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Lehigh Valley International Airport

2009-03-05T05:09:17Z

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{{Infobox Airport
| name = Lehigh Valley International Airport
| image = ABE_logo.jpg
| image-width = 191
| IATA = ABE
| ICAO = KABE
| FAA = ABE
| type = Public
| owner = Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority
| location = [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], [[Pennsylvania]]
| elevation-f = 393
| elevation-m = 120
| coordinates = {{coord|40|39|07|N|075|26|26|W|region:US_type:airport}}
| website = [http://www.lvia.org/ www.lvia.org]
| r1-number = 6/24
| r1-length-f = 7,600
| r1-length-m = 2,316
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt]]
| r2-number = 13/31
| r2-length-f = 5,797
| r2-length-m = 1,767
| r2-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2006
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 122,012
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 117
| footnotes = Sources: airport website<ref name=Airport>[http://www.lvia.org/ Lehigh Valley International Airport], official website</ref> and [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]]<ref name=FAA>{{FAA-airport|ID=ABE|use=PU|own=PU|site=19673.*A}}, effective 2008-06-05</ref>
}}

'''Lehigh Valley International Airport''' {{Airport codes|ABE|KABE|ABE}}, formerly '''Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton International Airport''', is a public [[airport]] in [[Hanover Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|Hanover Township]], [[Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|Lehigh County]], [[Pennsylvania]].

The airport is located three miles (5 km) northeast of [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], in the [[Lehigh Valley]] region of Pennsylvania, the third most populated metropolitan region in the state (after [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] and [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]]).

It is owned and operated by the Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority. The airport is served primarily by [[regional airline]]s, operating [[feederliner]] aircraft. 847,256 people used the airport in 2007.<ref>http://www.topix.net/content/trb/1514844050423993047825048859691193065044</ref>

In recent years, Lehigh Valley International Airport has encountered stiff competition from nearby airports such as [[Philadelphia International Airport]] (60 miles away) and [[Newark Liberty International Airport]] (90 miles away). These airports often offer a greater selection of flights and sometimes lower fares. This was exacerbated by the completion of the Pennsylvania extension of [[Interstate 78]] in 1990, which allowed for a faster drive to Newark; and the opening of [[Interstate 476]] in 1991 that made it easier to connect to [[Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 95]] near Philadelphia.

== History ==
[[Image:LVI-sat.png|left|thumb|Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE), 2005.]]
'''Allentown Airport''' opened in 1929 and is one of the very few in the nation that still serves its community from its original location. Scheduled airline service began on September 16th, 1935 by [[United Airlines]] with [[Boeing 247]] service. At the time, the airport hangar served as the passenger terminal. The first terminal building at the airport was built in 1938 as a [[Works Projects Administration]] (WPA) project.

During [[World War II]] the [[United States Navy|U. S. Navy]] V-5 flight training program was conducted at the airport in conjunction with ground training held at [[Muhlenberg College]]. In addition, Headquarters of Group 312 of the [[Civil Air Patrol]] was at '''Allentown-Bethlehem Airport'''. One of its activities was to provide a courier service for cargo defense plants. Allentown CAP pilots also patrolled the Atlantic coastline, and was active in recruiting young men for the air cadet program of the [[Army Air Force]].

By January 1944, work on a new runway was completed and a Class A United States Weather Bureau station had been installed. About 1,000 Naval Aviation Cadets had been trained during 1943, and a large increase in the amount of civilian and military air traffic had occurred. In late July, the [[War Production Board]] approved the construction of a second story addition to the administration building. The building housed the Lehigh Aircraft Company, the weather bureau station, the Civil Aeronautic communications station, and the office and waiting room of United Air Lines. 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 the immediate postwar years, in April 1946, the '''Lehigh Airport Authority''' was created to own and manage the airport. This made the airport a public enterprise. 1948 saw the beginning of construction for a new passenger terminal, being finished in 1950. '''Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton (ABE)''' airport, as it was now called, also expanded passenger service by offering flights with United, [[Trans World Airlines]] (TWA), and Colonial airlines. DC-4 and DC-6 service was offered with the addition of 5,000 ft of runway.

Throughout the 1950s, both passenger service as well as air cargo service expanded at ABE. Eastern and Allegheny Airlines began service. In 1960, both [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Richard Nixon]] and [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John F. Kennedy]] made campaign stops at ABE. Construction began in late 1972 for the new terminal, which was opened on December 14th, 1975.

