Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorLuzerne and Lackawanna Counties
ServesWilkes-BarreScranton-Wyoming Valley
LocationPittston Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Elevation AMSL962 ft / 293 m
Coordinates41°20′18″N 075°43′24″W / 41.33833°N 75.72333°W / 41.33833; -75.72333
Websitewww.FlyAVP.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram as of January 2021
FAA airport diagram as of January 2021
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 7,502 2,287 Asphalt
10/28 4,300 1,311 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft operations48,997
Based aircraft38
Total Passengers313,107

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (IATA: AVP, ICAO: KAVP, FAA LID: AVP) is mostly in Pittston Township, Pennsylvania, about 7 miles (11 km) from Scranton and 8 mi (13 km) from Wilkes-Barre. It spans the border between Luzerne County and Lackawanna County, and is owned and operated by the two counties. It is the fifth-largest airport in Pennsylvania by passenger count and calls itself "your gateway to Northeastern Pennsylvania and the Pocono Mountains".[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference FAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Statistics". transtats.bts.gov.
  3. ^ "AVP - Wilkes Barre Scranton International Airport". AVP.