Pennsylvania’s mid-state civil field — one hall, a two-hour TSA leftover, four airlines, a members-only Susquehanna Club at A2, and $10 Long-Term parking after a tabled 1,623,324-passenger 2025.
Ground access7.6
Reliability7.4
Lounges4.6
How the score works
An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.
25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
Pennsylvania’s mid-state civil field — one hall, a two-hour TSA leftover, four airlines, a members-only Susquehanna Club at A2, and $10 Long-Term parking after a tabled 1,623,324-passenger 2025.
No Priority Pass lounge — aggregator Escape MDT / Admirals Club MDT is fiction
Rideshare pickup is garage level 3, not the curb
Do not confuse MDT with CXY (Capital City) or PHL
Lounges · 10%
Worth-it density and access quality.
4.6
Owner / operator **Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA)**. Live Executive Director / AirNav manager **Timothy J. Edwards, A.A.E.** (AirNav **Tim Edwards**, **717-948-3900**). Official 28 Jan 2026 leftover: Edwards retires **31 Dec 2026**; Deputy Executive Director **Ryan Collins, A.A.E., ACE** becomes Executive Director **1 Jan 2027**. Live board cards (13 Sep 2026): Chair **William Leonard** (Lower Swatara Township); Vice-Chair **Erik M. Hume** (Cumberland County); Secretary **James Gross** (York County); Treasurer **Nelva V. Wright** (City of Harrisburg); members **Brian Seltzer**, **James Anderson III**, **Keith Bashore, Esq**, **Dr. Bennett Chotiner**, **Brian Enterline**, **Brett Flower**, **James L. Helsel, Jr.**, **Louis Paioletti**, **Brian Guistwhite**, **Albert Kuhner**, **Michael Walker**. Terminal / admin **One Terminal Drive, Middletown, PA 17057**. SARAA leftover **Suite 300**. Info **717-948-3900** / **info@saraa.org**. Lost & found **717-948-3501**. Emergency Airport Police **717-948-3911**. Parking **717-948-5901** / **parking@saraa.org**. Civil one-terminal campus in Lower Swatara Township. Historical Olmsted Field / Olmsted AFB / Olmsted State Airport / Middletown Air Depot names are gone as passenger branding; IATA stays **MDT**. **Do not create KMDT as a second page.** **Do not merge CXY (Capital City), PHL, LNS, ABE, or IPT.** The **193rd Special Operations Wing** (Harrisburg Air National Guard Station) is a campus tenant — this is not an airbase or cargo-only page. SARAA also owns Capital City (**CXY** / `flycxy.com`), Franklin County Regional, and Gettysburg Regional.
One civil passenger building with official leftover **A / B / C** concourses after one screening story. Official pages **do not print** a live gate-to-airline map. Wikipedia leftover 12-gate / airline-to-gate leftover (Delta A1/A3, United B1/B3, Allegiant B6, American B2 + C1–C3) is leftover vs FIDS. Terminal and parking lots **24/7**. Official FAQ clock **2 hours**; same FAQ leftover also reprints early morning **5–8 a.m.** and afternoon **2–6 p.m.** as two-hour windows. Live official airlines page (13 Sep 2026), **four** names: **Allegiant, American, Delta, United**. Header leftover **17 cities** vs route-map leftover **16 U.S. cities** — count the live dest cells, do not invent a 17th. Official dest leftover is **U.S. only**. Wikipedia leftover **Frontier last day 13 Apr 2026** / seasonal **Miami** is leftover vs the live table. TSA PreCheck leftover still names **Air Canada** — leftover. **Do not invent Southwest, Spirit, jetBlue, Alaska, or live Frontier.**
Passenger lounge leftover is the airport-run **Susquehanna Club** across from Gate **A2** — frequent-flyer membership (age **21+**, **25,000** miles/year on an airline serving HIA), complimentary water / soda / coffee / tea, **open daily** with **no printed clock**. **Not Priority Pass.** American.com / Escape US list / Priority Pass have **no MDT paid club**. Hub 717 leftover “lounge chair” is the Fairfield Inn kitchen. Avflight FBO rooms are not ticketed-pax clubs. Seed `susquehanna-club`. Aggregator **Escape MDT / Priority Pass MDT / Admirals Club MDT** is fiction.
