Harrisburg International
MDT · KMDT · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania · Dauphin County · map
Harrisburg International is a public-use airport, 8 miles southeast of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 310 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 10,001 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KMDT · observed 5:56 pm EDT (21:56 UTC), 10 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 60°F (16°C), dew point 44°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.09 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:29 pm EDT (17:29 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 1:00 pm EDT (17:00 UTC): wind from the south at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMDT 062156Z 24003KT 10SM CLR 16/07 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP189 T01560067 $
TAF KMDT 061729Z 0618/0718 32007KT P6SM SKC FM071700 19007KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MDT · ICAO KMDT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 310 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1942
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 10,001 × 200 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), threshold displaced 993 ft, 8,070 ft available for landing, pole 60 ft high 1,780 ft from the end
- Runway 31: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 993 ft, 8,129 ft available for landing, trees 79 ft high 2,485 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 118.8 | Harrisburg Intl |
| Clearance delivery | 121.65 | |
| Clearance delivery | 127.05 | |
| Ground | 121.7 | Harrisburg Intl |
| Tower · VFR and adzy | 124.8 | Harrisburg Intl |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 330 to 079; arriving from headings 001 to 079 | 118.25 | Harrisburg Intl |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 180 to 329; arriving from headings 211 to 360 | 124.1 | Harrisburg Intl |
| Approach and departure | 125.15 | Reading |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 080 to 179; arriving from headings 080 to 210 | 126.45 | Harrisburg Intl |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Harrisburg Intl |
| Mdt and vot | 110.0 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 717-944-1372.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Harrisburg from the FAA register
53 aircraft are registered to owners in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 38 piston singles, 5 business jets, 3 drones, 3 balloons, 2 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Pennsylvania.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Pattern altitude 1300 feet above sea level (990 feet above ground level) props; 1800 feet above sea level (1490 feet above ground level) jets.
- Runway 13: pir and military assault landing zone markings.
- Runway 31: pir and military assault landing zone markings.
- Approach ratio 47:1 to dthr.
- Runway 31 approach slp 36:1 to dthr.
- Bird flocks on and in the vicinity of airport.
- No touch and go landings 11:00 pm to 6:00 am local.
- Bird watch condition phase 1 (DEC-FEB and MAY-JUL) indicated light bird act. Phase 2 (AUG-NOV and MAR-APR) indicates hvy bird act nml associated with migratory season.
- Cargo apron parking spot 9 closed to aircraft with a wingspan of more than 52 feet.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -16C.
- Use ctn: due to proximity and runway almnt, aircrews have mistaken cxy runway 12/30 for mdt runway 13/31 which is 4 NM east.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.