Southwest Florida International Airport Reports Record-Breaking May Traffic

During May, 668,665 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Fla., an increase of 6.3 percent compared to May 2017. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 5.4 percent from the same period last year.

The traffic leader in May was Delta Air Lines with 177,028 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top five airlines were Southwest Airlines (142,848), American (107,568), JetBlue (83,980) and United (75,026). 

Southwest Florida International Airport had 5,806 aircraft operations, a decrease of 2 percent compared to May 2017. Page Field saw 7,163 operations, a 13.9 percent decrease from May 2017. In addition, more than 2.7 million pounds of air freight moved through Southwest Florida International Airport in May 2018.