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Press Releases

July 2017 – Board Meeting Press Release

SARAA Board Awards Contracts Aimed to Improve Airport Experience Year-to-Date traffic up 3.4 percent (Middletown, PA – July 26, 2017) The Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA) today awarded five new contracts totaling more than $300,000 for projects related to […]

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June 2017 – Board Meeting Press Release

HIA Passes FAA Certification Inspection (Middletown, PA – June 28, 2017) Earlier this week Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) was notified the airport passed its annual Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Certification Inspection with no discrepancies. “Passing this inspection with no discrepancies […]

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May 2017 – Board Meeting Press Release

HIA Passenger Traffic Remain Up Total number of passengers for April 2017 is up 4.7% over April 2016, and 2017 YTD passenger numbers are 8.5% over 2016 YTD. Looking ahead to the summer months, the airport expects traffic to be […]

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April 2017 – Board Meeting Press Release

First Quarter Traffic at HIA Stays Strong First quarter passenger traffic at HIA was strong as the airlines reported 283,180 total passengers, an increase of 9.9% compared to the first quarter of 2016. Air Canada posted the largest percentage increase […]

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March 2017 – Board Meeting Press Release

Ten Consecutive Months of Increased Passenger Traffic at HIA Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) saw passenger traffic increase 7.6 percent when comparing February 2017 to February 2016. Delta saw an increase of 15.7%, American an increase of 11.2%, Air Canada an […]

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February 2017 – Board Meeting Press Release

January 2017 Traffic Numbers Higher, Return Charter Traffic, and No Snow Passenger traffic for January 2017 totaled 91,709, which is an increase of 19.2 percent vs January 2016. This change in percentage is due to the benefit from a calmer […]

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January 2017 – Board Meeting Press Release

Landscape of HIA to Change in 2017 Harrisburg International Airport and its current campus landscape will start to change in 2017. Three major construction projects are scheduled to begin on airport property during the Spring or Summer of 2017. These […]

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December 2016 – Board Meeting Press Release

SARAA Approves 2017 Budget “The 2017 budget is balanced, structured to meet all operating and debt service obligations, and maintains current parking fee levels for travelers choosing to fly from HarrisburgInternational Airport,” said Tim Edwards, Executive Director. SARAA anticipates 2017 […]

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September Traffic Up; New Service To Pittsburgh and Franklin

September 2016 Traffic up nearly 12 Percent September was the fifth consecutive monthly traffic increase at Harrisburg International Airport as 105,489 total passengers used the airport, which is an 11.8% increase compared to September 2015. All five HIA airlines posted […]

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Emergency Training Exercise – Saturday September 24th

HIA to conduct full-scale Emergency Training Exercise on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 9:30 AM Exercise required by FAA every three years (Middletown, PA – September 19, 2016) Harrisburg International Airport (HIA), in accordance with FAA regulations, will conduct a […]

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