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Southwest Florida International Airport turned in a record-setting year for passenger traffic in 2024 with nearly three-quarters of a million more people filing through the Lee County air travel site.That increased passenger traffic was also reflected during December when 1,121,793 passengers traveled through RSW. This was an increase of 2.5 percent compared to December 2023. Year-to-date, passenger traffic was up 9.5 percent.

To pilots, especially ones in mortal danger, air traffic controllers are voices at the end of a lifeline, saviors of the skies. On the ground, they are average people, exposed to the threat of emotional trauma and juggling high-risk problems in one of the most stressful jobs in America.

This year’s holiday travel forecast of three million Floridians on the road is a 3% increase over last year; the second highest since 2001.

The FAA said it is working to restore its NOTAM, Notice to Air Missions System, which provides a notice to pilots of something they need to know at an airport like weather or a runway closure.

Southwest Florida has seen two well-publicized small plane crashes into buildings or onto city streets in recent weeks. With another fatal crash in the…

UPDATE: 11: 30 AM MondayThe Lee County Building Industry Association has issued a statement to members identifying the pilot of Saturday morning’s plane…

Beverley Bass is a fourth-generation Floridian from Fort Myers, and as one of the first female pilots for American Airlines—and its first female…

A newspaper investigation has found that Allegiant Air's planes are four times as likely to break down in flight as those operated by other major U.S....

Passengers aboard an American Airlines flight from Phoenix to Tampa say they had a harrowing landing early Tuesday at Tampa International Airport.

At about 12:30 on Thursday afternoon, Dynamic Air Flight 405 was taxiing on the north runway of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. It...