24-856: [REDACTED] Look up kabe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kabe may refer to: People [ edit ] Alhaji Kabe (died 1753), Sultan of Kano Kazimierz Bein (1872–1959), Polish Esperanto author, translator and ophthalmologist Masayoshi Kabe (1949–2020), Japanese musician Miran Kabe (born 1992), Japanese football player Transport [ edit ] Kabe Line , in Hiroshima, Japan Kabe Station (Hiroshima) , Japan Kabe Station (Tokyo) , Japan Lehigh Valley International Airport , in Pennsylvania, United States Other uses [ edit ] Kabe Constituency , Namibia KABE-CD ,
48-424: A bus service to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). Continental Airlines , which later merged into United, previously operated flights from Allentown to Newark but switched to a bus service in 1995 due to constant delays from air traffic control . The distance is 79 miles (127 km). As of 1997 , the service was eight times daily. Today, the service is offered three times daily. By February 2010, bus
72-749: A television station licensed to Bakersfield, California, United States Kabe, a character in Star Wars portrayed by Rusty Goffe Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kabe . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kabe&oldid=1246991008 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Airport disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
96-698: A television station licensed to Bakersfield, California, United States Kabe, a character in Star Wars portrayed by Rusty Goffe Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kabe . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kabe&oldid=1246991008 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Airport disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
120-811: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages kabe [REDACTED] Look up kabe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kabe may refer to: People [ edit ] Alhaji Kabe (died 1753), Sultan of Kano Kazimierz Bein (1872–1959), Polish Esperanto author, translator and ophthalmologist Masayoshi Kabe (1949–2020), Japanese musician Miran Kabe (born 1992), Japanese football player Transport [ edit ] Kabe Line , in Hiroshima, Japan Kabe Station (Hiroshima) , Japan Kabe Station (Tokyo) , Japan Lehigh Valley International Airport , in Pennsylvania, United States Other uses [ edit ] Kabe Constituency , Namibia KABE-CD ,
144-533: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lehigh Valley International Airport Lehigh Valley International Airport ( IATA : ABE , ICAO : KABE , FAA LID : ABE ), formerly Allentown–Bethlehem–Easton International Airport , is a domestic airport located in Hanover Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania . Lehigh Valley International Airport
168-610: Is located in the center of the Lehigh Valley , roughly 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Allentown , 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Bethlehem , and 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Easton . Lehigh Valley International Airport is the fourth-busiest passenger airport in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia , Pittsburgh , and Harrisburg international airports. In 2022, the airport was utilized by 912,000 passengers. With over 83,000 flights in 2022, Lehigh Valley International Airport
192-812: Is provided by the LNAA ARFF Department, which consists of seven full-time and 5 part-time personnel, operating from a 13,000 sq.ft. facility commissioned in October 2003. Amazon.com used the Lehigh Valley International Airport (LVIA) as one of the first five locations in the United States for their Amazon Air shipping service. LVIA was selected for the pilot concept of the program due to its close proximity to large population centers, cost-effectiveness, and robust infrastructure. For similar reasons as Amazon, FedEx Ground selected an area that
216-461: Is the third-busiest airport in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in terms of total flight takeoffs and landings. The airport is also heavily utilized for the transport of air cargo due to the growth of e-commerce and its proximity to major population centers on the East Coast . As of 2022, the airport ships more than 237 million pounds of cargo. Companies such as Amazon.com are using
240-497: The U.S. Air Force 's air cadet program. In January 1944, work on a new runway was completed, and a Class A U.S. Weather Bureau station also was installed. About 1,000 Naval Aviation Cadets were trained in 1943, and civil and military air traffic both increased. In late July 1944, the War Production Board approved the construction of a second-story addition to the airport's administration building. The building housed
264-542: The U.S. Navy 's V-5 flight training program was conducted at the airport in conjunction with ground training held at nearby Muhlenberg College . The headquarters of Group 312 of the Civil Air Patrol was based at the airport. One of its activities was to provide a courier service for cargo defense plants. Allentown-based pilots patrolled the Atlantic coastline during World War II and were active in recruiting young men for
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#1733085011336288-546: The 55-mile route on behalf of American Airlines via a code sharing agreement. The average time in the air was 20 minutes. It was the shortest flight in the contiguous United States until 2017, when it was surpassed by United Express 's San Francisco to Santa Rosa route in 2017, which had an average time in the air of 16 minutes. The ABE-PHL flights ended in 2020. As of 2024, the airport provides incoming and outgoing direct flights over Allegiant Air, American Airlines , Delta Air Lines , and United Airlines . In June 2024,
