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Passenger Activity: Total passenger traffic for March 2019 was 1,463,016 up 12% compared to March 2018. March 2019 enplanements totaled 724,850, up 13.2%. Southwest Airlines passengers totaled 496,419, up 6.7%; American Airlines passengers 271,837, up 13.2%; United Airlines passengers totaled 223,699, up 6.9%; Delta Air Lines passengers 198,508, up 9.3%; Spirit Airlines passengers totaled 69,937; JetBlue Airways passengers totaled 51,163, down 15.1%; Alaska Airlines passengers totaled 51,008, up 1.3%; Frontier Airlines passengers totaled 44,465, up 1.4%; Allegiant Air passengers totaled 20,751, down 31.9%; British Airways passengers totaled 15,707, up 33.9%; %; Norwegian Air passengers totaled 7,656, up 345.4%; Air Canada passengers totaled 5,381, up 33.2%; AeroMexico passengers totaled 3,097, down 19.8%; ViaAir passengers totaled 1,189, up 4.2%; Swift Air passengers totaled 531, up 81.2%; Scandinavian Airlines passengers totaled 423, down 39.3%; Sun Country Airlines passengers totaled 334, down 12.6%; and Lufthansa passengers totaled 259.
March 2019 air cargo totaled 12,231,196 lbs., down 10.4% compared to March 2018. International air cargo totaled 1,655,081 lbs., down 2.7%. Federal Express carried 8.4 million lbs., down 7.7%; and United Parcel Service carried 3.1 million lbs., down 10.2%.
Air Services transferred 873,142 lbs. of mail, up 48.8%; and 1,926,203 lbs. of belly freight, up 23.8%.
Aircraft Operations: General Aviation operations totaled 3,801, down 17.7%. Combined operations (including commercial and military) totaled 18,164, up 0.3%.
January - March 2019
Passenger Activity: Total passenger traffic for January – March 2019 was 3,707,949, up 10.4%, compared to January – March 2018. January – March 2019 enplanements totaled 1,837,040, up 10.9%. Southwest Airlines passengers totaled 1,319,593, up 6.6%; American Airlines passengers 733,244, up 15.8%; United Airlines passengers totaled 555,633, up 11%; Delta Air Lines passengers 488,523, up 9.6%; Alaska Airlines passengers totaled 134,558, up 11.7%; JetBlue Airways passengers totaled 132,770, down 9.4%; Frontier Airlines passengers totaled 130,386, up 2.1%; Spirit Airlines passengers totaled 97,333; Allegiant Air passengers totaled 40,609, down 43.6%; British Airways passengers totaled 38,531, up 22.8%; Air Canada passengers totaled 14,171, up 35.9%; AeroMexico passengers totaled 8,600, down 14.8%; Norwegian Air passengers totaled 7,656, up 345.4%; ViaAir passengers totaled 1,933, down 38.8%; Sun Country Airlines passengers totaled 1,524, up 19.1%; Swift Air passengers totaled 993, up 77.6%; Volaris passengers totaled 434; Scandinavian Airlines passengers totaled 423, down 39.3%; and Lufthansa passengers totaled 259.
March 2019 (January – March 2019) air cargo totaled 35,386,052 lbs., down 6% compared to March 2018. International air cargo totaled 4,651,454 lbs., down 5%. Federal Express carried 23.9 million lbs., down 3.6%; and United Parcel Service carried 8.9 million lbs., down 8.2%.
Air Services transferred 2,714,759 lbs. of mail, up 61.3%; and 5,660,575 lbs. of belly freight, up 23.6%.
Aircraft Operations: General Aviation operations totaled 10,735 for January – March 2019, down 6.9%. Combined operations (including commercial and military) totaled 49,522, up 3.7%.