Houlton International Airport (IATA: HUL, ICAO: KHUL, FAALID: HUL) is a public-use airport located in the town of Houlton in Aroostook County, Maine, United States, near the town border of Hodgdon, Maine, also on the border of New Brunswick, Canada. This general aviation airport is publicly owned by the town of Houlton. It once had scheduled airline service on Northeast Airlines.
The airport originated as Houlton Army Air Base. Prior to the United States' entry into World War II, American army pilots flew planes to the base. They could not fly the planes directly into Canada, a member of the British Commonwealth, because that would violate the official United States position of neutrality. Local farmers used their tractors to tow the planes into Canada, where the Canadians closed the Woodstock highway so that aircraft could use it as a runway.[1]
houlton, international, airport, iata, icao, khul, public, airport, located, town, houlton, aroostook, county, maine, united, states, near, town, border, hodgdon, maine, also, border, brunswick, canada, this, general, aviation, airport, publicly, owned, town, . Houlton International Airport IATA HUL ICAO KHUL FAA LID HUL is a public use airport located in the town of Houlton in Aroostook County Maine United States near the town border of Hodgdon Maine also on the border of New Brunswick Canada This general aviation airport is publicly owned by the town of Houlton It once had scheduled airline service on Northeast Airlines Houlton International AirportIATA HULICAO KHULFAA LID HULSummaryAirport typePublicOperatorTown of HoultonServesHoulton MaineLocationHoulton MaineElevation AMSL489 ft 149 mCoordinates46 07 23 N 067 47 31 W 46 12306 N 67 79194 W 46 12306 67 79194RunwaysDirection Length Surfaceft m5 23 5 001 1 524 Asphalt1 19 2 600 793 AsphaltThe airport originated as Houlton Army Air Base Prior to the United States entry into World War II American army pilots flew planes to the base They could not fly the planes directly into Canada a member of the British Commonwealth because that would violate the official United States position of neutrality Local farmers used their tractors to tow the planes into Canada where the Canadians closed the Woodstock highway so that aircraft could use it as a runway 1 From October 1944 to May 1946 the air base housed Camp Houlton a prisoner of war camp 2 Contents 1 Facilities 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksFacilities editHoulton International Airport covers an area of 1 615 acres 654 ha and has two runways Runway 5 23 5 001 x 150 ft 1 524 x 46 m surface asphalt Runway 1 19 2 600 x 100 ft 793 x 30 5 m surface asphaltSee also edit nbsp World War II portalMaine World War II Army Airfields Air Transport Command List of airports in MaineReferences edit nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency FAA Airport Form 5010 for HUL PDF Site of the Houlton Army Air Base NBMHP Houlton Army Airfield UNB www unb ca Retrieved September 3 2023 External links editResources for this airport FAA airport information for HUL AirNav airport information for KHUL ASN accident history for HUL FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker NOAA NWS weather observations current past three days SkyVector aeronautical chart Terminal Procedures nbsp nbsp This article about an airport in Maine is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Houlton International Airport amp oldid 1174557026, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
