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Hagerstown Regional Airport - Richard A. Henson Field (HGR) is located just south of the Maryland-Pennsylvania State Line, immediately east of Interstate 81, and north of the City of Hagerstown in Washington County, Maryland. The airport serves the Tri-State area of western Maryland, south central Pennsylvania and northeastern West Virginia. The airport has excellent ground access to the region it serves via Interstate 81, Interstate 70, and US Route 11. Owned and operated by Washington County, the Airport currently occupies approximately 650 acres of land.
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HGR was established as a turf-runway airfield in 1928 and has developed over the years into a viable airport facility and employment generator. The key events are outlined below:
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- 1928: Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company established a turf runway airfield.
- 1929: Fairchild Aviation Corporation purchased Kreider-Reisner.
- 1933: City of Hagerstown purchased Airport from Fairchild.
- 1936: Two paved runways were constructed. They included Runway 2-20 (2,400 feet long) and Runway 8-26 (2,420 feet long).
- 1942/1946/1952/1958/1977: Both runways were extended, and taxiways were constructed in 1942. In 1958, Runway 8-26 was re-designated as 9-27 and was reconstructed, lighted, and extended to its current length of 5,461 feet. This was the first time that additional land was acquired to accommodate Airport improvements including a realignment of US 11 to the east around the end of the extended runway.
- The Air Traffic Control Tower was constructed and activated in 1973.
- 1981: Washington County purchased Airport from City of Hagerstown.
- 1991: The new terminal building on Showalter Road was commissioned.
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Click below images to view historical development of the Airport.
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The airport serves all aviation markets including general aviation, business, military, and commercial service. HGR currently has scheduled passenger service to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) via US Airways Express where passengers have access to multitude of national and international destinations. In 2005, HGR had approximately 54,000 aircraft operations and approximately 6,000 passenger enplacements.
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Click below image to view Airport Aerial Photograph.
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