Passenger Records Broken At Sarasota Bradenton Airport In March

SARASOTA, FL — Passenger traffic continues to break records at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport.

Last month, nearly 515,000 passengers traveled through the airport, according to a news release from SRQ. This was a 16 percent increase over March 2022, which saw nearly 443,000 passengers travel through the airport.

It’s also the highest number of passengers to ever travel through Sarasota-Bradenton in any month, the airport said.

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Year over year, from March 2022 to March of this year, the airport also saw about 4.05 million passengers travel through its doors — a 10 percent increase when compared to March 2021 to March 2022, which welcomed 3.68 million passengers.

In the first three months of 2023, the airport has seen an 18.5 percent increase in passenger traffic over the same period in 2022

“SRQ has reached a multitude of milestones this March,” Rick Piccolo, president and CEO, said. “Not only can we celebrate a record half a million passengers in a single month and over 4 million passengers in the last 12 months, but also the groundbreaking of a new 5-gate terminal expansion. The continuation of record-breaking numbers demonstrates the need for expansion and represents a major shift in how SRQ is transforming to serve the needs of our fast-growing community.”

The airport welcomes 11 airlines serving 55 nonstop destinations.