Portland International Jetport

Portland International Jetport is the largest and busiest commercial airport in Maine, serving as the principal aerial gateway to northern New England — a market that extends through Maine into western New Brunswick and much of New Hampshire's upper reaches. The 'Jetport' name — unusually retained from 1969, when Portland sought to distinguish itself from the existing Portland in Oregon — signals the airport's primary commercial identity, separating it from other general aviation facilities serving southern Maine. Two runways (the longer at 7,200 ft / 2,195 m) and a consolidated terminal support approximately 72 routes to 48 destinations via 23 airlines. American, Delta, United, Southwest, JetBlue, Frontier, Breeze, Avelo, Allegiant, and Sun Country all operate scheduled services, providing one of the deepest legacy-and-ULCC carrier mixes among US airports in the 2M passenger range. Service is overwhelmingly domestic with a focus on the East Coast corridor (New York LGA and JFK, Washington DCA and IAD, Boston, Philadelphia), the Southeast and Florida, plus seasonal service to Chicago, Denver, and the Midwest. The airport serves a distinctive seasonal tourism pattern: summer drives peak demand from leisure travelers visiting Maine's coast — Kennebunkport, Camden, Bar Harbor, Acadia National Park — while winter is comparatively quieter outside of ski-season traffic to Sunday River and Sugarloaf. The L.L. Bean retail headquarters in Freeport, 30 minutes north, contributes year-round business travel, as do the defense contracting operations at the former Naval Air Station Brunswick. A $75M terminal renovation completed in 2013 doubled gate capacity and modernized concourses. PWM handled approximately 2.2M passengers in 2023, a record for the airport.