FORT MYERS, Fla. (Dec. 19, 2017) – During November, 767,064 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Fla., an increase of 5.4 percent compared to November 2016. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 2.6 percent from the same period last year.
The traffic leader in November was Southwest with 147,420 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top five airlines were Delta Air Lines (122,900), American (112,620), JetBlue (106,422) and Spirit (81,373).
Southwest Florida International Airport had 6,983 aircraft operations, an increase of 3.5 percent compared to November 2016. Page Field saw 7,781 operations, a 25 percent decrease from November 2016. In addition, more than 2.9 million pounds of air freight moved through Southwest Florida International Airport in November 2017.
Southwest Florida International Airport served 8.6 million passengers in 2016 and is one of the top 50 U.S. airports for passenger traffic. No ad valorem (property) taxes are used for airport operation or construction. For more information, visit www.flylcpa.com or Like Us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/flyRSW.
