Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson Field Guide

Hagerstown Regional Airport sits about eight kilometres north of Hagerstown, Maryland, close to the Pennsylvania border. It is reached from Interstate 81 at exit 10 and U.S. Route 11, roughly 15 minutes by car from downtown. The airport serves western Maryland, south central Pennsylvania, the eastern panhandle of West Virginia and parts of Northern Virginia.

Allegiant Air provides the scheduled passenger service, flying to Orlando/Sanford and St. Petersburg/Clearwater, with seasonal flights to Myrtle Beach. The FAA reported 81,980 passengers and 39,322 aircraft operations in 2024. General aviation makes up most of the traffic, and Rider Jet Center is the fixed-base operator.

The airfield began in 1928 on farmland bought by the Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company. Fairchild later built aircraft on the site, including the PT-19 trainer, C-82 Packet, C-119, C-123 and the A-10 Thunderbolt II. Air Force One has landed here several times because of the nearby presidential retreat at Camp David. Runway 9/27 is 7,000 feet long and runway 2/20 is 3,165 feet.