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Manchester Airport Also Obsessed With Being From Boston

October 29, 2007 at 9:26 AM | 2 Comments


A Jaunted reader points out that Skybus isn't the only airline with Boston lust. Turns out Manchester New Hampshire airport, MHT, which is a good 54 miles from Boston, now calls itself "Manchester Boston Regional Airport." Please.

We know with the Red Sox winning the World Series, the Patriots working on an undefeated season and the Celtics ready to return to glory, everybody wants to claim they live in Boston these days, but New Hampshire is not Boston. MHT might as well call itself "Manchester, NH--Manchester England Regional Airport".

That said, Manchester does offer a new high frequency bus service operates every two hours, 24-hours a day, seven days a week between MHT, the Anderson Regional Transportation Center in Woburn, MA and the Sullivan Square MBTA Subway Station. This service is free to all passengers. Very cool. So tell us this MHT: Why not just call yourself what you are, a small airport about an hour from Boston with excellent transportation options to and from the city, instead of going all Skybus on us and trying to convince noobs that Manchester is a suburb of Boston?

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Where: Manchester, NH, United States

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  1. rrgg

    Jaunted Member
    October 29, 2007 at 10:26 AM




    MHT is close despite the border

    You better check again.  For people living just outside Boston, it's often faster to get to MHT than BOS despite the distance.  The travel time between airports probably compares to LGW/LHR/STN or AEP/EZE or EWR/LGA/JFK.

  1. markj

    Jaunted
    October 29, 2007 at 4:39 PM




    Of course...

    If you live in the North or West Suburbs and have a car MHT is a dream come true.  However, that does not mean it is Boston -- nor anywhere near Boston, plus 93 North is getting more and more congested.  Calling your airport "Boston Regional" and being 54 miles away in another state is a stretch.  Though the transportation options are cool.  

    To me it compares more to BWI/DCA.  All depends what part of Boston Metro you are heading to.  If you are heading to say...Fenway Park and you hop a flight to MHT you have quite a post-flight journey on your hands.  And just try taking a taxi from MHT to Boston and see how much that runs you.  While it is $50 or so from JFK to Manhattan it is still an option there.

    Maybe they should call it "North of Boston Regional", if they must use Boston in their name.

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