ABE

Lehigh Valley International Airport

ICAO KABE40.6518°N 75.4428°W394 ft / 120 mMedium airport
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ABE FAA Diagram
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Lehigh Valley International Airport (IATA: ABE, ICAO: KABE) is a medium airport in Allentown/Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. It opened in Jun 1938. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,599 ft (2,316 m). In 2025 it handled 955 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1938–1938
JUN 1938
OpenedLehigh Valley International Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
06/24051° / 231° · LIT
LENGTH7,599 ft2,316 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
13/31123° / 303° · LIT
LENGTH5,800 ft1,768 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
613K
644K
656K
663K
757K
874K
382K
720K
852K
849K
903K
955K
141516171819202122232425

Routes

13 destinations · 1 country
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miMYR · Myrtle Beach International Airport · 518 mi / 834 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 652 mi / 1,050 kmBNA · Nashville International Airport · 684 mi / 1,100 kmATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 692 mi / 1,114 kmSFB · Orlando Sanford International Airport · 884 mi / 1,422 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 907 mi / 1,460 kmMLB · Melbourne Orlando International Airport · 916 mi / 1,474 kmPIE · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · 972 mi / 1,564 kmSRQ · Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · 1,002 mi / 1,612 kmPGD · Punta Gorda Airport · 1,020 mi / 1,641 kmRSW · Southwest Florida International Airport · 1,040 mi / 1,674 kmFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 1,043 mi / 1,678 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 1,535 mi / 2,471 kmDENFLLSRQSFBATLBNAORDMYRRSWMLBPGDPIEMCOABE
Year-round13
MYRMyrtle Beach International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air834 km518 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express1,050 km652 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,100 km684 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,114 km692 miSFBOrlando Sanford International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,422 km884 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,460 km907 miMLBMelbourne Orlando International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,474 km916 miPIESt. Petersburg Clearwater International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,564 km972 miSRQSarasota Bradenton International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,612 km1,002 miPGDPunta Gorda AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,641 km1,020 miRSWSouthwest Florida International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,674 km1,040 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,678 km1,043 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air2,471 km1,535 mi
Most destinationsAllegiant Air 11United Express 1Delta Air Lines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ABE. From the Wikipedia article “Lehigh Valley International Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers955K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#838of 3,974 · #202 North America · #143 USLongest runway7,599 ft2,316 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#3,019of 29,823 · #645 North America · #482 USElevation394 ft120 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#29,203of 43,341 · #13,731 North America · #11,544 USAgeOpened 19382026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=870of 15,079 · =246 North America · =228 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels
A/DAPP/DEP118.200
ATISATIS126.975
CLDCLNC DEL124.050
GNDGND121.900
RDOWILLIAMSPORT RDO117.500
TWRTWR120.500
UNICUNICOM122.950