Lehigh Valley International Airport
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Lehigh Valley International Airport (IATA: ABE, ICAO: KABE ) (formerly Allentown - Bethlehem - Easton International Airport ) is a public airport located in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
It is located 5 km northeast of Allentown, in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, the region with the third highest population of the state (after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh).
The airport is owned by the Lehigh - Northampton Airport Authority, which also operates it. In 2012, the airport recorded 723,556 passengers. For the years 2012 downgraded the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority as " nonhub " one, ie as an airport which 10,000 passengers, but there were less than 0.05 % of annual passenger numbers in the USA. In previous years, the airport has been designated as a "small hub".
In recent years, the Lehigh Valley Airport received ever greater competition from the Philadelphia Airport (120 km) and the International Airport, Newark -Liberty (130 km). These airports offer a greater variety of destinations and sometimes cheaper rates. This competition has been increased by the extension of Interstate 78 in 1990 and the opening of Interstate 476. In addition, the 2013 Frontier Airlines offers nonstop flights resulted in years to ten destinations departing from Trenton - Mercer airport.
Infrastructure and aircraft
The Lehigh Valley Airport covers an area of 1064 ha and is located at an altitude of 120 meters above sea level.
He has two paved runways:
- 06/ 24: 2316 mx 46 m
- 13/31: 1767 mx 46 m
The airport website reports a total of 100 048 aircraft movements for 2012. These include 30,914 general aviation, regional airlines 17,241, 4,249 major airlines and 608 military flights. 47 036 flights were operated by small aircraft.
Airlines and destinations
Top Destinations (July 2012 - June 2013 )
Cargo
Incidents
November 16, 2008 U.S. Airways flight 4551, a U.S. Airways Express deHavilland Dash-8 turboprop ( operated by Piedmont Airlines ) started at 08:20 clock from the airport Lehigh Valley Destination Philadelphia and had to perform an emergency landing. All 35 passengers and three crew members survived the accident unharmed.
June 27, 2009 Allegiant Air flight 746, a McDonnell Douglas MD -80 with destination Orlando Sanford had to perform an emergency landing after the left engine flames were discovered. No one was injured.