Today '''Lehigh Valley International Airport''' continues to serve the Lehigh Valley.

<center>
<gallery>
Image:Abe-early30s.jpg|Allentown PA Airport in the early 1930s before the addition of hard-surfaced runways.
Image:Abe-pilottraining-1943.jpg|Naval pilot training graduation ceremony at the Allentown PA Airport - 1943.
Image:Abe-today.jpg|Lehigh Valley International Airport before terminal expansion.
</gallery>
</center>

== Facilities and aircraft ==
Lehigh Valley International Airport covers an area of 2,629 [[acre]]s (1,064 [[hectare|ha]]) at an [[elevation]] of 393 feet (120 m) above [[mean sea level]]. It has two [[asphalt]] paved [[runway]]s: 6/24 measuring 7,600 by 150 feet (2,316 x 46 m) and 13/31 measuring 5,797 by 150 feet (1,767 x 46 m).<ref name=FAA />

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 122,012 aircraft operations, an average of 334 per day: 69% [[general aviation]], 15% [[air taxi]] (18,365), 14% [[airline|scheduled commercial]] and 2% [[military aviation|military]]. At that time there were 117 aircraft based at this airport: 59% single-[[aircraft engine|engine]], 11% multi-engine, 24% [[jet aircraft|jet]] and 6% [[helicopter]].<ref name=FAA />

The airport also is one of several dozen designated landing facilities for the [[Space Shuttle]].

==Airlines and destinations==
* [[Air Canada]]
** [[Air Canada Jazz]] operated by [[Air Georgian]] (Toronto-Pearson)
* [[Allegiant Air]] (Fort Lauderdale, Myrtle Beach [begins May 3], Orlando-Sanford, St. Petersburg/Clearwater)
* [[Continental Airlines]] (Newark) [bus service]
** [[Continental Express]] operated by [[ExpressJet Airlines]] (Cleveland)
** [[Continental Connection]] operated by [[CommutAir]] (Cleveland)
* [[Delta Air Lines]]
** [[Delta Connection]] operated by [[Atlantic Southeast Airlines]] (Atlanta)
*[[Direct Air]]
** [[Direct Air]] operated by [[Virgin America]] (Fort Myers/Punta Gorda, Myrtle Beach)
* [[Northwest Airlines]]
** [[Northwest Airlink]] operated by [[Pinnacle Airlines]] (Detroit)
* [[United Airlines]]
** [[United Express]] operated by [[Colgan Air]] (Washington-Dulles)
** United Express operated by [[Mesa Airlines]] (Chicago-O'Hare)
** United Express operated by [[SkyWest Airlines]] (Chicago-O'Hare)
* [[US Airways]] (Charlotte)
** US Airways Express operated by [[Piedmont Airlines]] (Philadelphia)
** US Airways Express operated by [[PSA Airlines]] (Charlotte)

== Cargo Operations ==
* [[FedEx Express]] (Indianapolis, Memphis, Newark)

== Incidents ==
On Sunday, November 16, 2008, Flight 4551, a [[US Airways Express]] deHavilland Dash-8 turboprop operated by [[Piedmont Airlines]], took off from Lehigh Valley International Airport at 8:20am heading to [[Philadelphia International Airport]], had to make an [[emergency landing]]. The flight crew indicated that the front nose gear had not come down, and the plane had to make a flyover the [[runway]] for confirmation. Of 35 passengers and 3 crew, there were no injuries.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081116/ap_on_re_us/emergency_landing</ref>

== References ==
<references/>
* Allentown 1762-1987 A 225-Year History, Volume Two, 1921-1987. Mahlon H. Hellerich, editor, Lehigh County Historical Society, 1987.

