Southwest Florida International Airport Reports Record-Breaking Aug.

During Aug., 526,519 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Fla., an increase of 5.1 percent compared to Aug. 2018. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 8.4 percent compared to last year.

The traffic leader in August was Delta Air Lines with 137,296 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top five airlines were American (100,365), Southwest (91,766), JetBlue (62,022) and United (45,040). Southwest Florida International Airport had 4,439 aircraft operations, a decrease of 0.3 percent compared to August 2018. Page Field saw 7,965 operations, a 2.1 percent increase from Aug. 2018. In addition, slightly more than 3 million pounds of air freight moved through Southwest Florida International Airport in Aug.