Airport Passenger Activity

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Airport Passenger Activity

Last Updated: February 12th, 2025

Summary

• Seasonally-adjusted passenger traffic for the three airports amounted to 1,534,120 in December 2024, up 7 percent from the previous month and 5 percent over the same month last year.

• Seasonally-adjusted passenger traffic at RSW was 965,930 in December 2024, 5 percent above the previous month and 2 percent up from the same month last year.
• PGD’s seasonally-adjusted passenger activity reported 190,327 passengers in December 2024, up 12 percent from November 2024 and a 33 percent increase from December 2023.
• SRQ seasonally-adjusted passenger traffic was 375,111 in December 2024, a 10 percent improvement from the prior month but a less than 1 percent dip from December 2023.

About the Data

Airport passenger activity represents the sum of arrivals and departures in a given month. Data for each of the three airports is provided by airport authorities at Southwest Florida International Airport, Punta Gorda Airport, and Sarasota Bradenton International Airport. All data is updated on a monthly basis.

Data provided by each of the three local airport authorities were seasonally-adjusted by the Regional Economic Research Institute using the X13-ARIMA-SEATS seasonal adjustment program, software that is produced, distributed and maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau.