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Rangeley Lake Seaplane Base is a privately owned, public use
seaplane A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water.Gunston, "The Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary", 2009. Seaplanes are usually divided into two categories based on their technological characteri ...
base on
Rangeley Lake Rangeley Lake, located in Franklin County, Maine in the United States, is fed by several streams. Its waters flow out from the lake's northwestern corner via the short Rangeley River into Mooselookmeguntic Lake, then Upper and Lower Richardso ...
, located two  nautical miles (4  km) north of the central business district of Rangeley, a town in Franklin County, Maine, United States.


Facilities and aircraft

Rangeley Lake Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated 6/24 with a
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surface measuring 7,000 x 1,000 feet (2,134 x 305 m). For the 12-month period ending August 16, 2010, the airport had 200
general aviation General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...
aircraft operations, an average of 16 per month.


See also

* Steven A. Bean Municipal Airport at


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Aerial image as of June 1997
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