Summer traffic projected to grow by 10% vs 2023 (Middletown, PA – April 24, 2024) – A total of 305,541 passengers passed through Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) during the first three months of 2024, the airport’s busiest first quarter since its record year in 2019. Additionally, 2024’s total was third highest since 2005. “The…
More American Airlines service to Chicago!
Wrigley Field, Deep Dish Pizza, Italian Beef sandwiches, and the Magnificent Mile are now easier to go to as American Airlines flies up to three times a day to the Windy City! Not only is Chicago this region’s most popular business destination, as American’s third largest hub, Chicago offers convenient connections to more than 60…
Nonstop to Myrtle Beach resumes today!
Allegiant’s popular low fare, nonstop flights to Myrtle Beach resume today! Myrtle’s 60 miles of sandy beaches, their famous boardwalk, live music, theaters offering dinner and a show, amusement parks, an aquarium, more than 90 beautiful golf courses are much more are one again just a 90-minute flight away. To make things easier, Allegiant.com also offers hotel…
Get ready for a busy 2nd quarter!
During January and February 2024, HIA passenger traffic was 6% above last year and nearly 4% above budget. Looking ahead to April, May and June, scheduled airline seats departing Harrisburg will be up 14% compared to the same months in 2023 and 12% over budget. In fact, second quarter airline passenger traffic could be within…
United Airlines Welcomes Back IAD
Beginning on Thursday, June 27th, United Airlines will transition their current Harrisburg to Newark service back to their growing hub at Washington DC’s Dulles International Airport (IAD). Prior to the pandemic, MDT-IAD was a very popular route for United travelers connecting to destinations around the world. The Harrisburg departures will connect to 57 destinations throughout…
Hello, Jacksonville! 🌴✈️
Allegiant’s Newest Nonstop Destination from HIA We’re thrilled to share some big news from Allegiant: starting June 14, you can fly nonstop from Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) to Jacksonville, Florida! This announcement marks the beginning of a new adventure for our travelers, with flights available every Monday and Friday. Discover the Sunshine in Jacksonville Whether…
HIA Announces Strategic Partnership with Govysh
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HIA Announces Strategic Partnership with Govysh A new PA-based Rideshare Option for Travelers (Middletown, PA – February 2, 2024) Harrisburg International Airport (MDT), is excited to announce a new strategic partnership with Govysh, a Pennsylvania-based rideshare company, who embodies the entrepreneurial spirit and unique vibrancy of the state. “Our partnership with Govysh is…
Harrisburg International Airport Passenger Traffic up 3.8 percent in 2023
International traffic up 25 percent in 2023 (Middletown, PA – January 31, 2024) – Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) reported a total of 1,303,990 passengers flew into and out of the central Pennsylvania region during 2023—an increase of 3.8 percent compared to 2022. Airlines offered nearly four percent more seats for sale in 2023 and the…
Behind the Scenes: Winter Operations at Harrisburg International Airport
As winter blankets the landscape, Harrisburg International Airport buzzes with a symphony of orchestrated operations. From the first snowflake to the last, our team, alongside dedicated partners, works ’round the clock to ensure safety and efficiency. In this post, we’ll take you behind the scenes to see how we keep the airport running smoothly in…
The Air Dot Show Tour Soars into Central Pennsylvania on Memorial Day Weekend 2025
The Blue Angels will headline the inaugural event at Harrisburg Int’l Airport HARRISBURG, PA – The Air Dot Show Tour is set to grace the skies over Harrisburg International Airport on May 24-25, 2025, featuring the renowned US Navy Blue Angels and an impressive array of aircraft on display in the sky and on the…
2023 HIA Holiday Travel Tips
2023 HIA Thanksgiving travel expected to be up 5% vs 2022 Between Tuesday, Nov. 21st and Monday, Nov. 27th, HIA expects around 26,000 passengers to fly into and out of the airport during the Thanksgiving travel week. This is a 5% increase over 2022. Busiest Days Slowest Days Sun., Nov. 26—4,600 Thu., Nov. 23—1,800 Mon., Nov. 27—4,400 Fri., Nov. 24—3,100…
The Quilt Lady: A Journey of Love, Passion, and Remembrance
The passage of time often obscures the memories of events that should never be forgotten. This is an unfortunate fate of many stories of valor and bravery from the past. However, there are those who have dedicated their lives to preserving these stories, to let them live on and inspire future generations. One such individual…
HIA Records Busiest Month Since Before the Pandemic
20,000 passengers expected over Labor Day Weekend (Middletown, PA – August 30, 2023) – A total of 123,960 passengers passed through Harrisburg International Airport in July, the airport’s busiest month since early 2020. A total of 739,983passengers have passed through the airport through July 31st, up 2.2 percent vs the same period in 2022. “The…
HIA Expects 26,000 Passengers during July 4th Travel Week
97% of 2019’s July Fourth Record (Middletown, PA – June 29, 2023) – The busy summer travel season is expected to continue during the July 4th travel week as Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) expects 26,000 passengers to fly to and from the airport, between Thursday, June 29th and Wednesday, July 5th, 2023. “During the holiday…
2022 Harrisburg International Airport traffic up 23% Vs 2021
