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Total ABIA passenger traffic for Sept. 2018 was 1,249,777.
Passenger Activity: Total passenger traffic for September 2018 was 1,249,777 up 13.7% compared to September 2017. September 2018 enplanements totaled 620,800, up 13.5%. Southwest Airlines passengers totaled 427,629, up 4.8% compared to September 2017; American Airlines passengers totaled 221,905, up 6.1%; United Airlines passengers totaled 184,504, up 5.3%; Delta Air Lines passengers totaled 167,079, up 14.5%; Frontier Airlines passengers totaled 112,888, up 185.1%; Alaska Airlines passengers totaled 45,405, up 57.4%; JetBlue Airways passengers totaled 42,330, down 4.2%; British Airways passengers totaled 14,961, up 33.7%; Allegiant Air passengers totaled 10,426, down 19.7%; Norwegian Air passengers totaled 7,480; Air Canada passengers totaled 3,756, up 5.5%; Condor passengers totaled 3,170, down 9.7% ; Sun Country Airlines passengers totaled 2,254; AeroMexico passengers totaled 2,126, down 2%; ViaAir passengers totaled 2,069; Volaris passengers totaled 1,103, up 72.3%; and Swift Air passengers totaled 692.
September 2018 air cargo totaled 14,535,968 lbs., down 15.8% compared to September 2017. International air cargo totaled 1,378,883 lbs., down 42.1%. Federal Express carried 8 million lbs., down 13.6%; and United Parcel Service carried 3.1 million lbs., up 1.2%.
Air Services transferred 634,459 lbs. of mail, up 11%; and 1,651,780 lbs. of belly freight, down 5.4%.
Aircraft Operations: General Aviation operations totaled 3,500, down 18.8%. Combined operations (including commercial and military) totaled 16,862 up 2.9%.
January - September 2018
Passenger Activity: Total passenger traffic for January – September 2018 was 11,761,440, up 15.3%, compared to January – September 2017. January – September 2018 enplanements totaled 5,880,157, up 15%. Southwest Airlines passengers totaled 4,116,608, up 8.4%; American Airlines passengers 2,072,354, up 6.9%; United Airlines passengers totaled 1,731,997, up 4.3%; Delta Air Lines passengers 1,575,529, up 21.4%; Frontier Airlines passengers totaled 857,778, up 146.4%; JetBlue Airways passengers totaled 443,336, down 2.3%; Alaska Airlines passengers totaled 411,007, up 108.7%; Allegiant Air passengers totaled 227,470, up 17.2%; British Airways passengers totaled 128,024, up 32.6%; Norwegian Air passengers totaled 47,272; Air Canada passengers totaled 35,089, up 13.4%; AeroMexico passengers totaled 32,145, up 17.2%; Sun Country Airlines passengers totaled 19,645; Condor passengers totaled 18,876, down 0.9%; ViaAir passengers totaled 15,582; Volaris passengers totaled 11,972, up 2.7%; Virgin America passengers totaled 11,117; Vacation Express passengers totaled 2,758; Swift Air passengers totaled 1,834 and Scandinavian Airlines passengers totaled 697.
September 2018 (January – September 2018) air cargo totaled 133,699,615 lbs., down 4.6% compared to September 2017. International air cargo totaled 15,039,523 lbs., down 16.5%. Federal Express carried 73.8 million lbs., down 5.6%; and United Parcel Service carried 27.9 million lbs., up 9.7%.
Air Services transferred 5,586,392 lbs. of mail, up 10.4%; and 14,786,365 lbs. of belly freight, down 5%.
Aircraft Operations: General Aviation operations totaled 36,403 for January – September 2018, down 6.4%. Combined operations (including commercial and military) totaled 157,669 up 5.6%.