Southwest Florida International Airport

Southwest Florida International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorLee County Port Authority
Serves
LocationUnincorporated Lee County, adjacent to Fort Myers
OpenedMay 14, 1983; 41 years ago (1983-05-14)
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL30 ft / 9 m
Coordinates26°32′10″N 081°45′19″W / 26.53611°N 81.75528°W / 26.53611; -81.75528
Websiteflylcpa.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 12,000 3,658 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations87,685
Passengers10,069,839
Total cargo (lbs)38,894,722
Source:[2]

Southwest Florida International Airport (IATA: RSW, ICAO: KRSW, FAA LID: RSW) is a major county-owned airport in the South Fort Myers area of unincorporated Lee County, Florida, United States. The airport serves the Southwest Florida region, including the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Naples-Marco Island, and Punta Gorda metropolitan areas, and is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry. It currently is the second-busiest single-runway airport in the United States, after San Diego International Airport, California.[3] In 2022, the airport served 10,343,802 passengers, the most in its history.

The airport sits on 13,555 acres (5,486 ha, 21.2 sq.mi.)[4][5] of land just southeast of Fort Myers, making it the third-largest airport in the United States in terms of land size (after Denver and Dallas/Fort Worth). 6,000 acres of the land has been conserved as swamp lands and set aside for environmental mitigation.[6]

  1. ^ "Breeze Airways names Fort Myers next 'base of operations'". April 9, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  2. ^ "RSW Airport Statistics through 2023". flylcpa.com. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  3. ^ Davis, Rob (April 20, 2006). "Airport Questions Answered". Voice of San Diego. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
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  5. ^ "Southwest Florida International Airport data at skyvector.com". skyvector.com. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  6. ^ "Southwest Florida Transportation: Are We There Yet?". Gulfshore Life. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.