Airport Passenger Activity

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Airport Passenger Activity

Last Updated: December 17th 2025

Summary

• Seasonally-adjusted passenger traffic for the three airports amounted to 1,591,900 in October 2025, up 5.2 percent from the previous month and 31.4 percent over the same month last year.

• Seasonally-adjusted passenger traffic at RSW was 1,002,810 in October 2025, 5.4 percent above the previous month and 17.7 percent up from the same month last year.
• PGD’s seasonally-adjusted passenger activity reported 202,297 passengers in November 2025, a 3.6 percent decrease from October 2025 but 17.9 percent above November 2024.
• SRQ seasonally-adjusted passenger traffic was 381,585 in November 2025, a 0.2 percent increase from the prior month and 12.6 percent over November 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.