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Route 7 of the Capital Area Transit System runs to downtown Harrisburg and surrounding communities. On the second floor of the lobby area, climate-controlled moving sidewalks connect to the aerial walkway to the terminal. In the first floor lobby area are six rental car counters, restrooms, flight and bus information displays, and a seating area.
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The first level accommodates all limos, taxis, hotel shuttles, public and charter buses, plus the rental car ready/return lot. The top three levels have 2,504 parking places for Short-Term Hourly, Daily, and Long-Term public parking. Ground transportation īuilt in 2004, and attached to the new terminal building via a climate-controlled sky bridge, the Multi-Modal Transportation Facility (MMTF) is a four-story facility that handles all ground transportation. The terminal has 12 gates and is a pier finger lay out near the middle of the airfield, almost parallel to the runway. 29 aircraft were then based at this airport: 17% single- engine, 28% multi-engine, 31% jet, 3% helicopter and 21% military. In 2005, the airport had 71,190 aircraft operations, an average of 195 per day: 54% air taxi, 22% general aviation, 13% scheduled commercial and 12% military. The airfield also boasts a 140-foot control tower and associated approach control manned and operated by FAA air traffic controllers. It cost $120 million and was designed by the Sheward Partnership. Ī new 360,000 square-foot terminal was completed in 2004. The Authority board consists of community volunteers appointed to staggered, five-year terms by the elected officials from Cumberland, Dauphin, and York counties, the cities of Harrisburg and York, and Fairview and Lower Swatara townships.Ībout 1,400 people work in the system of Harrisburg International Airport. In 1998, the Commonwealth transferred ownership to the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA). Architect William Pereira designed the new terminals, completed in 1973. The airport was renamed Harrisburg International Airport in 1973. In 1968, airline flights moved from Capital City Airport to the former Air Force base, renamed as Olmstead State Airport. The Middletown Air Depot (later Middletown Air Materiel Area) at Olmsted provided logistical and maintenance support of military aircraft until it closed in 1969. The airport, with Three Mile Island in background a few weeks after the 1979 accident