Huntsville International Airport – HSV

Why don’t you have Southwest going out of your airport. Much more competitive pricing

these people a border line criminals I wish someone from the federal govt would give me a call to report on them Robert Mitchell 256−828−6889

I mainly use Unilocal for 5 star experiences, but this last traveling experience was one of the worst experiences of my life. To make a long story as short as possible, I boarded American Eagle at Huntsville from an American Airlines flight and as I approached the plane with my CARRY-​ON (small very fair sized CARRY-​ON) I was told by the flight attendant that this plane was too small for any carry ons and I must check my bag. I told her I’m happy to keep it at my feet for the 1 hour flight, but she flat out took my bag and said I cannot board this plane unless I check my bag. So as forced, I handed over my CARRY-​ON. When we arrived, nobody could find my bag anywhere that was taken out of my possession and forced to be handed over. After about 45 minutes of run around and 5 – 7 different people giving you the (I’m sorry, I don’t know where your bag is), a nice gentleman came running in with my bag. Now to the main issue, after they insisted on me handing over my personal belongings and demanded them from my possession, I opened my bag to find it soaked with rain throughout, along with my extremely expensive and important laptop that was now DESTROYED with rain water. After they forced me to hand over my personal items that I intentionally carried on. When I brought it up to 5 employees’ attention (both in the airport and over the phone) all I got was «there is nothing we can do, we don’t cover electronics». YOU FORCED ME TO HAND OVER MY BELONGINGS, YOU DESTROYED MY BUSINESS COMPUTER AND HANDED IT BACK WITHOUT A CARE. Never again will I allow anyone on American Eagle to touch any of my belongings whether a carry on or checked bag. Truly one of the worst experiences yet in my life and cost me several thousands in recovery.

Be aware — this airport is PART-​TIME TSA pre-​check. Travelers aren’t advised what time window pre-​check is available. It’s impossible to know how to pack in these cases. Major inconvenience. It’s like McDonald’s offering a part time drive-​thru. Pull-​up to the HSV window and see if you get lucky. Difficult to make HSV the choice over BNA & BHM when service standards are sub-​par. Take the 90minute ride to BNA instead. More choices, valet-​parking and reliability. Plus no need to take a last-​minute rifle through your luggage because the airport won’t staff a full-​time TSA pre-​check. Primary airports around the US share common features not realized in North ALA.

Well… normally good airport but here an hour early for a flight but sitting in the security line over 30 minutes so far and I’m not even close to getting through. They have 1 set of tsa agents with one line for 3 flights taking off at a time. It’s crazy really… I’ve flown out of here many many times and never had the issue before, but I’ve never seen just one line open before either.

Easy process through check in and TSA.
Very clean modern facility with wifi and lots of outlets (most work).

My favorite airport. Easy to get in and out. Also very quiet without the hustle and bustle. They do need a low cost carrier to make the other airlines compete.

Nice airport, with a decent amount of restaurants considering the size of the airport. The airport is quite new, and very clean. Rental cars counters are located beside the baggage claim.

Convenient to home, not crowded, but fairly high fares compared to BHM, BNA, ATL, etc.

Small airport, yet effective in flying out to such destinations as Dallas, Kansas City and Chicago. The airport has easy access in from I-​565 on the city of Madison side, as well as out thanks to a lot of the new road construction over the last few years.
Keep in mind that when flying to and from Huntsville, the price can be higher than expected. If you need to fly to somewhere such as New York or Los Angeles, you may want to check out Nashville or Birmingham airports for lower prices. If you don’t want to drive the 80+ miles to either airport, then Huntsville is the way to go.
Probably the easiest TSA process that I’ve ever seen. Why can’t all regional carriers be like Huntsville?

Very small airport you won’t get lost. The only down fall is security if there’s a line takes forever, or else everyone there is very helpful. There’s only 1 restaurant I recall but places you can get snacks at. I like small airports with not many terminals so I don’t miss my next flight so I like the smallness of the airport.

Very easy airport to get in and out of. I fly delta regularly out of here and is a quick fly to Detroit or Atlanta to get pretty much anywhere in the country. A Salt Lake City connection would be great for west coast destinations. Cheaper prices would make this airport more lucrative because there are quite a few people within 1 – 3 hours that still travel to Birmingham or Nashville to save money because of Southwest.

This airport was small and charming. I was extremely happy with the very short (almost nonexistent) security line!
The night I flew out the last flight of the day (my flight) departed at 6:40. That seemed really early and I can see that making it hard to fly out of here if that’s the norm.
My one qualm is the lack of food places that excited me. The Grille was the saving grace. It is tasty and if you have time for a quick sit-​down go there.

this airport is super great because they sell smart water at the rocket city news stand near gate 6. they also have an overwhelming number of military killing machines like guns and planes and rockets and drones and things blowing up and tanks and armored trucks and more guns… so that’s cool I guess.

Huntsville’s International Airport is a nice little airport and unlike some of the bigger airports I have flown out of, the staff here are all super friendly across the board.
I’m not sure why, but luggage seems to take forever to get to the baggage claim area– I usually plan on at least a 20 minute wait. Other than that, it’s a clean, modern and well oiled machine.

While this airport is small charming and the most polite airport in the world. It took me about 5 minutes to go through security and everyone was so nice. They even had to pat me down and they asked if this was a tender area.
Then I sat down and saw there was no booze :(. But then I walked like 20 feet and found a bar was blocked off by a a restaurant.
Will definitely enjoy flying though here again.

Decent little airport… convenient for me since I only live about a mile or so from the approach end of Runway 18 Left. Airfares on the other hand are ridiculously expensive. (Being it’s very much a business-​oriented city with lots of government, military and their associated contractors, which doesn’t help much.) If you want cheaper fares, drive north to Nashville or south to Birmingham to take advantage of the ‘Southwest Effect’. Occasionally there are fare sales but not very often not deeply discounted.
While commercial flights don’t usually fly equipment larger than an MD-​88 (Delta), Airbus A320 (American) and regional jets (United) you do get a treat seeing large cargo carriers such as the Boeing 747 and the Antonov 124.

Small airport, but spacious enough for all of the gates to not be on top of one another.
Great Huntsville history throughout the airport (walls, company and school advertisements, etc.)
Downside: unless you happen to hop on a cheap ticket «via luck», this is an airport that can be expensive to fly in and out of.

Very nice airport — wish all smaller regional airports were as nice as this.
The new renovations have made this a great airport to work with. Very easy to get in and out — and very nice and clean inside.
The TSA setup is very efficient too — which is very convenient.

Really like how quick we can get in and out of HSV (unlike LAX). The recent remodel/​redesign represents what most of HSV is about — missile defense, rockets, govt contractors, and the highest population of engineers in the nation. Very proud of that!
Only wish there were more airline carriers to choose from! Disappointingly, there are only four currently. How about adding Southwest and Allegiant? I’ll bet that more people will travel more frequently thru HSV having more carriers to select from vs considering Birmingham or Nashville to fly out of. Although most of us may be able to afford the ridiculous high flight rates, it doesn’t mean we want to spend that kind of money every 1 – 3 months to travel back to CA whether for pleasure or business.
Need more airline carriers to attract more travelers!!!