`lib/airports.json`: IATA **MDT**, ICAO **KMDT**, 40.193869, −76.760532, America/New_York. AirNav elev **310 ft / 94.5 m**, **8 miles SE** of Harrisburg; ZIP **17057**. Wikipedia leftover **nine miles**. AirNav RWY **13/31 10,001×200**, displaced **993 ft** both ends. ARFF Index **B**. ATCT yes; official leftover **140-ft** tower (Wikipedia reprint). AirNav leftover: do not confuse **CXY RWY 12/30** (**4 nm W**) with **MDT 13/31**. Customs landing-rights; official dest table has **no scheduled international passenger airline**. Official contact leftover: **HIA does not have a Customs Office** for passenger scams.
No Priority Pass lounge — aggregator Escape MDT / Admirals Club MDT is fiction
Rideshare pickup is garage level 3, not the curb
Do not confuse MDT with CXY (Capital City) or PHL
Lounges · 10%
Worth-it density and access quality.
4.6
Owner / operator **Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA)**. Live Executive Director / AirNav manager **Timothy J. Edwards, A.A.E.** (AirNav **Tim Edwards**, **717-948-3900**). Official 28 Jan 2026 leftover: Edwards retires **31 Dec 2026**; Deputy Executive Director **Ryan Collins, A.A.E., ACE** becomes Executive Director **1 Jan 2027**. Live board cards (13 Sep 2026): Chair **William Leonard** (Lower Swatara Township); Vice-Chair **Erik M. Hume** (Cumberland County); Secretary **James Gross** (York County); Treasurer **Nelva V. Wright** (City of Harrisburg); members **Brian Seltzer**, **James Anderson III**, **Keith Bashore, Esq**, **Dr. Bennett Chotiner**, **Brian Enterline**, **Brett Flower**, **James L. Helsel, Jr.**, **Louis Paioletti**, **Brian Guistwhite**, **Albert Kuhner**, **Michael Walker**. Terminal / admin **One Terminal Drive, Middletown, PA 17057**. SARAA leftover **Suite 300**. Info **717-948-3900** / **info@saraa.org**. Lost & found **717-948-3501**. Emergency Airport Police **717-948-3911**. Parking **717-948-5901** / **parking@saraa.org**. Civil one-terminal campus in Lower Swatara Township. Historical Olmsted Field / Olmsted AFB / Olmsted State Airport / Middletown Air Depot names are gone as passenger branding; IATA stays **MDT**. **Do not create KMDT as a second page.** **Do not merge CXY (Capital City), PHL, LNS, ABE, or IPT.** The **193rd Special Operations Wing** (Harrisburg Air National Guard Station) is a campus tenant — this is not an airbase or cargo-only page. SARAA also owns Capital City (**CXY** / `flycxy.com`), Franklin County Regional, and Gettysburg Regional.
One civil passenger building with official leftover **A / B / C** concourses after one screening story. Official pages **do not print** a live gate-to-airline map. Wikipedia leftover 12-gate / airline-to-gate leftover (Delta A1/A3, United B1/B3, Allegiant B6, American B2 + C1–C3) is leftover vs FIDS. Terminal and parking lots **24/7**. Official FAQ clock **2 hours**; same FAQ leftover also reprints early morning **5–8 a.m.** and afternoon **2–6 p.m.** as two-hour windows. Live official airlines page (13 Sep 2026), **four** names: **Allegiant, American, Delta, United**. Header leftover **17 cities** vs route-map leftover **16 U.S. cities** — count the live dest cells, do not invent a 17th. Official dest leftover is **U.S. only**. Wikipedia leftover **Frontier last day 13 Apr 2026** / seasonal **Miami** is leftover vs the live table. TSA PreCheck leftover still names **Air Canada** — leftover. **Do not invent Southwest, Spirit, jetBlue, Alaska, or live Frontier.**
Passenger lounge leftover is the airport-run **Susquehanna Club** across from Gate **A2** — frequent-flyer membership (age **21+**, **25,000** miles/year on an airline serving HIA), complimentary water / soda / coffee / tea, **open daily** with **no printed clock**. **Not Priority Pass.** American.com / Escape US list / Priority Pass have **no MDT paid club**. Hub 717 leftover “lounge chair” is the Fairfield Inn kitchen. Avflight FBO rooms are not ticketed-pax clubs. Seed `susquehanna-club`. Aggregator **Escape MDT / Priority Pass MDT / Admirals Club MDT** is fiction.
`lib/airports.json`: IATA **MDT**, ICAO **KMDT**, 40.193869, −76.760532, America/New_York. AirNav elev **310 ft / 94.5 m**, **8 miles SE** of Harrisburg; ZIP **17057**. Wikipedia leftover **nine miles**. AirNav RWY **13/31 10,001×200**, displaced **993 ft** both ends. ARFF Index **B**. ATCT yes; official leftover **140-ft** tower (Wikipedia reprint). AirNav leftover: do not confuse **CXY RWY 12/30** (**4 nm W**) with **MDT 13/31**. Customs landing-rights; official dest table has **no scheduled international passenger airline**. Official contact leftover: **HIA does not have a Customs Office** for passenger scams.
