The Kansas City Aviation Department reports that 956,721 passengers arrived and departed through Kansas City International Airport’s gates in November, a 9.7-percent increase from November 2022. Passenger boardings were up 9.9 percent, with a total of 478,758 boarded. Year-to-date passenger boardings are 5,298,248, up 18.0 percent. For the year to date, total passengers in and out total 10,622,708, up 17.9 percent.
Air freight handled at Kansas City International during November amounted to 20.5 million pounds, down 5.2 percent year-over-year. Year to date, air freight is down 9.4 percent with a total of 211,098,229 million pounds handled. Air mail for November was down 87.9 percent from November 2022 with 14,307 pounds handled. Air mail year to date for 2023 is up 92.2 percent from 2022 with 4.1 million pounds handled.
The number of peak-day scheduled aircraft departures for November 2023 was 153. Service was offered to 46 nonstop markets. There was an average of 41,219 arriving and departing scheduled seats in the market each day. The all-cargo carriers reported 9 daily departures for November.
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