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AVP Meaning

AVP Airport Meaning

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AVP Meaning:

AVP stands for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport


Located in Wilkes-Barre / Scranton, Pennsylvania, AVP (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport) is classified as a nonhub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of AVP's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) Characteristics:

      City: Wilkes-Barre / Scranton
      State: Pennsylvania
      FAA: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
      IATA: AVP
      ICAO: KAVP
      Role: P-N

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


AVP is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding AVP, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

AVP meaning is Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport can be abbreviated as AVP.

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