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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
January 2019 – General Press Release
News and information from the January 2019 SARAA Board Meeting HIA Traffic Up 8.3 Percent in 2018Busiest Year since 2013 (Middletown, PA – January 30, 2019) – Today, the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA) reported a total of 1,294,765 passengers used Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) in 2018—an 8.3 percent increase compared to 2017. “2018…