Far away from the madding crowds of major air transportation hubs, Trenton–Mercer Airport (TTN) is a throwback to a time when navigating an airport was a relatively straightforward and stress-free experience. The hidden gem located in Ewing Township, New Jersey is less than an hour from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) and about an hour from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). It’s also an hour and a half from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), one of the best airports for spotting a celebrity, making it a great alternative for travel to and from the mid-Atlantic region. There’s a catch, though. At the moment, only one airline operates out of Trenton–Mercer Airport and that carrier serves just five destinations including Atlanta (ATL) — one of the world’s busiest airports — Fort Myers (RSW), Orlando (MCO), Tampa (TPA), and West Palm Beach (PBI).
Trenton–Mercer Airport has served as a base of operations for a number of airlines since it first opened to commercial traffic almost 100 years ago. However, Denver-based low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines — America’s greenest airline — is currently the only commercial passenger airline operating flights out of TTN. Eastwind Airlines, a short-lived Trenton-based carrier, operated limited service out of TTN in the mid-1990s and Allegiant Air operated flights from Trenton to three Florida destinations from 2014 to 2016. For a while in the mid-2000s, Delta Air Lines had a stake in the game, offering flights between Trenton and airports in Boston (BOS) and Atlanta (ATL) via Comair, its Delta Connection partner. The carrier dropped Atlanta less than six months after introducing the route and eventually canceled its Boston service, too.
Change is in the wind at New Jersey’s Trenton–Mercer Airport
