# Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE / KABE) **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. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kabe ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: ABE / KABE - FAA: ABE - Type: Medium airport - Serves: Allentown/Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States - Opened: Jun 1938 - Elevation: 394 ft / 120 m - Coordinates: 40.6518, -75.4428 - Runways: 2 - Longest runway: 7,599 ft / 2,316 m - Instrument procedures: 9 approaches - Passengers: 955,389 (2025) - Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York - Website: https://www.flyabe.com/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_International_Airport (14 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2875759 - Weather station: KABE · WMO 72517 - Ident: KABE ## Timeline - Jun 1938: Lehigh Valley International Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 06/24 | 7,599 ft / 2,316 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 051° / 231° | yes | | 13/31 | 5,800 ft / 1,768 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 123° / 303° | yes | - FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00015AD.PDF ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2014 | 612,650 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 644,088 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2016 | 655,899 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2017 | 663,091 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2018 | 756,952 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2019 | 873,787 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2020 | 381,679 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2021 | 720,183 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2022 | 851,746 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2023 | 849,242 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2024 | 902,965 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2025 | 955,389 | BTS T-100 Segment | ## Routes 13 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (13) - [MYR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmyr.md) Myrtle Beach International Airport · United States · 518 mi / 834 km · Allegiant Air - [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 652 mi / 1,050 km · United Express - [BNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbna.md) Nashville International Airport · United States · 684 mi / 1,100 km · Allegiant Air - [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 692 mi / 1,114 km · Delta Air Lines - [SFB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfb.md) Orlando Sanford International Airport · United States · 884 mi / 1,422 km · Allegiant Air - [MCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmco.md) Orlando International Airport · United States · 907 mi / 1,460 km · Allegiant Air - [MLB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmlb.md) Melbourne Orlando International Airport · United States · 916 mi / 1,474 km · Allegiant Air - [PIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpie.md) St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · United States · 972 mi / 1,564 km · Allegiant Air - [SRQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksrq.md) Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · United States · 1,002 mi / 1,612 km · Allegiant Air - [PGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpgd.md) Punta Gorda Airport · United States · 1,020 mi / 1,641 km · Allegiant Air - [RSW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krsw.md) Southwest Florida International Airport · United States · 1,040 mi / 1,674 km · Allegiant Air - [FLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfll.md) Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · United States · 1,043 mi / 1,678 km · Allegiant Air - [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 1,535 mi / 2,471 km · Allegiant Air ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ABE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (3) - G4 [Allegiant Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/allegiant-air) · 11 - DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 1 - UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 1 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 955K (2025) | #838 of 3,974 | #202 in North America | #143 in US | | Longest runway | 7,599 ft / 2,316 m | #3,020 of 29,858 | #645 in North America | #482 in US | | Elevation | 394 ft / 120 m | #29,240 of 43,403 | #13,736 in North America | #11,548 in US | | Age | Opened 1938 | =870 of 15,079 | =246 in North America | =228 in US | | Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | A/D | APP/DEP | 118.200 | | ATIS | ATIS | 126.975 | | CLD | CLNC DEL | 124.050 | | GND | GND | 121.900 | | RDO | WILLIAMSPORT RDO | 117.500 | | TWR | TWR | 120.500 | | UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 | ## Nearby airports - [RDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krdg.md) Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field) · 33 mi / 54 km - [TTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kttn.md) Trenton Mercer Airport · 42 mi / 68 km - [PNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpne.md) Northeast Philadelphia Airport · 45 mi / 73 km - [AVP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kavp.md) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport · 50 mi / 80 km - [MMU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmmu.md) Morristown Municipal Airport · 55 mi / 88 km - [PHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphl.md) Philadelphia International Airport · 55 mi / 88 km ## Sources - [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government)) - [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government)) - [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government)) - [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain) - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0) - [Wikipedia: “Lehigh Valley International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lehigh_Valley_International_Airport&oldid=1376532211), revision of 24 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0) - Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kabe/data