Harrisburg International Airport
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1973 - Present
Biography
Beginning in 1898, the Signal Corps of the U.S. Army was stationed here. Followed by the first military airplanes landing in 1918 at what had become Olmsted Field of the fledgling U.S. Army Air Service.
The Middletown Air Depot (later Middletown Air Materiel Area) at Olmsted provided logistical and maintenance support of military aircraft until it closed in 1969. In 1968 airline flights moved from Capital City Airport to the former Air Force base, renamed as Olmstead State Airport. The airport was renamed Harrisburg International Airport in 1973.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Commission on the Future of the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg Airports and SEPTA (HR 823)
Collection
Identifier: SS2003_01
Scope and Contents
This collection provides an outstanding glimpse into the working of Pennsylvania's busiest and largest airports and public transportation system. The Commission held public hearings on the Harrisburg International Airport, the Pittsburgh International Airport, the Philadelphia International Airport and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). The transcripts to these public hearings are available as full text searchable pdfs through the Pennsylvania House of...
Dates:
2003 - 2004; Other: 2009-04-01