Harrisburg International Airport

Harrisburg International Airport
Harrisburg International Airport
	2018 aerial view of Harrisburg International Airport
	IATA: MDT; ICAO: KMDT; FAA LID: MDT;
Summary
Airport type	Public/military
Owner/Operator	Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority
Serves	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Location	Middletown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Hub for	Wiggins Airways
Elevation AMSL	310 ft / 94 m
Coordinates	40°11′35″N 076°45′48″W / 40.19306°N 76.76333°W
Website	www.FlyHIA.com
Maps
	; FAA diagram of the airport
Runways
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	53,940
Based aircraft	31 (2022)
Passengers	1,303,990
	Sources: HIA Airport and the FAA

Harrisburg International Airport (IATA: MDT, ICAO: KMDT, FAA LID: MDT) is a public airport in Middletown, Pennsylvania,^[4] United States, nine miles (15 km) southeast of Harrisburg. It is owned by the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority.^[5]

The airport code MDT refers to Middletown, the town in which the airport is located. Planes landing at MDT from the south are often routed near Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station a few miles from the airport. The airport, frequently referred to as HIA, is the primary commercial airport in South Central Pennsylvania and is the third-busiest airport in Pennsylvania for passenger enplanements and cargo shipments behind Philadelphia International Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport.^[6]^[7]

^ "Route Map". July 4, 2017.
^ "MDT Airport Statistics for 2023" (PDF). flyhia.com/airport-authority/stats. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
^ "Harrisburg Intl". AirportIQ 5010. Retrieved February 19, 2016.(Location Identifier: MDT)
^ "Lower Swatara township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on March 2, 2010.
^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for MDT PDF, effective September 16, 2022
^ "Commercial Service Airports by State and Type of Carrier" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 2007. Retrieved July 4, 2007.
^ "Airports Reporting All-Cargo Data for Calendar Year 2005" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 2007. Retrieved July 4, 2007.