<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Harrisburg International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Harrisburg international airport has been serving south-central Pennsylvania for over 100 years. Beginning in 1898, the signal corps of the u.s. Army was stationed here. This was followed by the first military airplanes landing in 1918 at what had become Olmsted field of the fledgling u.s. Army air service.</p>
<p class="blog-para">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 olm stead state airport. The airport was renamed Harrisburg international airport in 1973.architect William Pereira designed the new terminals, completed in 1973.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Prior to deregulation, Harrisburg was served by Allegheny airlines with flights to several northeast destinations, trans world airlines with flights to Chicago, and Altair airlines with commuter flights within Pennsylvania.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Facilities Harrisburg International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Harrisburg international airport covers 680 acres (280 ha) at an elevation of 310 feet (94 m) above mean sea level.</p>
<p class="blog-para">It has one asphalt runway, 13/31, 10,001 by 200 feet (3,048 by 61 m).Runway 13 has a cat iii approach allowing operations down to 600 feet (180 m) river (runway visual range). The airport has a surface movement guidance control system (smacks) that allows aircraft and vehicle ground movements during reduced visibility (below 1,200 feet (370 m) river down to 600 feet (180 m) river).</p>
<p class="blog-para">A private boeing 747sp in 2003</p>
<p class="blog-para">The airfield also boasts a 140-foot control tower and associated approach control staffed and operated by faa air traffic controllers.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Ground Harrisburg International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Built in 2004, and attached to the new terminal building via a climate-controlled sky bridge, the multi-modal transportation facility (met) is a four-story facility that handles all ground transportation. The top three levels have 2,504 parking places for short-term hourly, daily, and long-term public parking. The first level accommodates all limos, taxis, hotel shuttles, public and charter buses, plus the rental car ready/return lot.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In the first floor lobby area are six rental car counters, restrooms, flight and bus information displays, and a seating area. On the second floor of the lobby area, climate-controlled moving sidewalks connect to the aerial walkway to the terminal.</p>
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