Lehigh Valley International Airport

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Lehigh Valley International Airport
1999 aerial view of Lehigh Valley International Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code KABE
IATA code ABE
Coordinates

40 ° 39 '8 "  N , 75 ° 26' 26"  W Coordinates: 40 ° 39 '8 "  N , 75 ° 26' 26"  W
Height above MSL 120 m (394  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 6 km northeast of Allentown ,
6 km northeast of Bethlehem
Street H22
Local transport bus
Basic data
opening 1929
operator Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority
surface 922 ha
Terminals 1
Passengers 911,970 (2019)
Air freight 83,013 t (2019)
Flight
movements 		87,505 (2019)
Employees 253 (2017)
Runways
06/24 2316 m × 46 m asphalt
13/31 1767 m × 46 m asphalt



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The Lehigh Valley International Airport ( IATA: ABE , ICAO: KABE ) (formerly Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton International Airport ) is a public airport, which is in Hanover Township , Lehigh County , Pennsylvania is located.

It is located 6 km northeast of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, the region with the third largest population in the state (after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh ).

The airport is owned by the Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority , which also operates it. In 2018 the airport recorded 792,974 passengers. For the year 2019, the American aviation authority classified it as "nonhub", that is, as an airport with 10,000 passengers but less than 0.05% of the annual passenger numbers in the USA. In earlier years the airport was known as a "small hub".

In recent years, Lehigh Valley International Airport has faced increasing competition from Philadelphia International Airport (120 km away) and Newark Liberty International Airport (130 km away). These airports offer a wider variety of destinations and sometimes cheaper fares. This competition was heightened with the extension of Interstate 78 in 1990 and the opening of Interstate 476 . In addition, Frontier Airlines operated non-stop flights to 15 destinations in 2018, departing from nearby Trenton-Mercer Airport .

Infrastructure and planes

Lehigh Valley Airport covers an area of ​​922 hectares and is located at an altitude of 120 meters above sea level .

It has two asphalt runways :

  • 06/24: 2316 m × 46 m
  • 13/31: 1767 m × 46 m

The airport's website reports a total of 75,231 flight movements for 2018. These include 25,408 general aviation , 8,868 regional airlines , 10,652 major airlines, and 548 military flights.

Airlines and Destinations

freight

airline Destinations
FedEx Express Indianapolis , Memphis
Seasonal: Manchester (New Hampshire)

Traffic figures

Source: Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority
Lehigh Valley International Airport traffic figures 2012–2019
year Passenger volume Air freight ( tons ) Aircraft movements
(with military)
2019 911,970 83.013 87.505
2018 792.974 93,564 75.231
2017 692.154 93,976 79,590
2016 688.505 57,130 77,978
2015 673.505 21,502 88.084
2014 612,650 13,637 101.137
2013 621,896 14,860 108.105
2012 723.556 14,947 100,048

Busiest routes

Busiest national routes from Lehigh Valley (2019)
rank city Passengers airline
01 Orlando-Sanford , Florida 77,150 Allegiant
02 Atlanta , Georgia 71,310 delta
03 Charlotte , North Carolina 61,500 American
04th Chicago-O'Hare , Illinois 53,620 United
05 Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 38,650 American
06th Detroit , Michigan 37,550 delta
07th St. Petersburg , Florida 29,030 Allegiant
08th Punta Gorda , Florida 28,510 Allegiant
09 Myrtle Beach , South Carolina 14,220 Allegiant
10 Nashville , Tennessee 8,660 Allegiant

Incidents

By April 2017, two total aircraft losses occurred at Lehigh Valley Airport, one of them with four fatalities.

Web links

Commons : Lehigh Valley International Airport  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fact Sheet. FlyLVIA.com, accessed February 12, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c AirportIQ 5010: Lehigh Valley International. GCR1.com, accessed February 12, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Monthly Traffic Reports. FlyLVIA.com, accessed April 13, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Annual Reports. FlyLVIA.com, accessed February 12, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Airport Categories. FAA.gov , accessed May 9, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Airlines. MercerCounty.org , accessed May 9, 2018 .
  7. ^ Allentown / Bethlehem / Easton, PA: Lehigh Valley International (ABE). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed April 13, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Airline Partners. FlyLVIA.com, accessed April 13, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Allentown-Lehigh Valley accident statistics , Aviation Safety Network , accessed on May 15, 2017.