Media Releases

Race Weekend Air Travel to Exceed 2022 Numbers

Indy airport gears up to welcome 84,000 travelers this weekend

The Indianapolis International Airport is gearing up for not only the biggest spectacle in racing worldwide, but one of the biggest air travel weekends of the year for the city.

Indy Airport Is Now a Certified Sensory Inclusive Venue

Sensory rooms, trained staff, free app all help travelers navigate sensory challenges

The Indianapolis International Airport is the Best Airport in North America because of its unrelenting focus on customer experience – and that extends to people with disabilities and sensory challenges, like autism, dementia, PTSD and other sensory conditions that affect one in six people in the United States.

Indy Airport Top Executive Recognized as Top 25 Newsmaker

Rodriguez honored for his contributions to aviation leadership, promoting diversity

Mario Rodriguez was honored for his contributions to aviation leadership that delivers top public asset management and fosters diversity, equity, and inclusion in getting there.

Southwest Resumes Flights Between Indy and Kansas City Today

Southwest Airlines restarts nonstop service to key Midwest destination

The Kansas City flight is in part the result of a local corporate push to make daily nonstop air travel available for Indy-based business operations.

Indy Airport South Runway Reconstruction Project Resumes

Residents may notice more aircraft in the skies over their neighborhoods

The Indianapolis Airport Authority is continuing its multi-year, multi-phase $190 million construction project at the Indianapolis International Airport.

Indy Airport, INARF, Ability Indiana Honor Local Artists with Disabilities

March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

The exhibit is part of the Indy airport’s arts and culture program that supports an environment where art and culture thrive and features permanent and temporary art collections displayed in both public and post-security areas throughout the airport.

TSA highlights IND’s gold-standard security model with two-week training for international delegation

TSA officials launch two weeks of training for high-level aviation officials visiting from the Philippines

With support from the Indianapolis Airport Authority (IAA), the training starts March 20 and will showcase TSA Indiana’s successful operational model and share best practices on threat detection, operational leadership, scheduling, crisis management, and screening, which can be implemented and replicated overseas.

IU Health Recognizes Indy Airport Employees Who Saved Travelers’ Lives

IND public safety team’s response made the ‘difference between life and death’

IU Health recognized 22 Indianapolis Airport Authority employees recently for their heroic work in saving the lives of two travelers who suffered traumatic medical emergencies at the Indianapolis International Airport (IND) in 2022.

Best Airport in North America Elevating Traveler Health and Convenience with World’s First Self-Sanitizing Changing Tables

Indianapolis International Airport installing 50 Pluie changing tables throughout the airport

Pluie is the world’s first and only self-sanitizing diaper changing table for public restrooms, powered by a patented UV-C light system known to kill 99.9% of germs including influenza, E. coli, and coronavirus.

Indy Airport Employees Lauded for Another Best Airport Win

Airport honored with its 11th Best Airport in North America title

Airport officials are making it clear it’s their employees who are responsible for that amazing winning streak year over year – and they're looking to recruit from a variety of professional fields to hold that top position among North American airports into the next decade.

Indy Airport Features ‘Art and Soul’ During Black History Month

Music, soul, history and art take center stage at IND in February

The Indianapolis International Airport will pay tribute to local arts and culture during Black History Month, kicking off a soulful prelude to Spring with music, art and history.

Farmers’ Market Opens at Indy Airport Features 60-Plus Indiana Grown Suppliers

New IND restaurant delivers Hoosier experience ‘in the most authentic way’

Indy airport passengers can now truly experience Hoosier home-grown as they dine at the new Farmers’ Market restaurant, which serves up a menu of foods and products grown, produced and packaged by more than 60 Indiana Grown members from throughout the state.

Indy Airport Fire Department Inducts New Equipment with Old Traditions

Event demonstrates teamwork, fellowship among airport firefighters

Firefighters, retirees and officials at the Indy airport recently celebrated the arrival of two new aircraft rescue firefighting apparatus which included ceremonial traditions practiced among firefighters dating back to the 1800s

New Year Brings New Restaurants at Indy Airport

Hoosier favorites added to lineup, others renovating to better serve traveling public

“This growing list of restaurants is the result of intentional work IND has been doing since before the pandemic to give Indy travelers the food and beverage options they want.”