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 based aircraft. 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.
Weather right now KABE · observed 3:13 pm EDT (19:13 UTC), 6 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 14 knots, gusting to 20
- Visibility 2.5 miles
- Sky: overcast at 800 feet
- Weather: heavy rain, mist
- Temperature 58°F (14°C), dew point 56°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.04 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 1:22 pm EDT (17:22 UTC), good until Mon 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Sun 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 5 knots, visibility 5 miles, light rain showers, mist, a broken layer at 600 feet, overcast at 2,200 feet IFR
- At times between Sun 3:00 pm EDT (19:00 UTC) and 6:00 pm EDT (22:00 UTC): visibility 2 miles, rain showers, mist, overcast at 1,000 feet IFR
- From Sun 6:00 pm EDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 10 knots, visibility 3 miles, rain, mist, thunderstorms nearby, overcast at 700 feet (thunderheads) IFR
- From Sun 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 8 knots, visibility 2 miles, light rain, mist, thunderstorms nearby, overcast at 500 feet (thunderheads) IFR
- From Mon 1:00 am EDT (05:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 7 knots, visibility 1 mile, mist, showers nearby, overcast at 500 feet IFR
- From Mon 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 6 knots, visibility 5 miles, mist, a broken layer at 1,000 feet, overcast at 2,500 feet MVFR
- From Mon 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 2,500 feet MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
SPECI KABE 111913Z 06014G20KT 2 1/2SM +RA BR OVC008 14/13 A3004 RMK AO2 P0009 T01440133
TAF KABE 111722Z 1118/1218 05005KT 5SM -SHRA BR BKN006 OVC022 TEMPO 1119/1122 2SM SHRA BR OVC010 FM112200 07010KT 3SM RA BR VCTS OVC007CB FM120000 05008KT 2SM -RA BR VCTS OVC005CB FM120500 02007KT 1SM BR VCSH OVC005 FM121400 34006KT 5SM BR BKN010 OVC025 FM121600 34010KT P6SM BKN025
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
3 warnings in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist).
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: low-level wind shear (due to air speed loss or gain of 20 knots or more below 2,000 ft above the ground).
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft (due to mountain wave) up to 8,000 ft.
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- urgent K100 at 9,000 ft, 26 nm northwest, 3:04 pm EDT (19:04 UTC): moderate to severe turbulence above 9,000 ft.
- urgent LJ35 , 59 nm south, 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC): overcast above 500 ft.
- PC12 at 18,000 ft, 10 nm south, 1:32 pm EDT (17:32 UTC): light rime icing, -6 °C.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (AVP, 43 nm north), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 130° at 36 kt; 6,000 ft: 160° at 34 kt, 9 °C; 9,000 ft: 210° at 23 kt, 8 °C; 12,000 ft: 220° at 23 kt, 4 °C; 18,000 ft: 230° at 30 kt, -8 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 79 |
| multi-engine | 19 |
| jets | 30 |
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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Allentown from the FAA register
43 aircraft are registered to owners in Allentown, Pennsylvania: 19 piston singles, 9 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.
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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Allentown:
- East Coast Jets, Inc 5 aircraft on the certificate East Coast Jets is a private jet charter and aircraft management company based in 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 specializing in communications systems, avionics modifications, cabin services, in-flight entertainment, and custom interiors for medium to large cabin business aircraft
- Chord Aerospace, LLC
- New World Aviation INC
- Scott Richard Aircraft Maintenance LLC
- Techjet A and M INC
Companies in the same town as this airport; 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 · aramb@me.com
- 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 · jaysmithdpe@gmail.com
- 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 · lorran@ptd.net
- 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 · ryantollini@comcast.net
- 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 · mjm4470@yahoo.com
- 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 · bmirandadpe@gmail.com
- 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 · markcwrobinson@gmail.com
- 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 · kbearnarth@gmail.com
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.
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
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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Allentown 43 aircraft · 19 piston singles, 9 business jets, 5 turboprops
- Vertivue LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Jj Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Jdi Holdings LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Aycd 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
- Brunswick Aviation Services LLC · repair station
- Chord Aerospace, LLC · repair station
- New World Aviation INC · repair station
- Scott Richard Aircraft Maintenance LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 20 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Pennsylvania 1,834 since 1982 · 238 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 6,176 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 9, 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.