==External links==
*[http://www.lvia.org/ Lehigh Valley International Airport]
*[http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/pdBOA.nsf/infoLehighAirport Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation: Lehigh Valley International Airport]
* {{FAA-diagram|00015}}
* {{FAA-procedures|ABE}}
* {{US-airport|ABE}}

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{{Lehigh Valley Travel}}

[[Category:Airports in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Lehigh County, Pennsylvania]]

Lehigh Valley International Airport

2009-01-04T10:14:05Z

RokinRyan: /* External links */

{{redirect|KABE|the low-power television station in [[Bakersfield, California]]|KABE-LP}}
{{Infobox Airport
| name = Lehigh Valley International Airport
| image = ABE_logo.jpg
| image-width = 191
| IATA = ABE
| ICAO = KABE
| FAA = ABE
| type = Public
| owner = Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority
| location = [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], [[Pennsylvania]]
| elevation-f = 393
| elevation-m = 120
| coordinates = {{coord|40|39|07|N|075|26|26|W|region:US_type:airport}}
| website = [http://www.lvia.org/ www.lvia.org]
| r1-number = 6/24
| r1-length-f = 7,600
| r1-length-m = 2,316
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt]]
| r2-number = 13/31
| r2-length-f = 5,797
| r2-length-m = 1,767
| r2-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2006
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 122,012
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 117
| footnotes = Sources: airport website<ref name=Airport>[http://www.lvia.org/ Lehigh Valley International Airport], official website</ref> and [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]]<ref name=FAA>{{FAA-airport|ID=ABE|use=PU|own=PU|site=19673.*A}}, effective 2008-06-05</ref>
}}

'''Lehigh Valley International Airport''' {{Airport codes|ABE|KABE|ABE}}, formerly '''Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton International Airport''', is a public [[airport]] in [[Hanover Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|Hanover Township]], [[Lehigh County, Pennsylvania|Lehigh County]], [[Pennsylvania]].

The airport is located three miles (5 km) northeast of [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown]], in the [[Lehigh Valley]] region of Pennsylvania, the third most populated metropolitan region in the state (after [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] and [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]]).

It is owned and operated by the Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority. The airport is served primarily by [[regional airline]]s, operating [[feederliner]] aircraft. 847,256 people used the airport in 2007.<ref>http://www.topix.net/content/trb/1514844050423993047825048859691193065044</ref>

In recent years, Lehigh Valley International Airport has encountered stiff competition from nearby airports such as [[Philadelphia International Airport]] (60 miles away) and [[Newark Liberty International Airport]] (90 miles away). These airports often offer a greater selection of flights and sometimes lower fares. This was exacerbated by the completion of the Pennsylvania extension of [[Interstate 78]] in 1990, which allowed for a faster drive to Newark; and the opening of [[Interstate 476]] in 1991 that made it easier to connect to [[Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania|Interstate 95]] near Philadelphia.

== History ==
[[Image:Abe-allentown-7apr1999.jpg|left|thumb|Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE), April 7, 1999.]]
'''Allentown Airport''' opened in 1929 and is one of the very few in the nation that still serves its community from its original location. Scheduled airline service began on September 16th, 1935 by [[United Airlines]] with [[Boeing 247]] service. At the time, the airport hangar served as the passenger terminal. The first terminal building at the airport was built in 1938 as a [[Works Projects Administration]] (WPA) project.

During [[World War II]] the [[United States Navy|U. S. Navy]] V-5 flight training program was conducted at the airport in conjunction with ground training held at [[Muhlenberg College]]. In addition, Headquarters of Group 312 of the [[Civil Air Patrol]] was at '''Allentown-Bethlehem Airport'''. One of its activities was to provide a courier service for cargo defense plants. Allentown CAP pilots also patrolled the Atlantic coastline, and was active in recruiting young men for the air cadet program of the [[Army Air Force]].

By January 1944, work on a new runway was completed and a Class A United States Weather Bureau station had been installed. About 1,000 Naval Aviation Cadets had been trained during 1943, and a large increase in the amount of civilian and military air traffic had occurred. In late July, the [[War Production Board]] approved the construction of a second story addition to the administration building. The building housed the Lehigh Aircraft Company, the weather bureau station, the Civil Aeronautic communications station, and the office and waiting room of United Air Lines. 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 the immediate postwar years, in April 1946, the '''Lehigh Airport Authority''' was created to own and manage the airport. This made the airport a public enterprise. 1948 saw the beginning of construction for a new passenger terminal, being finished in 1950. '''Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton (ABE)''' airport, as it was now called, also expanded passenger service by offering flights with United, [[Trans World Airlines]] (TWA), and Colonial airlines. DC-4 and DC-6 service was offered with the addition of 5,000 ft of runway.

