The federal authorities shutdown didn’t appear to gradual visitors at Huntsville Worldwide Airport.
The airport – which used to depend on vital authorities journey – continues on a document tempo regardless of the federal government shutting on Oct. 1. The airport reported virtually 153,000 passengers traveled via the airport final month, a rise of three.9% over journey via the airport in October 2024. It was the seventh straight month the airport surpassed 2024’s numbers, and ninth out of the ten months thus far.
Greater than 1.4 million folks have traveled via the airport via Oct. 31, a rise of 6.5%. If the development continues, the airport will break its document for the third consecutive yr. Huntsville Worldwide Airport set annual passenger information in 2023 (1,473,629) and 2024 (1,635,589).
4 months in, Fiscal 2026 journey is 5.9% above finances projections.
Airport CEO Butch Roberts advised AL.com final month the airport didn’t appear to see a drop off in journey from the shutdown, which ended final week. In years previous, authorities journey accounted for a major quantity of visitors via the airport. However leisure visitors has picked up because the Covid-19 pandemic.
Airport administration additionally attributes passenger visitors development to a mixture of different elements together with having a better variety of seats obtainable for buy, the provision of extra flights, the addition of each day nonstop service to Orlando on Breeze Airways and each day nonstop service to New York Metropolis on Delta Air Traces, in addition to the return of twice weekly nonstop service to Los Angeles (LAX) on Breeze.
There have been greater than 191,000 obtainable seats final month, a ten% improve over October 2024. Legacy carriers American, Delta and United had been the main carriers for journey throughout the month, however low-cost provider Breeze Airways noticed an virtually 30% improve in passengers over a yr in the past.
Supply hyperlink
