Southwest Florida International Airport reports March traffic
During March, 1,073,556 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport, an increase of 7.7 percent compared to March 2010. This is the second largest monthly passenger count in the airport’s history and the fourth time the airport has exceeded one million passengers in a month. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 4.3 percent from the same period last year.
The traffic leader in March was Delta with 225,435 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top five airlines were AirTran (193,486), JetBlue (126,444), Southwest (117,202) and US Airways (95,240).
Southwest Florida International Airport had 10,603 aircraft movements (takeoffs and landings), an increase of 8.2 percent compared to March 2010. Page Field saw 7,991 movements, a 7 percent increase from March 2010. In addition, more than 3.3 million pounds of air freight moved through Southwest Florida International Airport in March 2011, an increase of 1.2 percent compared to March 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 Sheriff’s Department