Pittsburgh Airport Posts Record Passenger Volumes for 2024; as International Traffic Surges

Pittsburgh Airport has reported record passenger volumes for 2024, with a busy December pushing total year passenger traffic to 9.95 million people.

That was up by 8.1% – or 166,000 passengers – on 2023’s total.

International traffic surpassed 195,000 passengers in 2024, a 30% increase from 2023 – spurred by Icelandair launching a seasonal service to Reykjavik and British Airways’ continued growth on its year-round service to London Heathrow.

International travel in Pittsburgh is expected to grow again 2025 as British Airways will upgrade its service to London Heathrow to daily starting 30 March and Icelandair will resume its seasonal Reykjavik service a month earlier in 2025, with flights returning on 17 April.

Since 2021, Pittsburgh International Airport has embarked on its biggest transformation project yet. The Terminal Modernisation Project, or TMP for short, is a $1.1bn project designed to improve facilities and create a new consolidated terminal that modernises outdated former hub facilities.

The main goals include reducing passenger wait and walk times, shortening baggage delivery times, improving the international arrivals process, reducing operations and maintenance costs, providing more public parking spaces and making the airport more efficient and sustainable overall.

Just last week, Aer Lingus announced a 4-year Official Airline partnership with the (American) football team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, who are set to play in the first regular season NFL game in Dublin’s Croke Park later this year.

Aer Lingus has a significant presence in the Pittsburgh region, with strategic hubs in Cleveland and Philadelphia.