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Harrisburg International Airport

Harrisburg, United States · North America

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.

Airportist Score

7.5/ 10

Very good

Ease of use8.5
Comfort & amenities7.6
Food & retail7.6
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.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Harrisburg International Airport

Harrisburg, United States · North America

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.

Airportist Score

7.5/ 10

Very good

Ease of use8.5
Comfort & amenities7.6
Food & retail7.6
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.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Harrisburg International Airport main roadway entrance, January 2025, with the control tower and Airport Connector over Airport Drive

Harrisburg International Airport parking garage and passenger terminal building, January 2025

Southbound Harrisburg Airport Connector past PA 230, January 2025

Harrisburg Airport Connector highway signage pointing to Harrisburg International Airport

Spring 2018 PASDA / PEMA orthoimagery of Harrisburg International Airport

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Most important tips

Know before you go

A compact traveler cheat sheet for timing, terminals, food, and disruption checks.

Timing

Official leftover is two hours — not a printed TSA clock

Official FAQ — arrive 2 hours before your scheduled departure. The terminal is 24/7; official pages do not print a standing TSA open or close time.

Same FAQ leftover reprints 5–8 a.m. and 2–6 p.m. as two-hour windows. Official TSA page: PreCheck during select hours; no on-airport enrollment desk. CLEAR and ConfirmID $45 are not on official MDT pages. averageSecurityMinutes 15 on the score card is editorial unpublished, not a live TSA tile. Ticket counters open only when there are departing flights.

Layout

One civil hall — A, B, and C after the same screening story

Commercial passengers use one ticketed-pax building. Official leftover A / B / C concourses. Official pages do not print a live gate-to-airline map — read FIDS.

IATA is MDT. Do not look for KMDT, CXY, PHL, or a second departure terminal. The 193rd SOW / Harrisburg ANG Station is a campus tenant, not a passenger terminal. Meet-and-greet leftover sits on the second floor between the food-court entrance and the checkpoint, marked by the mosaic star.

Food

Eat after TSA — Yuengling 1829 is the named kitchen

Official dining logos: A-Concourse Subway + Yuengling 1829 Bar & Grill; B Starbucks + Capital Cafe; C Auntie Anne's + Dunkin' plus two 2025 logos. Landside leftover is vending by the Information Desk.

Official dining page does not print clock hours or a bottle price. Official 29 Jul 2025 blog leftover names Crafted Harrisburg and Great American Bagel (across from Gate C1) and says Capital Cafe would renovate that fall. Phillips Seafood leftover is leftover. Hub 717 is the Fairfield Inn bar, not a ticketed-pax club. Official pages do not map a bottle filler.

Live checks

Four airlines; Susquehanna Club; Long-Term $10

Live official carriers are Allegiant, American, Delta, and United. Official pages have a members-only Susquehanna Club at A2, not a Priority Pass lounge. Garage $20 / Long-Term $10.

Official airline-contact dests (13 Sep 2026). Wikipedia leftover Frontier / Miami is leftover. Official pages name Uber, Lyft, and GoVysh on garage level 3; RabbitTransit Route 7; Middletown Amtrak about one mile. Official pages do not print Sixt.

Live conditions

Right now at MDT

Security waits and operational status from official feeds, where the airport publishes them.

Honest verdict

Who this airport works for

Best for

Harrisburg, Hershey, York, and Lancaster travelers who would otherwise drive to PHL
Allegiant, American, Delta, or United nonstops from one building
Drivers who will use the $10 Long-Term lot or the free cell lot

Watch out for

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

Airportist Score

Why this score

Overall is the published weighted sum of six categories. No holistic fudge on top.

Ease of use · 25%

Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.

8.5

Comfort & amenities · 20%

Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.

7.6

Food & retail · 15%

Food and retail quality and variety.

7.6

Ground access · 15%

Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.

7.6

Reliability · 15%

Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.

7.4

Lounges · 10%

Worth-it density and access quality.

4.6

Key stats

Editorial reference figures, not live readings.

Annual passengers

1,623,324

Terminals

On-time departures

75%

Typical security

15 min

Guide quick facts

From the editorial guide for MDT.

Updated Sep 13, 2026

Official SARAA / flyHIA blog announcement (28 Jan 2026): CY 2025 **1,623,324** passengers, first year over 1.6 million, **+12.3%** vs 2024 and **+7.3%** vs the 2019 leftover record **1,512,585**. Official December 2025 statistics PDF is a scanned table on `flyhia.com/airport-authority/stats/`. FAA prelim CY 2025 enplanements **810,498** (rank **112**, +11.46% vs **727,163**) are boardings only — do not mix with the airport total. Wikipedia leftover also reprints **1,623,324** passengers and **53,463** operations.
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.

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Most important tips

Know before you go

A compact traveler cheat sheet for timing, terminals, food, and disruption checks.

Timing

Official leftover is two hours — not a printed TSA clock

Official FAQ — arrive 2 hours before your scheduled departure. The terminal is 24/7; official pages do not print a standing TSA open or close time.

Layout

One civil hall — A, B, and C after the same screening story

Commercial passengers use one ticketed-pax building. Official leftover A / B / C concourses. Official pages do not print a live gate-to-airline map — read FIDS.

Food

Eat after TSA — Yuengling 1829 is the named kitchen

Live checks

Four airlines; Susquehanna Club; Long-Term $10

Live official carriers are Allegiant, American, Delta, and United. Official pages have a members-only Susquehanna Club at A2, not a Priority Pass lounge. Garage $20 / Long-Term $10.

Live conditions

Right now at MDT

Security waits and operational status from official feeds, where the airport publishes them.

Security wait times

A current security estimate is not available. Check the official airport site or MyTSA before travel.

MyTSA

Official airport site TSA screening guide

Operational status

Normal operations

No Flighty-reported operational issues for this airport.

Status update: 05:15 EDT

Source: Flighty Airports

Status response Sep 14, 09:16 UTC · Confirm live conditions with official sources before travel.

Honest verdict

Who this airport works for

Best for

Harrisburg, Hershey, York, and Lancaster travelers who would otherwise drive to PHL
Allegiant, American, Delta, or United nonstops from one building
Drivers who will use the $10 Long-Term lot or the free cell lot

Watch out for

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

Airportist Score

Why this score

Overall is the published weighted sum of six categories. No holistic fudge on top.

Ease of use · 25%

Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.

8.5

Comfort & amenities · 20%

Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.

7.6

Food & retail · 15%

Food and retail quality and variety.

7.6

Ground access · 15%

Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.

7.6

Reliability · 15%

Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.

7.4

Lounges · 10%

Worth-it density and access quality.

4.6

Key stats

Editorial reference figures, not live readings.

Annual passengers

1,623,324

Terminals

On-time departures

75%

Typical security

15 min

Guide quick facts

From the editorial guide for MDT.

Updated Sep 13, 2026

Official SARAA / flyHIA blog announcement (28 Jan 2026): CY 2025 **1,623,324** passengers, first year over 1.6 million, **+12.3%** vs 2024 and **+7.3%** vs the 2019 leftover record **1,512,585**. Official December 2025 statistics PDF is a scanned table on `flyhia.com/airport-authority/stats/`. FAA prelim CY 2025 enplanements **810,498** (rank **112**, +11.46% vs **727,163**) are boardings only — do not mix with the airport total. Wikipedia leftover also reprints **1,623,324** passengers and **53,463** operations.
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.

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