Harrisburg International Airport
Airport in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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[1] | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 310 ft / 94 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°11′35″N 076°45′48″W | ||||||||||
Website | www.FlyHIA.com | ||||||||||
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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]