east/west by 1,000' north/south.