During August, 620,532 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, a 4% decrease compared to August 2021, according to Lee County Port Authority data. It was still the second-best August in the 39-year history of the airport. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 11% compared to last year. The traffic leader in August was Delta with 162,532 total passengers. Rounding out the top five airlines were Southwest (115,590), American (105,547), JetBlue (72,551) and United (68,624). RSW had 5,143 aircraft operations, a decrease of 23% compared to August 2021. Page Field saw 16,125 operations, an 82% increase compared to August 2021, which made it the best single month at the airport in nearly 40 years.