Airport sets new passenger count records

FORT MYERS — Passenger numbers continue to rise at Southwest Florida International Airport with an increase in year-over-year monthly traffic in March matching the year-to-date gain of 7.4% over the same periods in 2018.

The Fort Myers airport, under the call letters RSW, reported a record 1.5 million passengers during March, raising the year-to-date count to 3.65 million. In 2018, 3.4 million passengers traveled through the airport from Jan. 1 through March 31, according to a statement.