No Priority Pass lounge — aggregator Escape MDT / Admirals Club MDT is fiction
Rideshare pickup is garage level 3, not the curb
Do not confuse MDT with CXY (Capital City) or PHL
Lounges · 10%
Worth-it density and access quality.
4.6
Owner / operator **Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA)**. Live Executive Director / AirNav manager **Timothy J. Edwards, A.A.E.** (AirNav **Tim Edwards**, **717-948-3900**). Official 28 Jan 2026 leftover: Edwards retires **31 Dec 2026**; Deputy Executive Director **Ryan Collins, A.A.E., ACE** becomes Executive Director **1 Jan 2027**. Live board cards (13 Sep 2026): Chair **William Leonard** (Lower Swatara Township); Vice-Chair **Erik M. Hume** (Cumberland County); Secretary **James Gross** (York County); Treasurer **Nelva V. Wright** (City of Harrisburg); members **Brian Seltzer**, **James Anderson III**, **Keith Bashore, Esq**, **Dr. Bennett Chotiner**, **Brian Enterline**, **Brett Flower**, **James L. Helsel, Jr.**, **Louis Paioletti**, **Brian Guistwhite**, **Albert Kuhner**, **Michael Walker**. Terminal / admin **One Terminal Drive, Middletown, PA 17057**. SARAA leftover **Suite 300**. Info **717-948-3900** / **info@saraa.org**. Lost & found **717-948-3501**. Emergency Airport Police **717-948-3911**. Parking **717-948-5901** / **parking@saraa.org**. Civil one-terminal campus in Lower Swatara Township. Historical Olmsted Field / Olmsted AFB / Olmsted State Airport / Middletown Air Depot names are gone as passenger branding; IATA stays **MDT**. **Do not create KMDT as a second page.** **Do not merge CXY (Capital City), PHL, LNS, ABE, or IPT.** The **193rd Special Operations Wing** (Harrisburg Air National Guard Station) is a campus tenant — this is not an airbase or cargo-only page. SARAA also owns Capital City (**CXY** / `flycxy.com`), Franklin County Regional, and Gettysburg Regional.
One civil passenger building with official leftover **A / B / C** concourses after one screening story. Official pages **do not print** a live gate-to-airline map. Wikipedia leftover 12-gate / airline-to-gate leftover (Delta A1/A3, United B1/B3, Allegiant B6, American B2 + C1–C3) is leftover vs FIDS. Terminal and parking lots **24/7**. Official FAQ clock **2 hours**; same FAQ leftover also reprints early morning **5–8 a.m.** and afternoon **2–6 p.m.** as two-hour windows. Live official airlines page (13 Sep 2026), **four** names: **Allegiant, American, Delta, United**. Header leftover **17 cities** vs route-map leftover **16 U.S. cities** — count the live dest cells, do not invent a 17th. Official dest leftover is **U.S. only**. Wikipedia leftover **Frontier last day 13 Apr 2026** / seasonal **Miami** is leftover vs the live table. TSA PreCheck leftover still names **Air Canada** — leftover. **Do not invent Southwest, Spirit, jetBlue, Alaska, or live Frontier.**
Passenger lounge leftover is the airport-run **Susquehanna Club** across from Gate **A2** — frequent-flyer membership (age **21+**, **25,000** miles/year on an airline serving HIA), complimentary water / soda / coffee / tea, **open daily** with **no printed clock**. **Not Priority Pass.** American.com / Escape US list / Priority Pass have **no MDT paid club**. Hub 717 leftover “lounge chair” is the Fairfield Inn kitchen. Avflight FBO rooms are not ticketed-pax clubs. Seed `susquehanna-club`. Aggregator **Escape MDT / Priority Pass MDT / Admirals Club MDT** is fiction.
`lib/airports.json`: IATA **MDT**, ICAO **KMDT**, 40.193869, −76.760532, America/New_York. AirNav elev **310 ft / 94.5 m**, **8 miles SE** of Harrisburg; ZIP **17057**. Wikipedia leftover **nine miles**. AirNav RWY **13/31 10,001×200**, displaced **993 ft** both ends. ARFF Index **B**. ATCT yes; official leftover **140-ft** tower (Wikipedia reprint). AirNav leftover: do not confuse **CXY RWY 12/30** (**4 nm W**) with **MDT 13/31**. Customs landing-rights; official dest table has **no scheduled international passenger airline**. Official contact leftover: **HIA does not have a Customs Office** for passenger scams.
