2024 July 4th Holiday Travel Tips From HIA

2024 HIA July 4th travel week expected to be up 8% vs 2023 Between Wednesday July 3rd and Tuesday, July 9th, HIA expects around 26,650 passengers to fly into and out of the airport during the July 4th travel week.  This is an 8% increase over 2023.    Busiest Days                                      Mon., July 8—4,415                                                   …

HIA Reports May traffic up 19% vs May 2023

Third busiest May in Airport history (Middletown, PA – June 26, 2024) – A total of 127,780 passengers passed through Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) during May 2024, an increase of 18.7 percent compared to May 2023, making it the third busiest May in airport history.     As of May 31st, 555,122 passengers have used the…

Delta Adds Minneapolis Flights from HIA for Penn State at Minnesota Game

Game is on Saturday, November 23rd, 2024   (Middletown, PA – June 25, 2024) – Traveling to Minneapolis for the Penn State Nittany Lions at Minnesota Golden Gopher football game, on Saturday, November 23rd, just became faster and easier.   Delta Air Lines has added nonstop flights between Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport (FAA code: MSP)…

HIA Records Second Busiest April in History; Summer Traffic up 10%

New service to Jacksonville and Dulles begins in June   (Middletown, PA – May 29, 2024) – A total of 121,804 passengers passed through Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) during April 2024, an increase of 19.8 percent compared to April 2023, making it the second busiest April in airport history.  April 2024 was six percent below April 2019’s…

2024 HIA Memorial Day Holiday Travel tips

1) Download your airline app a. Use the app to check in for your flight 24 hours before your scheduled departure b. Download your boarding pass into the app (You could also print the pass at home) c. Have your credit card entered into the app as airline’s do not accept cash payments d. Many…

2024 Memorial Day travel expected to be up 2% vs 2022

Between Thursday, May 23rd and Tuesday, May 28th HIA expects around 23,400 passengers to fly into and out of the airport during the Memorial Day holiday travel week. Busiest Days Slowest Days Thu., May 23—4,600 Sat., May 25—3,100 Fri., May 24—4,250 Tue., May 28—3,300 Mon., May 27—4,150 This is a 15% increase over 2023 and…

HIA Records Busiest First Quarter since 2019 and second busiest since 2012

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 April 4th, 2024

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, AllegiantAir.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…