Southwest Florida International Airport reports August traffic
During August, 444,714 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport, a decrease of 2.2 percent compared to August 2009. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is down 0.95 percent from the same period last year.
The traffic leader in August was Delta with 94,301 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top five airlines were AirTran (68,168), Southwest (62,211), JetBlue (53,560) and US Airways (47,552).
Southwest Florida International Airport had 5,342 aircraft movements (takeoffs and landings), a decrease of 4.1 percent compared to August 2009. Page Field General Aviation Airport saw 5,051 movements, a decrease of 7.7 percent from August 2009. In addition, more than 2.4 million pounds of air freight moved through Southwest Florida International Airport in August 2010.
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Source: Lee County Port Authority