Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International
AVP · KAVP · Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania · Luzerne County · map
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International is a public-use airport owned by Luzerne and Lackawanna CO, 5 miles southwest of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania, 962 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 7,502 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KAVP · observed 4:54 pm EDT (20:54 UTC), 27 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 57°F (14°C), dew point 32°F (0°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 7 knots, gusting to 14, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 4:00 pm EDT (20:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 6 knots, gusting to 14, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAVP 062054Z 31007KT 10SM CLR 14/00 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP192 T01390000 56017
TAF KAVP 061720Z 0618/0718 32007G14KT P6SM SKC FM062000 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM071400 21006G14KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AVP · ICAO KAVP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Luzerne and Lackawanna CO
- Elevation
- 962 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 7,502 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 4,300 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 22: ILS with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 112 ft high 4,567 ft from the end
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 28: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 21 ft high 348 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 135.75 | Wilkes-Barre |
| Clearance delivery Contact Wilkes Barre tower | 121.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 125.3 | |
| Ground | 121.9 | Wilkes-Barre |
| Tower | 120.1 | Wilkes-Barre |
| Approach and departure · Terminal radar service · Departure procedure (FIMUB) arriving from headings 280 to 100 | 120.95 | Wilkes-Barre |
| Approach and departure · Terminal radar service · Departure procedure (MUDDR) arriving from headings 101 to 279 | 126.3 | Wilkes-Barre |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Wilkes-Barre |
| WILKES-BARRE and rco | 122.2 | Wilkes-Barre |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 570-456-5433.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to reqmt for airspace deter.
- Engineered material arresting system (emas) 324 feet in length by 170 feet in width located 50 feet off der 04.
- Engineered material arresting system (emas) 162 feet in length by 170 feet in width located 35 feet off der 22.
- Precipitous DROP-OFF each runway end.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 28 unlighted high terrain trees: 1155 feet above sea level.91 MI east aer 28; 1463 feet above sea level 1.49 MI EAST-SOUTHEAST aer 28; 1667 feet above sea level 2.25 MI east aer 28; 1920 feet above sea level 2.84 MI east aer 28.
- Unlighted tower 1130 feet above sea level (20 feet above ground level) 1.3 MI east aer 28; unlighted tower 1463 feet above sea level (20 feet above ground level) 1.7 MI east aer 28; unlighted tower 1652 feet above sea level (20 feet above ground level) 2.4 MI east aer 28.
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 5, 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.