b'60 AVP OPERATIONSWilkes-Barre/Scranton IntlPrepares for More Traffic BY MIKE SCHWANZWith increasing commercialnational average of 81%). At the same time, FACTS&FIGUREScongestion and associatedpassenger volume is surging now that the Project: Additional Hangars; delays expected at New YorksCOVID pandemic has eased. As a preventive New Terminal Amenitiesbusiest airports through the end of the year,measure, FAA asked all major airlines serving Location: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (PA) Intl Airport Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International (AVP) isNew York to proactively cut up to 10% of their positioning itself to be an attractive alternativesummer flights there. 2022 Annual Operations: 43,500 (75%for all types of aircraft operators for the commercial; 25% general aviation) Increased congestion in the New remainder of 2023 and beyond.York corridor means that commercial New Airport-Owned Hangar: 12,000 sq. ft., with 100-foot door & 27-foot clearance Located in northeastern Pennsylvania nearand corporate operators alike will need Cost: $3.5 million the New Jersey border, AVP has traditionallysomewhere else to land. Officials at AVP been a popular destination for divertedbelieve their airport is in the sweet spot Funding: Airport; state aircraft. It is, after all, just a 15-minute flightthanks to its nearby location and burgeoning Key Hangar Tenants: Geisinger Life Flight;from all three major New York airportsinfrastructure.Johnson College of Technology; Pennsylvania (Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia State PoliceWe have long been a Airport and John F. Kennedy International).diversion airport for our Main FBO: Aviation Technologies And industry watchers predict more delays two main airlines, United New FBO Hangar: 19,000 sq. ft., with 100-footthan usual for the mighty triumvirate,and American, states door & 27-foot clearance especially this summer.Executive Director Carl Strategy: Add hangar space to attract moreFor starters, the FAA Air Traffic ControlBeardsley. But this year, corporate & general aviation clients Center in New York is reportedly staffed atwe expect our value to New Amenities: Special event center recentlyabout 50% of full capacity (compared to theonly increase. CARL BEARDSLEYopened; business center scheduled to open in 2025July | August 2023AirportImprovement.com'