Mark H. Bickel | Fort Myers News-Press
After just missing setting a record for total passengers in July, Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) got the job done in August.
According to a press release from the Lee County Port Authority, 647,917 passengers traveled through RSW in Fort Myers in August.
It is the best August in the 43-year history of the airport. The previous best August was in 2021 when 647,534 passengers were counted.
Year-over-year, this was an increase of 5% compared to August 2024. The year-to-date, passenger traffic is down 0.3%.
Commercial airline leaders at RSW: August 2025
The traffic leader in August was Delta with 152,803 passengers.
Rounding out the top five airlines were:
Southwest (107,919)
American (97,808)
United (95,540)
JetBlue (70,952)
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