312-764: The Lehigh Aircraft Company, the weather bureau station, the Civil Aeronautic communications station, and the office and waiting room of United Airlines. In August, the V-5 flight training program ended when the Navy decided to move all flight training to naval air bases under Navy pilots. In April 1946, the Lehigh Airport Authority was created to own and manage the airport. The October 1946 command and general staff diagram shows four runways forming an asterisk: runway 1
336-411: The airport served 95,589 passengers, an increase of 17.1 percent over that of June 2023. The airport covers 2,278 acres (922 ha) at an elevation of 393 ft (119.8 m). It has two asphalt runways : 6/24 is 7,599 ft (2,316.2 m) by 150 ft (45.7 m). The second, 13/31, is 5,800 ft (1,767.8 m) by 150 ft (45.7 m). The airport has nine gates to service
360-405: The airport, a major factor in its growth. Lehigh Valley International Airport opened in 1929. Scheduled airline flights began on September 16, 1935, with flights by United Airlines ' Boeing 247s . The airport hangar initially served as the passenger terminal. The first terminal building at the airport was built in 1938 as part of a Works Progress Administration project. During World War II ,
384-502: The country. In 2019, the airport was utilized by 911,970 passengers, which represented an increase of 15.01% over its use the previous year, in 2018. Much of this growth has been driven by Allegiant Airlines' expansion at the airport. One of the shortest scheduled jet flights in the contiguous U.S. operated between Lehigh Valley Airport (ABE) and Philadelphia International Airport (PHL). Piedmont Airlines operating as American Eagle regularly flew an Embraer ERJ-145 regional jet on
408-426: The early 2000s, the airport has lately experienced a significant rebound in passenger totals due to it being an alternative to the comparatively congested Philadelphia International and Newark Liberty International airports, its facility improvements, a rapidly growing regional population, carrier expansions, especially Allegiant Air , and multiple new routes being added for popular destinations and major hubs across
432-454: The most recent terminal renovations were completed in two phases: On May 26, 2016, Solar Impulse 2 (SI2), piloted by Bertrand Piccard , completed the 13th leg from Dayton, Ohio of the first around the world (43,041 km) fuel-less flight by this solar-powered plane with a landing at ABE. On June 11, 2016, André Borschberg began the 14th leg (ABE to JFK , which included a dramatic Statue of Liberty flyover). While at ABE, an open house
456-830: The passengers and six holding spots for cargo aircraft, which largely include [A300F cargo aircraft with FedEx and Boeing 767s with Amazon Air . In 2022, the airport had 83,760 aircraft operations, the third-most among all Pennsylvania airports. In May 2020, 137 aircraft were based at the airport: 73 single-engine, 11 multi-engine, 52 jet, and one helicopter . In 2022, the airport handled 237,945,266 pounds (107,930,157 kg) of freight and mail . The Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority (LNAA) also operates two nearby general aviation airports, Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport on Lehigh Street in Allentown and Braden Airpark in Easton . Aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF)
480-544: The successor Northwest around 2003. Delta Air Lines started nonstop flights to Atlanta and Harrisburg in 1991 and later added flights to Cincinnati , initially operated by Delta until changing to Delta Connection carrier Comair . In 2012, Frontier Airlines started twice-a-week nonstop Airbus A319 flights to Orlando International Airport ; they ended in 2013. Allegiant Air now flies nonstop from Lehigh Valley to Orlando via Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB) in nearby Sanford, Florida . In 2009 and 2010,
504-522: Was 2680 feet long, runway 6 was 4000 feet, runway 9 was 3800 feet and runway 14 was 3100 feet. Construction began on the present terminal in 1973. The project, designed by Wallace & Watson, was completed in 1976. Construction on a new passenger terminal began in 1948 and was finished in 1950. Allentown–Bethlehem–Easton (ABE) Airport, as it was then called, had flights on United and TWA since 1947, and Colonial Airlines since 1949. Douglas DC-4s and DC-6s appeared after runway 6
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#1733085011336528-480: Was extended to 5,000 feet. TWA left in 1967, replaced by Allegheny Airlines ; Colonial's successor Eastern Air Lines remained until 1991. Republic Airlines ' McDonnell Douglas DC-9 's offered nonstop flights to Detroit and were continued by Northwest Airlines after Northwest's acquisition of Republic. Northwest also offered one-stop flights to Detroit with a stop in Harrisburg . Regional partners replaced
552-530: Was held for public viewing of the SI2 aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2023–2027 categorizes Lehigh Valley International Airport as a small hub primary commercial service facility. In 2019 to 2023, the FAA categorized the airport as a "non-hub primary" and previous years it was categorized as a "small hub." After several years of falling passenger counts in
576-491: Was once owned by the Lehigh Northampton Airport Authority to construct its largest terminal in the country as of 2016. ABE currently has six cargo parking spots for cargo operations. Former carriers Trans-Bridge Lines runs several daily buses from ABE to Manhattan , stopping at both Newark (EWR) and New York (JFK) Airports. Travel time to EWR is about 75 minutes. United Airlines also has
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