Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport

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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport

IATA: AVP – ICAO: KAVP – FAA: AVP
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties
Serves		Wilkes-Barre / Scranton
Location		Avoca, Pennsylvania
Elevation AMSL		962 ft / 293 m
Coordinates		41°20′18″N 075°43′24″W / 41.33833, -75.72333
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
4/22	7,501	2,286	Asphalt
10/28	4,300	1,311	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			78,937
Based aircraft			30
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (IATA: AVP, ICAO: KAVP, FAA LID: 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 Airlines, 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.^{[citation needed]} 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;^{[citation needed]} 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 will introduce a non-stop seasonal flight to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

1 Facilities and aircraft
2 Airlines and destinations
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport covers an area of 905 acres (366 ha) 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).^[1]

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.^[1]