Lehigh Valley International
ABE · KABE · Allentown, Pennsylvania · Lehigh County · map
Lehigh Valley International is a public-use airport, 3 miles northeast of Allentown, Pennsylvania, 394 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 7,599 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 128 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 18 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 76,990 takeoffs and landings a year. About 446,464 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Lehigh Valley International?
Its FAA code is ABE, and its ICAO code is KABE.
Where is Lehigh Valley International?
It is 3 miles northeast of Allentown, Pennsylvania, 394 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Lehigh Valley International?
The longest of its 2 runways, 06/24, is 7,599 feet long.
Does Lehigh Valley International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Lehigh Valley International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Lehigh Valley International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Chicago O'Hare International, Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Charlotte/Douglas International, Orlando Sanford International, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Lehigh Valley International?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Gs Flying Club LLC and Skyten Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Lehigh Valley International?
20 pilot examiners and 36 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Lehigh Valley International…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ABE · ICAO KABE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 394 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1938
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 7,599 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 5,800 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 55 ft high 2,689 ft from the end
- Runway 24: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 510 ft, 7,089 ft available for landing, road 24 ft high 659 ft from the end
- Runway 13: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left, pole 25 ft high 272 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Abe and automated weather (ASOS) | 126.975 | Allentown |
| Clearance delivery | 118.9 | |
| Clearance delivery | 124.05 | Allentown |
| Ground | 121.9 | Allentown |
| Tower | 120.5 | Allentown |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace 3000 feet and below | 119.65 | Allentown |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace From west; Above 3000 feet | 124.45 | Allentown |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Allentown |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 610-477-0813.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Allentown Queen City Municipal (5 nm southwest), Pennridge Airport (17 nm southeast), Jake Arner Memorial (17 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Pennsylvania · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- NON-STD engineered materials arresting system (emas) with 35 feet setback 251 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 13.
- NON-STD engineered materials arresting system (emas) with 35 feet setback 263 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 31.
- PAPI unusable beyond 9 degreess right of centerline.
- Runway 24 has approach ratio 47:1 to displaced thld and roadway 540 feet right and 431 feet left and 654 feet from runway 24 end.
- Military aircraft plan to park and refuel on the HANGAR-7 apron.
- Birds; groundhogs and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Flight notification service (adcus) available - 2 hour prior permission required.
- Taxiway C restricted to maximum aircraft weight 12500 pounds.
- Noise abatement procedures for turbojet powered aircraft in effect; preferential runway 06/24.
- Runway 06 and 24 fly runway heading until 2000 feet.
- Runway 6 13 and 24 departures be advised that departures are over a noise sensitive area.
- Runway 31 turbojet departures turn right heading 360 degreess until 2000 feet above sea level.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 7,359 departures from ABE in those twelve months, carrying 489,362 passengers in 568,346 seats (86% filled), to 83 destinations (2 abroad) on 24 airlines.
All 83 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 79 |
| multi-engine | 19 |
| jets | 30 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 76,990, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 12,476 |
| air taxi and commuter | 5,397 |
| general aviation, travelling | 29,803 |
| general aviation, local | 28,350 |
| military | 964 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Allentown from the FAA register
44 aircraft are registered to owners in Allentown, Pennsylvania: 19 piston singles, 10 business jets, 5 turboprops, 4 piston twins, 4 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Pennsylvania.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Gs Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Bethlehem, 4 miles away Bell Flying Club is a non-profit flying club incorporated in the early 1960s, headquartered at Harrisburg International Airport in Pennsylvania.
- Skyten Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Orefield, 9 miles away
- Vintage Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · Easton, 12 miles away
- Blue Mountain Flyers 2 aircraft · Palmerton, 14 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Allentown:
- East Coast Jets, Inc 5 aircraft on the certificate East Coast Jets operates private jet charter and aircraft management services from Allentown, Pennsylvania, near Lehigh Valley International Airport.
- Vertivue LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate Vertivue is an FAA-approved charter operator based in Allentown, Pennsylvania and Provincetown, Massachusetts.
- 26 North Aviation INC 2 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Allentown:
- Brunswick Aviation Services LLC Brunswick Aviation Services is a FAA Part 145 certified repair station based at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
- Chord Aerospace, LLC
- New World Aviation INC New World Aviation is a privately-owned aviation company providing aircraft charter, maintenance, and management services.
- Scott Richard Aircraft Maintenance LLC
- Techjet A and M INC
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
20 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 20 for private pilot, 19 for commercial and instrument, 11 for airline transport pilot, 16 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 15 for airplanes, 10 for multi-engine airplanes, 4 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 36 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 6 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 54 training center evaluators, 1 aircrew program designee, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Aram Basmadjian private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lehigh Valley Aviation Services · Allentown, PA (0 nm) · (760) 641-6214 · [email protected]
- John Albert Smith private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Allentown, PA (0 nm) · (610) 703-1842 · [email protected]
- Randy Marlin Rickert private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Lehighton, PA (17 nm) · (610) 704-2987 · [email protected]
- Ryan David Tollini private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Perkasie, PA (17 nm) · (215) 704-2446 · [email protected]
- Michael Joseph Mcintyre private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Sky Manor Airport · Pittstown, NJ (20 nm) · (215) 740-6657 · [email protected]
- Robert Armindo Miranda private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Orlandi Flight Center · Blairstown, NJ (28 nm) · (973) 670-6343 · [email protected]
- Mark Christopher Wesley Robinson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Reading Jet Center · Reading, PA (29 nm) · (218) 228-2222 · [email protected]
- Karl-John Bearnarth private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Somerset Air Service · Bedminster, NJ (35 nm) · (908) 612-0812 · [email protected]
All 130 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 20 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Allentown 44 aircraft · 19 piston singles, 10 business jets, 5 turboprops
- Vertivue LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Semper Paratus Td I LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Jj Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Jdi Holdings LLC 2 aircraft in town
- East Coast Jets, Inc 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Vertivue LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- 26 North Aviation INC 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Gs Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Skyten Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Vintage Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Brunswick Aviation Services LLC · repair station
- Chord Aerospace, LLC · repair station
- New World Aviation INC · repair station
- Scott Richard Aircraft Maintenance LLC · repair station
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 1,135 flights in twelve months · GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 1,035 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 825 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc., Endeavor Air Inc.
- Orlando Sanford International (SFB) 642 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG) 496 flights in twelve months · Air Transport International, ABX Air Inc
- Wilmington Air Park (ILN) 398 flights in twelve months · Air Transport International, ABX Air Inc
- Lakeland Linder International (LAL) 305 flights in twelve months · Air Transport International
- Perot Fld/Fort Worth Alliance (AFW) 297 flights in twelve months · Air Transport International
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 20 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Pennsylvania 1,834 since 1982 · 234 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Pennsylvania 118 landing places
- Pennsylvania 6,183 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ABE.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 26, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.