Transportation

August traffic at Southwest Florida International Airport highest in facility's 43 years

WGCU | By WGCU Staff

Published September 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT

Southwest Florida's largest airports, RSW (above) and Punta Gorda, do not take part in an international effort to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions that hundreds of airports worldwide are active in to try and lessen the transportation sector's contribution to climate change.

Nearly 648,000 passengers passed through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers in August 2025, the best traffic numbers in the airport’s 43-year history.

This was an increase of 5 percent compared to August 2024. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is down 0.3 percent.

The traffic leader in August was Delta with 152,803 passengers. Rounding out the top five airlines were Southwest (107,919), American (97,808), United (95,540) and JetBlue (70,952).

Southwest Florida International Airport had 6,013 aircraft operations, an increase of 11 percent compared to August 2024.

Page Field saw 12,323 operations, which was a 5 percent decrease compared to August 2024.

Southwest Florida International Airport served more than 11 million passengers in 2024 and is one of the top 50 U.S. airports for passenger traffic.

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