Airport Passenger Activity

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Airport Passenger Activity

Last Updated: November 22nd, 2024

Summary

• Seasonally-adjusted passenger traffic for the three airports amounted to 1,215,090 in October 2024, down 14 percent from the previous month and 19 percent beneath the same month last year.

• Seasonally-adjusted passenger traffic at RSW was 854,139 in October 2024, 5 percent below the previous month and 10 percent down from the same month last year.
• PGD’s seasonally-adjusted passenger activity slipped to 161,820 in October 2024, down 3 percent from September 2024 and a 9 percent decrease from October 2023.
• SRQ seasonally-adjusted passenger traffic fell to 215,819 in October 2024, a 37 percent decrease from the prior month and a 42 percent dip from October 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.