Throughout the 1950s, both passenger service as well as air cargo service expanded at ABE. Eastern and Allegheny Airlines began service. In 1960, both [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Richard Nixon]] and [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John F. Kennedy]] made campaign stops at ABE. Construction began in late 1972 for the new terminal, which was opened on December 14th, 1975.

Today '''Lehigh Valley International Airport''' continues to serve the Lehigh Valley.

<center>
<gallery>
Image:Abe-early30s.jpg|Allentown PA Airport in the early 1930s before the addition of hard-surfaced runways.
Image:Abe-pilottraining-1943.jpg|Naval pilot training graduation ceremony at the Allentown PA Airport - 1943.
Image:Abe-today.jpg|Lehigh Valley International Airport before terminal expansion.
</gallery>
</center>

== Facilities and aircraft ==
Lehigh Valley International Airport covers an area of 2,629 [[acre]]s (1,064 [[hectare|ha]]) at an [[elevation]] of 393 feet (120 m) above [[mean sea level]]. It has two [[asphalt]] paved [[runway]]s: 6/24 measuring 7,600 by 150 feet (2,316 x 46 m) and 13/31 measuring 5,797 by 150 feet (1,767 x 46 m).<ref name=FAA />

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 122,012 aircraft operations, an average of 334 per day: 69% [[general aviation]], 15% [[air taxi]] (18,365), 14% [[airline|scheduled commercial]] and 2% [[military aviation|military]]. At that time there were 117 aircraft based at this airport: 59% single-[[aircraft engine|engine]], 11% multi-engine, 24% [[jet aircraft|jet]] and 6% [[helicopter]].<ref name=FAA />

The airport also is one of several dozen designated landing facilities for the [[Space Shuttle]].

==Airlines and destinations==
* [[Air Canada]]
** [[Air Canada Jazz]] operated by [[Air Georgian]] (Toronto-Pearson)
* [[Allegiant Air]] (Fort Lauderdale, Orlando-Sanford, St. Petersburg/Clearwater)
* [[Continental Airlines]] (Newark) [bus service]
** [[Continental Express]] operated by [[ExpressJet Airlines]] (Cleveland)
** [[Continental Connection]] operated by [[CommutAir]] (Cleveland)
* [[Delta Air Lines]]
** [[Delta Connection]] operated by [[Atlantic Southeast Airlines]] (Atlanta)
*[[Direct Air]]
** [[Direct Air]] operated by [[Virgin America]] (Fort Myers/Punta Gorda, Orlando-Sanford)
* [[Northwest Airlines]]
** [[Northwest Airlink]] operated by [[Pinnacle Airlines]] (Detroit)
* [[United Airlines]]
** [[United Express]] operated by [[Colgan Air]] (Washington-Dulles)
** United Express operated by [[Mesa Airlines]] (Chicago-O'Hare)
** United Express operated by [[SkyWest Airlines]] (Chicago-O'Hare)
* [[US Airways]] (Charlotte)
** US Airways Express operated by [[Piedmont Airlines]] (Philadelphia)
** US Airways Express operated by [[PSA Airlines]] (Charlotte)

== Incidents ==
On Sunday, November 16, 2008, Flight 4551, a [[US Airways Express]] deHavilland Dash-8 turboprop operated by [[Piedmont Airlines]], took off from Lehigh Valley International Airport at 8:20am heading to [[Philadelphia International Airport]], had to make an [[emergency landing]]. The flight crew indicated that the front nose gear had not come down, and the plane had to make a flyover the [[runway]] for confirmation. Of 35 passengers and 3 crew, there were no injuries.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081116/ap_on_re_us/emergency_landing</ref>

== References ==
<references/>
* Allentown 1762-1987 A 225-Year History, Volume Two, 1921-1987. Mahlon H. Hellerich, editor, Lehigh County Historical Society, 1987.

