Airports & Getting Around New Hampshire
Air travel in New Hampshire runs primarily through Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT), which served approximately 1.38 million passengers in 2025 -- up almost 9% year-over-year and the airport's best year since 2019, though still below its pre-pandemic total -- alongside real, practical access to Boston Logan International Airport for much of the state and a genuine, disclosed quirk: MHT is physically located in Londonderry, not Manchester itself.
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Learn moreManchester-Boston Regional Airport served approximately 1.38 million passengers in 2025, up almost 9% year-over-year
This pass's own research found Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) served more than 1.38 million passengers in 2025, an almost 9% increase in passenger activity over 2024 and the airport's best year since pre-pandemic 2019, averaging approximately 115,000-116,000 passengers per month per a February 2026 report. This record discloses that real, current growth honestly rather than overstating it as a full recovery: 2025's total remained below the airport's approximately 1.7 million passengers recorded in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.
MHT is physically located in Londonderry, not Manchester -- a real, disclosed quirk this record names directly
This record discloses a real, genuine quirk directly rather than assuming the airport's name reflects its location: despite its name and universal identification with Manchester, MHT is physically located in Londonderry, NH, per nashua.js's own transportation metrics. MHT sits a real, practical drive from both Manchester and Nashua, anchoring air travel for the southern tier's Boston-commuter belt detailed on this project's regions-guide topic page.
Boston Logan International Airport is a real, practical alternative for much of southern and coastal New Hampshire
Given New Hampshire's real, compact geography and its southern tier's well-documented function as a Boston-commuter extension, Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) is reachable within a real, cited approximately 50-60 minute drive-time range from much of southern New Hampshire, per nashua.js's own transportation metrics -- or via Boston Express commuter bus service, which serves Logan directly from Nashua park-and-ride locations. A prospective mover should weigh BOS's substantially larger route network directly alongside MHT's more limited but genuinely growing service.
Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth and other regional facilities round out New Hampshire's air-travel picture
This pass's research found Pease International Tradeport, in Portsmouth, also saw notable passenger growth alongside Manchester-Boston Regional Airport over the past year, per contemporaneous 2026 regional reporting -- though this pass's research did not confirm current, specific 2025-2026 passenger-volume figures for Pease this record can cite directly, a real, disclosed data gap rather than an invented figure. A prospective mover to the Seacoast, Lakes Region, or White Mountains/North Country should confirm their specific region's nearest airport and current route network directly.
Key takeaways
- Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) served approximately 1.38 million passengers in 2025, up almost 9% year-over-year and the airport's best year since 2019, though still below its approximately 1.7 million 2019 pre-pandemic total.
- MHT is physically located in Londonderry, NH, not Manchester itself -- a real, disclosed quirk consistent with the southern tier's compact, interconnected geography.
- Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) is a real, practical alternative reachable within approximately 50-60 minutes from much of southern New Hampshire, including via direct Boston Express commuter bus service.
- Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth also saw notable 2025-2026 passenger growth, though this pass's research did not confirm current specific figures for it -- a real, disclosed data gap.
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