Airport reports slight decrease in traffic
During November, 598,478 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport, a decrease of 0.8 percent compared to November 2008. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is down 2.5 percent over the same period last year, Port Authorities said.
The traffic leader in November was AirTran with 101,993 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top five airlines were JetBlue (89,652), Delta (74,224), Southwest (65,202) and US Airways (54,598).
Southwest Florida International Airport had 6,966 aircraft movements (takeoffs and landings), a decrease of 3.6 percent compared to November 2008.
Page Field General Aviation Airport saw 6,933 movements, a 17.2 percent increase from November 2008. In addition, more than 2.8 million pounds of air freight moved through Southwest Florida International Airport in November 2009, officials said.
Southwest Florida International Airport served more than 7.6 million passengers in 2008 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, officials said. For more information, log onto www.flylcpa.com.