==External links==
*[http://www.lvia.org/ Lehigh Valley International Airport]
*[http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/pdBOA.nsf/infoLehighAirport Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation: Lehigh Valley International Airport]
* {{FAA-diagram|00015}}
* {{FAA-procedures|ABE}}
* {{US-airport|ABE}}

<br />
{{Lehigh Valley Travel}}

[[Category:Airports in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Lehigh County, Pennsylvania]]

Federal-Express-Flug 705

2008-12-08T01:55:06Z

RokinRyan: /* Aftermath */

{{Infobox Airliner accident|name=FedEx Flight 705|
image=Fedex705.png|
caption=CG render of N306FE in an extreme banking turn|
Date=[[April 7]] [[1994]]|
Type=Attempted [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacking]]|
Site=[[Memphis, Tennessee]]|
Fatalities=0|
Injuries=4|
Aircraft Type=[[McDonnell Douglas DC-10|McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30]]|
Operator=FedEx|
Tail Number=N306FE|
Passengers=1|
Crew=3|
Survivors=4 (All)|
}}
'''FedEx Flight 705''', a [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10]]-30, experienced an attempted hijacking on [[April 7]], [[1994]].

==The hijacker==

42-year-old [[FedEx Express]] employee [[Auburn Calloway]] faced [[termination of employment]] for lying on his [[résumé]] about his previous flying experience with the [[United States Navy]]. He boarded the [[San José, California]]-bound aircraft, which was loaded with [[electronics|electronic]] equipment for [[Silicon Valley]], intending to murder the flight crew with [[hammer]]s and then use the aircraft for a [[kamikaze]] attack on FedEx Headquarters in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. Calloway planned to use blunt force to kill the crew so that the injuries inflicted would resemble those occurring in a plane crash; he wanted to disguise the attack as an accident so that his family would benefit from his $2.5 million [[life insurance]] policy. As a last resort, Calloway smuggled a [[speargun]] on board in a [[guitar]] case. Calloway attempted to disable the [[cockpit voice recorder]] to cover his tracks, but the discrepancy was noted before the flight took off and the CVR was reactivated. <ref name="tailstrike">http://www.tailstrike.com/070494.htm</ref>

==The crew==

The three-man flight crew that was supposed to fly the flight, consisted of 49-year-old [[Pilot in command|Captain]] David "Dave" Sanders, 42-year-old [[First Officer]] James "Jim" Tucker, and 39-year-old [[Flight Engineer]] Andy Peterson.

==The hijacking==

Calloway, a former [[Navy]] pilot and a martial arts expert, attacked minutes after take-off. He wounded the flight crew with hammers and fractured Tucker's skull. A lengthy struggle ensued with the flight engineer and captain. Tucker, also an ex-Navy pilot, managed to control the plane as the three others struggled in the cockpit. By means of extreme aerial maneuvers meant to keep Calloway off balance, the flight crew eventually succeeded in restraining Calloway. Dave Sanders, locking himself in the cockpit with the weapons, disabled the auto pilot. Heavily loaded with fuel and cargo, the plane was also coming too fast and too high to land on the scheduled runway 9. Sanders requested by radio to land on the longer runway 36. Maneuvering beyond security limits and ignoring warning messages from the in-board computer, he managed to land the jet safely at [[Memphis International Airport]]. Emergency personnel gained access to the plane via escape slide and ladder. Blood covered the cockpit interior. <ref name="tailstrike"/>

==Aftermath==

Calloway pleaded temporary [[insanity]] but was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences on [[August 15]], [[1995]] for attempted murder and attempted air piracy. He is imprisoned at [[United States Penitentiary, Atwater]] [[Federal Prison]] in [[Atwater, California]].

On May 26, 1994, the Airline Pilots Association awarded Dave Sanders, James Tucker, and Andy Peterson the Gold Medal Award for heroism, the highest award a civilian pilot can receive. Due to the severity of their injuries, none of the crew has been certified as medically fit to fly commercially after the incident.

As of June 2007, the aircraft involved still flies for FedEx and is still registered as N306FE.<ref>[http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=48287/409&distinct_entry=true Photo of N306FE at Airliners.net]</ref>

This incident was featured on the ''[[National Geographic]]'' television show, ''[[Mayday (TV series)|Mayday]]'' (''Air Crash Investigation'' or ''Air Emergency'').

==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
*[[List of notable accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft]]

==External links==
*[http://www.tailstrike.com/070494.htm Cockpit voice recorder transcript and incident summary]
*[http://www.airdisaster.com/cvr/atcwav.shtml Clips from the air traffic control tape]
*{{ASN accident|id=19940407-0|type=Hijacking}}

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[[Category:Disasters in Tennessee]]

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