Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport


IATA = AVP
ICAO = KAVP
FAA = AVP
type = Public
owner = Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties
operator =
city-served = Wilkes-Barre / Scranton
location = Avoca, Pennsylvania
elevation-f = 962
elevation-m = 293
coordinates = coord|41|20|18|N|075|43|24|W|type:airport|display=inline
website =
r1-number = 4/22
r1-length-f = 7,501
r1-length-m = 2,286
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 10/28
r2-length-f = 4,300
r2-length-m = 1,311
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 78,937
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 30
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=AVP|use=PU|own=PU|site=21781.*A, effective 2007-07-05]

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport Airport codes|AVP|KAVP|AVP is an airport located in Avoca, Pennsylvania, near the border of Luzerne County and Lackawanna County, halfway between the cities of Wilkes-Barre and Scranton.

Five airlines serve the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport. These airlines are US Airways, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Continental Airlines, and Northwest Airlines. Since the spring of 2002, the airport has increased the number of non-stop flights from the airport. Air Force One has landed several times in Avoca for various presidential visits to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area.Fact|date=April 2007 In 1990, AVP was referenced in the film "Home Alone" when Catherine O'Hara's character is stuck in the "Scranton airport" during a blizzard. The airport advertises itself as "your gateway to Northeastern Pennsylvania and the Pocono Mountains." In May 2006, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport completed an $80 million construction project on an entirely new terminal and parking garage. The new terminal has many conveniences such as jetways, a bigger waiting area, more gates, a meditation room, and a new restaurant called Wings Bar and Lounge which also has a souvenir shop. Passengers also have the convenience of renting cars from four different companies: Avis Rent A Car, Budget Rent A Car, Hertz Rent A Car, and National Car Rental/Alamo Rent A Car of which all are located right inside the terminal building. The airport once offered a flight to Canada;Fact|date=April 2007 even though this flight no longer exists, the "international" status, granted in 1975, is retained due to the fact that this airport has a full time U.S. Customs Office. AVP was once home to a Hooters Air non-stop flight to Orlando and it currently hosts seasonal Southwest Airlines non-stop chartered flights to Orlando through Boscov's Travel. Also, in May 2008, Southern Skyways was planning introduce a non-stop seasonal flight to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. However, Myrtle Beach Direct Air operated those flights until leaving the airport in August 2008.

Facilities and aircraft

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport covers an area of convert|905|acre|ha|0|lk=on which contains two asphalt paved runways:
* 4/22 measuring 7,501 x 150 ft (2,286 x 46 m)
* 10/28 measuring 4,300 x 150 ft (1,311 x 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 78,937 aircraft operations, an average of 216 per day: 71% general aviation, 28% scheduled commercial, 1% military and <1% air taxi. There are 30 aircraft based at this airport: 60% single engine, 20% multi-engine, 13% jet aircraft and 7% helicopters.

Airlines and destinations

* Continental Airlines
** Continental Connection operated by CommutAir (Newark)
* Delta Air Lines
** Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
** Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
* Northwest Airlines
** Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit)
* United Airlines
** United Express operated by SkyWest Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare)
* US Airways
** US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin (Philadelphia)
** US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Philadelphia, Charlotte)
** US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines (Philadelphia)

References

External links

* [http://www.flyavp.com/ Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport] (official site)
* [http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/pdBOA.nsf/infoWBScranton Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport] at Pennsylvania DOT Bureau of Aviation
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