Southwest Florida International Airport

Southwest Florida International Airport posted some history-making numbers in March. During that month there were 1,521,149 passengers who traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport — also known by the FAA's airport identification letters as RSW — that’s a historic monthly record.

Federal immigration agents are free and clear to do what they see fit while working with members of the Transportation Security Administration at Southwest Florida International Airport. That’s the assessment of Cecil Pendergrass, a Lee County Commissioner and chairman of the Lee County Port Authority.

Federal immigration officers were deployed at Southwest Florida International Airport Monday to supplement the Transportation Security Administration during a government shutdown currently in effect.

As part of Terminal Expansion Project Phase 1 at Southwest Florida International Airport, there are food and beverage and retail concessions permanently closing in the main terminal and Concourse C.

Flight cancellations at Southwest Florida International Airport continued Monday with 55 just after 3 p.m. The cancellations are mostly due to the massive snow and ice-filled winter storm hitting the country from Texas to Maine. Airlines warned the storm could cause widespread cancellations and delays at some of the nation’s busiest airports.

December 2025 passenger numbers were down by slightly less than 20,000 at Southwest Florida International Airport, but that didn’t stop the year from being a record breaker for such traffic.

Suffolk and the Lee County Port Authority celebrate topping off of Southwest Florida International Airport Terminal Expansion Phase 2.

Allegiant Air began service Thursday at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, with an inaugural flight from Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Southwest Florida International Airport will offer reserved parking, named RSWRemote, during Thanksgiving week. Travelers can reserve a parking spot in a remote parking lot on the north side of the airport. Cars will be accepted into the lot from Nov. 24 at 3 am through Nov. 26 at 7 pm. Cars can exit the lot from Nov. 28 through the last flight arrival on Nov. 30.

Sarasota County declared a burn ban for unincorporated parts of the county and the City of Sarasota more than a month ago. Manatee County and North Port activated burn bans last week. Southwest Florida’s drought has returned