Airport grows monthly traffic while annual figure is down 40%

FORT MYERS — The pattern of slowly making a comeback in passenger traffic continued at Southwest Florida International Airport in January.

With 686,563 total passengers, traffic was up 5.9% in January over December at the airport, under the call letters RSW. On a year-over-year basis, traffic dropped 39.4%, the release adds. In addition, there were 8,628 aircraft operations in January, the release states, a decrease of 15.1% compared to January 2020. Page Field saw 11,334 operations, a 3.1% decrease compared to January 2020.