Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport

ICAO KAVP41.3371°N 75.7242°W962 ft / 293 mMedium airport

AVP FAA Diagram — Federal Aviation Administration · Public domain · Commons

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (IATA: AVP, ICAO: KAVP) is a medium airport in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. It opened in Jan 1947. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,502 ft (2,287 m). In 2025 it handled 443 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1947–1947

JAN 1947

OpenedWilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport opens.

From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF

04/22033° / 213° · LIT

LENGTH7,502 ft2,287 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

10/28092° / 272° · LIT

LENGTH4,300 ft1,311 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025

439K

464K

520K

517K

578K

221K

315K

380K

350K

440K

443K

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Routes

8 destinations · 1 country

Year-round6

IADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Express304 km189 mi CLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Eagle819 km509 mi ORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle1,014 km630 mi MCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,522 km946 mi TPATampa International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,610 km1,000 mi FLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,745 km1,084 mi

Seasonal2

MYRMyrtle Beach International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways897 km557 mi RSWSouthwest Florida International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,736 km1,079 mi

Most destinationsBreeze Airways 5United Express 2American Eagle 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from AVP. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers443K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,172of 3,974 · #271 North America · #185 US Longest runway7,502 ft2,287 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,109of 29,823 · =668 North America · =495 US Elevation962 ft293 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#18,347of 43,341 · #8,244 North America · #6,627 US AgeOpened 19472026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,942of 15,079 · =1,856 North America · =1,803 US Runways21 · 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

6 channels

A/DAPP/DEP124.500

ATISATIS111.600

GNDGND121.900

RDOWILLIAMSPORT RDO122.200

TWRTWR120.100

UNICUNICOM122.950