Pittsburgh inspires the world. Once a gateway to the American West, the region has undergone numerous reinventions – a testament to the can-do spirit of its people. Now at the forefront of a modern age of advancement, Pittsburgh has become a center of science, technology and medicine that draws an international collection of inventive, visionary and revolutionary minds .

Pittsburgh is once again a gateway.

The region needed an airport to meet the needs of its reinvention; it needed an entryway befitting its past, its purpose, its future. The Transformed Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) arrives this fall, and it was Pittsburgh that showed up from across the world to commemorate it.

More than 700 guests gathered Friday to celebrate the Transformed PIT at an event bringing together those who made possible the arrival of Western Pennsylvania’s new gateway — an airport built for Pittsburgh, by Pittsburgh and designed to reflect, connect and serve the Pittsburgh region for decades to come.

Read more at Airport Improvement.

Originally published: October 7, 2025