Sanford Regional Airport is a public airport

Airport

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 located four miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Sanford

Sanford, Maine

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, a town in York County

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, Maine

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, United States

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. This airport is publicly owned by Town of Sanford.

Facilities and aircraft

Sanford Regional Airport covers an area of 1115 acres (451.2 ha) which contains two runway

Runway

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• Runway 7/25: 6,389 x 150 ft (1,947 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 14/32: 4,999 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt

For 12-month period ending 29 August 2006 the airport had 76,010 aircraft operations, an average of 208 per day: 96% general aviation (72,640), 4% air taxi (3,350) and <1% military (20). There are 78 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single engine (72) and 8% multi engine (6).

Facts

Both George W. Bush

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 and George H. W. Bush

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 frequently fly into Sanford Regional airport in the summer months as they have a house in Kennebunkport, Maine

Kennebunkport, Maine

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External links

• Sanford Regional Airport (Town of Sanford web site)