Southwest Florida International Airport Reports October Traffic

During October, 569,553 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Fla., a decrease of 2 percent compared to October 2017. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 5.6 percent from the same period last year.

The traffic leader in October was Delta Air Lines with 119,860 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top five airlines were American (98,408), Southwest (91,966), JetBlue (75,693) and United (64,125).

Southwest Florida International Airport had 5,379 aircraft operations, an increase of 0.3 percent compared to October 2017. Page Field saw 9,167 operations, a 34.5 percent increase from October 2017. In addition, slightly more than 2.7 million pounds of air freight moved through Southwest Florida International Airport in October 2018.

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