Hagerstown Regional Airport (IATA: HGR[2], ICAO: KHGR, FAA LID: HGR) (Richard A. Henson Field) is in Washington County, Maryland, five miles north of Hagerstown, Maryland[1] and a half mile (800 m) from the Maryland/Pennsylvania border.

[7] After World War II, Fairchild would go on to produce C-119 and C-123 military transports and license-produce Fokker F27 airliners at Hagerstown.

[9] Due to low ridership and the expired federal subsidy, Air Midwest ended their flights from Hagerstown on September 30, 2007.

Beginning on March 24, 2009,[14] Cape Air served Hagerstown Regional with four flights daily on Cessna 402 aircraft to Baltimore-Washington International Airport in Baltimore.

[15] This service ended in 2012 and was replaced on November 5, 2012 with EAS-subsidized service when Sun Air International began offering daily flights to Washington Dulles International Airport in suburban Washington, D.C.[16] On June 23, 2011 Hagerstown Regional Airport began service from Direct Air, operated by Dynamic Airways, to Lakeland, Florida, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Congressman John Delaney advocated for the United States Department of Transportation to approve a waiver, pointing to a significant increase in enplanements in early 2014.

[20] The Department of Transportation approved the waiver, and Hagerstown Regional Airport retained its eligibility for Essential Air Service.

[23] In October 2019, the Department of Transportation again announced the end of Essential Air Service to Hagerstown, pending any successful appeals.

[24] Southern Airways Express subsequently announced the suspension of ticket sales for their routes from the airport in October 2019.

[27] Construction of the hangar was financed with $6.5 million of Recovery Zone Facility Bonds, a tax-exempt bond from the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development for projects that stimulate business development projects in distressed areas.

[27] In the year ending March 31, 2023, the airport had 39,303 aircraft operations, average 108 per day: 82% general aviation, 12% military, 5% air taxi, and 1% airline.

The helicopter crashed onto Interstate 70 near South Mountain at 10:30 p.m. Four people on board were killed and nobody on the ground was hurt.