FORT MYERS, Fla. (Dec. 26, 2018) – During November, 810,283 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Fla., an increase of 5.6 percent compared to November 2017. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 5.6 percent from the same period last year.
The traffic leader in November was Southwest Airlines with 148,114 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top five airlines were Delta (126,275), American (116,176), Spirit (100,829) and JetBlue (96,376).
Southwest Florida International Airport had 7,252 aircraft operations, an increase of 3.9 percent compared to November 2017. Page Field saw 9,293 operations, a 19.4 percent increase from November 2017. In addition, slightly more than 2.8 million pounds of air freight moved through Southwest Florida International Airport in November 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.
