FORT MYERS, Fla. (Sept. 24, 2019) – During August, 526,519 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Fla., an increase of 5.1 percent compared to August 2018. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 8.4 percent compared to last year.
The traffic leader in August was Delta Air Lines with 137,296 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top five airlines were American (100,365), Southwest (91,766), JetBlue (62,022) and United (45,040).
Southwest Florida International Airport had 4,439 aircraft operations, a decrease of 0.3 percent compared to August 2018. Page Field saw 7,965 operations, a 2.1 percent increase from August 2018. In addition, slightly more than 3 million pounds of air freight moved through Southwest Florida International Airport in August 2019.
Southwest Florida International Airport served nearly 9.4 million passengers in 2018 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.
