Southwest Florida International Airport reports December traffic
During December, 694,399 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport, an increase of 2.7 percent compared to December 2009. Passenger traffic for 2010 was up 1.3 percent compared to 2009.
The traffic leader in December was Delta with 143,637 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top five airlines were AirTran (126,124), JetBlue (80,703), Southwest (70,635) and US Airways (59,087).
Southwest Florida International Airport had 7,846 aircraft movements (takeoffs and landings), a decrease of 2.3 percent compared to December 2009. Page Field General Aviation Airport saw 6,430 movements, a 2 percent decrease from December 2009. In addition, more than 3.1 million pounds of air freight moved through Southwest Florida International Airport in December 2010.
Southwest Florida International Airport served more than 7.5 million passengers in 2010 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 <www.flylcpa.com/> .
Source: Lee County Port Authority