FORT MYERS, Fla. (July 23, 2018) – During June, 546,159 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Fla., an increase of 3.4 percent compared to June 2017. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 5.2 percent from the same period last year.
The traffic leader in June was Delta Air Lines with 133,000 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top five airlines were Southwest Airlines (122,838), American (92,300), JetBlue (67,451) and United (49,819).
Southwest Florida International Airport had 4,850 aircraft operations, a decrease of 6.3 percent compared to June 2017. Page Field saw 7,639 operations, a 24.6 percent increase from June 2017. In addition, more than 2.5 million pounds of air freight moved through Southwest Florida International Airport in June 2018.
Southwest Florida International Airport served more than 8.8 million passengers in 2017 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.
