Find a New Set of Wheels at Airport Auction
By Matt Neistein
Published October 2, 2023
Read Time: 3 mins
The annual auction at Pittsburgh International Airport is just days away, and the official list of items for sale now includes more than 20 vehicles.
Almost evenly split between vehicles abandoned by passengers in the airport’s parking lots and Allegheny County Airport Authority vehicles that have been replaced in the fleet, the cars and trucks are the biggest—and often the most popular—targets for deal hunters.
The vehicles are lined up along the walls of the Heavy Equipment building on the north side of PIT’s airfield, where the auction is held each year. They’ll likely be surrounded by interested buyers minutes after the doors open at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 7.
This year, attendees will have options like a 2016 Ford Explorer and a 2012 Chevrolet Equinox that were left behind at the airport. For those looking for something a bit more, ahem, vintage, there’s also a 2005 Kia Sportage and a 2002 Buick Century.
Those looking for vehicles with a work pedigree can peruse four Ford SUVs that have cycled out of the airport’s fleet, with model years of 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018, albeit with high mileage. There’s also a 2006 Chevrolet crew cab pickup and 2007 Express van available.
And, of course, there are thousands more items of a non-vehicular nature for sale, as well.

This 2005 Toyota