Photo courtesy of Chamber of Business and Industry Centre County
Pictured is the unveiling of the State College Regional Airport sign in November 2023.

STATE COLLEGE — The Centre County Airport Authority announced that University Park Airport had been renamed State College Regional Airport on Nov. 3, 2023.

According to airport Executive Director James Meyer, the airport rebranding “was a long time coming.”

“The general public had renamed it first,” Meyer said. He added that board members at the airport and personnel from Penn State University, which owns the airport, okayed the name change.

Meyer said that this name change cleared up a lot of confusion for those traveling in and out of State College.

He shared that many airport customers had expressed confusion as to where they must travel to get to the airport because University Park and State College are in two different zip codes.

Meyer added that most airports are named after the town or city they are located in like the Harrisburg National Airport or the Philadelphia National Airport.

Meyer said the project costs were minimal because the money was only required to change the signage at and around the airport.

“It took us about a year until we unveiled the name and the sign was up,” Meyer said.

Services at the airport have not changed along with the name of the airport. The State College Regional Airport has non-stop flights to Philadelphia, Chicago, Newark International, and others.

The airport also offers ground transportation like buses, taxis, and other services to help guests get to their desired departure destination.

State College Regional Airport is located at 2493 Fox Hill Road, State College, PA 16803.