MIAMI – For the primary time in its historical past, Miami International Airport is on tempo to surpass 50 million annual passengers.
Two years after the pandemic shrank world air journey to historic lows, MIA is experiencing its busiest 12 months ever. Its present annual record is 45.9 million passengers, set in 2019.
In the primary six months of 2022, MIA served 25.5 million passengers, based on statistics launched this week. That’s an 8.5% improve over the midpoint of the airport’s record 12 months in 2019.
Domestic passengers led the best way with a rise of 26% in comparison with 2019 for 15.3 million vacationers year-to-date, whereas the worldwide passenger rely of 10.2 million was 10.5% under its 2019 stage however 102% above final 12 months’s midpoint quantity, as world journey continues to rebound steadily.
“Congratulations to MIA for leading the nation in passenger growth since the travel downturn from the pandemic,” mentioned Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava in an announcement. “Our county is experiencing more tourism growth than any other community in the country, which means a stronger economy and increased job opportunities for our residents.”
MIA’s rebound because the pandemic is the strongest amongst all giant U.S. hubs, based on Airports Council International-North America.
A latest report by the business group ranked MIA because the fastest-growing giant U.S. airport in airline seat capability within the first quarter of 2022 in comparison with the identical interval in 2019, and considered one of solely six U.S. airports with optimistic growth throughout that interval.
In 2021, MIA additionally turned the busiest U.S. airport for worldwide passengers, remained the busiest U.S. airport for worldwide freight, and moved up among the many world’s airports to twelfth place for complete passengers and ninth place for plane actions.
