Airport Passenger Activity

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Airport Passenger Activity

Last Updated: March 24th, 2026

Summary

• Seasonally-adjusted passenger traffic for the three airports amounted to 1,500,200 in February 2026, up 1.8 percent from both the previous month and same month last year.

• Seasonally-adjusted passenger traffic at RSW was 930,699 in February 2026, 2.4 percent above the previous month and 1.5 percent up from the same month last year.
• PGD’s seasonally-adjusted passenger activity reported 187,065 passengers in February 2026, a 2.1 percent decrease from January 2026 but 0.2 percent above February 2025.
• SRQ seasonally-adjusted passenger traffic was 386,345 in February 2026, a 3.3 percent increase from the prior month and 3.6 percent over February 2025.

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.