Cargo tonnage down 10% vs 2021’s record (Middletown, PA – January 25, 2022) – Passenger traffic continues to return to Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) as 1,256,348 passengers used the airport in 2022—an increase of 23 percent compared to 2021. HIA served 1.5 million passengers in 2019—an all-time high—however, due to the impacts of COVID-19, served…
Allegiant to Celebrate 10 Years of Low Fares at HIA
On Wednesday, October 31st, 2012, Allegiant flight 611, an MD-80 aircraft with about 70 passengers on board, departed for Orlando, beginning a new era of airline service from Harrisburg International Airport (HIA). This new kind of airline, called an Ultra-Low-Cost Carrier or ULCC, offered nonstop flights to “alternative” airports in the Orlando and Tampa Bay…
HIA to conduct full-scale Emergency Training Exercise on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 9:00 AM
Exercise required by FAA every three years FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Scott Miller(717) 948-3900 (Middletown, PA – September 10, 2022) Harrisburg International Airport (HIA), in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations, will conduct a full-scale emergency plan training exercise at the airport in Middletown on Saturday, September 10, 2022 beginning at 9:00 AM. “The FAA…
June 2022 HIA’s busiest month since the pandemic
116,427 passengers used the airport in June 2022 (Middletown, PA – July 27, 2022) – Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) reported its busiest month since the COVID-19 pandemic begin in early 2020, as 116,427 passengers flew into and out of HIA, during June 2022. The previous busiest month was July 2021, with 115,541 passengers. “While we…
New lines. New possibilities.
Imagine your flight from Denver just landed safely at Harrisburg International Airport. Taxiing to the gate, a voice over the intercom says, “Please remain seated with your seat belts securely fastened until we have reached our final parking position.” The plane stops, the fasten seat belt lights go off, and the flight crew opens the…
HIA Expects 17,500 Passengers for July 4th Weekend
(Middletown, PA – June 28, 2022) – The busy summer travel season is expected to continue over the July 4th weekend as Harrisburg International Airport expects 17,500 passengers to fly to and from Harrisburg International Airport (HIA), between Friday, July 1st and Tuesday, July 5th, 2022. “This holiday weekend, traffic will be around 93% of…
HIA receives $3.75 million EDA grant for Cargo Expansion Project
Multi-year $64 million project to begin in 2022 (Middletown, PA – October 12, 2021) – Today, United States Congressman Scott Perry announced a $3.75 million Economic Development Grant for the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA), owner and operator of Harrisburg International Airport (HIA), to support landside development of a multi-year cargo apron expansion project….
Records, Rebounds, and Seats, OH MY!
History will record April and May 2020 as the two slowest passenger traffic months in airport history. However, passengers and flights are returning to HIA this summer. April 2020 passenger traffic declined by 96% when compared to April 2019 as airlines reduced flight schedules and practically all non-essential business and leisure traffic nationwide came to…
Harrisburg International Airport Breaks Passenger Record in 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Scott Miller (717) 948-3900 ext. 4620 2019 was 2.5 percent busier than the previous record set in 1997 (Middletown, PA – January 29, 2020) – Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) set a new passenger traffic record in 2019, serving more than 1.5 million passengers for the first time in history. Last year,…
Pacing Toward a Record Year
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Scott Miller (717) 948-3900 ext. 4620 First Nine Months of 2019 Were the Busiest in Airport History (Middletown, PA – October 30, 2019) – More flights to more destinations has more passengers choosing Harrisburg International Airport (HIA). Between January 1st and September 30th, 2019, a record 1,116,688 passengers have flown into…
HIA Hosts Susquehanna Service Dogs in Training and Allegiant for Event
On Saturday, September 9, 2019, Harrisburg International Airport and Allegiant hosted over 55 dogs from Susquehanna Service Dogs for a training event. The familiarization event is an annual outing for Susquehanna Service Dogs, but with partnership from Allegiant, is expanded to include on-board aircraft training. The first part of the training day included riding the…
HIA Sets New Passenger Traffic Record
First six months of 2019 were the busiest in airport history FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Scott Miller (717) 948-3900 ext. 4620 (Middletown, PA – June 26, 2019) – More flights to more destinations should mean more passengers choosing Harrisburg International Airport. So far in 2019, it has. A record 721,427 passengers flew into and out…
May 2019: Busiest May Ever at HIA
Fourth busiest ever at HIA, and second consecutive monthly passenger traffic record (Middletown, PA – June 26, 2019) – May 2019 was the busiest May ever at Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) and the fourth busiest month in the 50-year history of the airport. A total of 137,621 passengers used Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) throughout May…
April 2019: Busiest Ever at HIA
Year-to-date traffic up 15.8 percent (Middletown, PA – June 3, 2019) – The Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA) reported a total of 128,830 passengers used Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) during April 2019 making it the busiest April in airport history. Traffic was up 18.3 % vs April 2018 and up 6.9 % over the…
Sarasota: Be. More. Chill.
The last leg of my 6 day trip, we ended in sunny Sarasota, FL. A beautiful city located on the west coast of Florida, centrally located between Punta Gorda and Tampa St. Pete. A town full of arts and culture, home to the country’s #1 beach, and a circus arts conservatory. This coastal town is…
Dallas…It’s Not Just For Cowboys
Here we are on the second leg of our 6 day journey to some of the new and returning routes to Harrisburg International. Daily non-stop flights to Dallas Fort-Worth (DFW) begin on June 7th with American Airlines. After landing at DFW, and a stop at the hotel, I took off for the number one tourist…
HIA Awarded $20 Million for Airport Drainage Improvement
Project to rehabilitate airport dike built in 1958 (Middletown, PA – May 15, 2019) – U. S. Transportation Secretary Elain L. Chao announced today the intent to award $20,249,001 in supplemental funding to Harrisburg International Airport for the repair and rehabilitation of the airport levee along the Susquehanna River. “We’d like to thank Secretary…
Denver. Stay Here, Play There.
To all of those Central Pennsylvanians that have seen the fare sales to Denver, and heard their friends and family talk about Denver, I am here to tell you, Denver is worth the trip. I am on a 6 day journey to 3 of our new and returning destinations from HIA, and my first stop…
TSA Media Event Scheduled For Wednesday, May 8th at 11am
TSA to share summer travel tips at Harrisburg International Airport and explain why TSA asks passengers to remove shoes, laptops and liquids (You can expect to see replica bombs concealed in carry-on bags) Summer travel season across the county is expected to be one the busiest on record for the airline industry. So how to…
Capital City Airport (CXY) Eliminates Landing Fee for Aircraft Less Than 5,000 pounds
Capital City Airport (CXY) Eliminates Landing Fee for Aircraft Less Than 5,000 pounds (New Cumberland, PA—March 25, 2019—The Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA), owner and operator of Capital City Airport (CXY) in New Cumberland, PA, has eliminated the landing fee charged to any itinerant aircraft using the airport weighing 5,000 pounds or less Maximum…
March 2019 – General Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Scott Miller (717) 948-3900 ext. 4620 HIA January and February 2019 Traffic up 10.9 percent Busiest January and February since 2005 (Middletown, PA – March 27, 2019) – The Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA) reported a total of 197,576 passengers have used Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) during January 2019 and…
REAL ID Mobile Verification Event at HIA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Scott Miller(717) 948-3900 ext. 4620 REAL ID Mobile Verification Event at Harrisburg Intl. Airport (Middletown, PA – March 8, 2019) – PennDOT will be offering a REAL ID Mobile Verification event at Harrisburg International Airport on Tuesday, March 12 and Wednesday, March 13 from 5-8pm. The event will provide an opportunity for…
Allegiant’s “Winter the Dolphin” Plane Makes A Stop at HIA
Plane information courtesy of ClickOrlando.com Winter the Dolphin has appeared on the big screen and draws thousands of visitors to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, but now Winter is going miles high with her latest milestone. To mark its partnership with the aquarium, Allegiant Airlines rolled out a new plane back in July 2018 featuring an image of the rescued bottlenose dolphin. According to Allegiant…
New Non-Stop Flights to Nashville!
ALLEGIANT ANNOUNCES NEW NONSTOP SERVICE TO NASHVILLE WITH FARES AS LOW AS $49* EACH WAY MIDDLETOWN, Penn. Feb. 12, 2019 — Allegiant (NASDAQ: ALGT) today announces service from Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) to Nashville International Airport (BNA) beginning June 6, 2019. To celebrate, the company is offering fares on the new route as low as…
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