No Priority Pass lounge — aggregator Escape MDT / Admirals Club MDT is fiction
Rideshare pickup is garage level 3, not the curb
Do not confuse MDT with CXY (Capital City) or PHL
Lounges · 10%
Worth-it density and access quality.
4.6
Owner / operator **Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA)**. Live Executive Director / AirNav manager **Timothy J. Edwards, A.A.E.** (AirNav **Tim Edwards**, **717-948-3900**). Official 28 Jan 2026 leftover: Edwards retires **31 Dec 2026**; Deputy Executive Director **Ryan Collins, A.A.E., ACE** becomes Executive Director **1 Jan 2027**. Live board cards (13 Sep 2026): Chair **William Leonard** (Lower Swatara Township); Vice-Chair **Erik M. Hume** (Cumberland County); Secretary **James Gross** (York County); Treasurer **Nelva V. Wright** (City of Harrisburg); members **Brian Seltzer**, **James Anderson III**, **Keith Bashore, Esq**, **Dr. Bennett Chotiner**, **Brian Enterline**, **Brett Flower**, **James L. Helsel, Jr.**, **Louis Paioletti**, **Brian Guistwhite**, **Albert Kuhner**, **Michael Walker**. Terminal / admin **One Terminal Drive, Middletown, PA 17057**. SARAA leftover **Suite 300**. Info **717-948-3900** / **info@saraa.org**. Lost & found **717-948-3501**. Emergency Airport Police **717-948-3911**. Parking **717-948-5901** / **parking@saraa.org**. Civil one-terminal campus in Lower Swatara Township. Historical Olmsted Field / Olmsted AFB / Olmsted State Airport / Middletown Air Depot names are gone as passenger branding; IATA stays **MDT**. **Do not create KMDT as a second page.** **Do not merge CXY (Capital City), PHL, LNS, ABE, or IPT.** The **193rd Special Operations Wing** (Harrisburg Air National Guard Station) is a campus tenant — this is not an airbase or cargo-only page. SARAA also owns Capital City (**CXY** / `flycxy.com`), Franklin County Regional, and Gettysburg Regional.
One civil passenger building with official leftover **A / B / C** concourses after one screening story. Official pages **do not print** a live gate-to-airline map. Wikipedia leftover 12-gate / airline-to-gate leftover (Delta A1/A3, United B1/B3, Allegiant B6, American B2 + C1–C3) is leftover vs FIDS. Terminal and parking lots **24/7**. Official FAQ clock **2 hours**; same FAQ leftover also reprints early morning **5–8 a.m.** and afternoon **2–6 p.m.** as two-hour windows. Live official airlines page (13 Sep 2026), **four** names: **Allegiant, American, Delta, United**. Header leftover **17 cities** vs route-map leftover **16 U.S. cities** — count the live dest cells, do not invent a 17th. Official dest leftover is **U.S. only**. Wikipedia leftover **Frontier last day 13 Apr 2026** / seasonal **Miami** is leftover vs the live table. TSA PreCheck leftover still names **Air Canada** — leftover. **Do not invent Southwest, Spirit, jetBlue, Alaska, or live Frontier.**
Passenger lounge leftover is the airport-run **Susquehanna Club** across from Gate **A2** — frequent-flyer membership (age **21+**, **25,000** miles/year on an airline serving HIA), complimentary water / soda / coffee / tea, **open daily** with **no printed clock**. **Not Priority Pass.** American.com / Escape US list / Priority Pass have **no MDT paid club**. Hub 717 leftover “lounge chair” is the Fairfield Inn kitchen. Avflight FBO rooms are not ticketed-pax clubs. Seed `susquehanna-club`. Aggregator **Escape MDT / Priority Pass MDT / Admirals Club MDT** is fiction.
`lib/airports.json`: IATA **MDT**, ICAO **KMDT**, 40.193869, −76.760532, America/New_York. AirNav elev **310 ft / 94.5 m**, **8 miles SE** of Harrisburg; ZIP **17057**. Wikipedia leftover **nine miles**. AirNav RWY **13/31 10,001×200**, displaced **993 ft** both ends. ARFF Index **B**. ATCT yes; official leftover **140-ft** tower (Wikipedia reprint). AirNav leftover: do not confuse **CXY RWY 12/30** (**4 nm W**) with **MDT 13/31**. Customs landing-rights; official dest table has **no scheduled international passenger airline**. Official contact leftover: **HIA does not have a Customs Office** for passenger scams.