Mobile Version: mobile.pineisland-eagle.com
 
RSS:
Search: Local News EZToUse.com
»BREAKING NEWS» High and low tides for Sept. 2
Your Community News Lifestyles Sports Ads & Extras Services & More! Real Estate
/ News / Community News

Community News

Southwest Florida International Airport reports June traffic

POSTED: July 26, 2010
Advertisement
During June, 476,625 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport, an increase of 3.3 percent compared to June 2009. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is down 0.87 percent from the same period last year.



The traffic leader in June was Delta with 108,767 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top five airlines were AirTran (81,355), Southwest (65,221), US Airways (51,354) and JetBlue (43,450).



Southwest Florida International Airport had 5,532 aircraft movements (takeoffs and landings), an increase of 6.8 percent compared to June 2009. Page Field General Aviation Airport saw 5,342 movements, a decrease of 4.4 percent from June 2009. In addition, nearly 3 million pounds of air freight moved through Southwest Florida International Airport in June 2010.



Southwest Florida International Airport served more than 7.4 million passengers in 2009 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, log onto www.flylcpa.com.



Source: Lee County Port Authority
 
Share:
Facebook  MySpace  Digg  Stumble    Mixx  Fark  del.icio.us   LiveSpaces
 
Member Comments
View Comments: | Post a comment
No comments posted for this article.

You must first login before you can comment.

Existing Member Login
Not a Member?
Create a Member Account  
*Your email address:
*Password:
    Forgot Password?
  Remember my email address.