Airport Passenger Activity

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Airport Passenger Activity

Last Updated: May 20th, 2025

Summary

• Seasonally-adjusted passenger traffic for the three airports amounted to 1,522,390 in April 2025, up 1 percent from the previous month and 9 percent over the same month last year.

• Seasonally-adjusted passenger traffic at RSW was 896,940 in April 2025, 2 percent above the previous month and 4 percent over the same month last year.
• PGD’s seasonally-adjusted passenger activity reported 195,078 passengers in April 2025, a less than 1 percent decline from March 2025 but a 36 percent increase from April 2024.
• SRQ seasonally-adjusted passenger traffic was 395,389 in April 2025, a 1 percent fall from the prior month but a 10 percent improvement from April 2024.

About the Data

Airport passenger activity represents the sum of arrivals and departures in a given month. Data for each of the three airports is provided by airport authorities at Southwest Florida International Airport, Punta Gorda Airport, and Sarasota Bradenton International Airport. All data is updated on a monthly basis.

Data provided by each of the three local airport authorities were seasonally-adjusted by the Regional Economic Research Institute using the X13-ARIMA-SEATS seasonal adjustment program, software that is produced, distributed and maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau.