Southwest Florida International Airport reports April traffic

Southwest Florida International Airport reported that 849,815 passengers traveled through the terminal in April, an increase of 1.8 percent over last year. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is down 2.7 percent over the same period last year.

AirTran carried the most passengers, with 143,457 traveling in and out of Fort Myers. Other carriers in the top five were JetBlue (121,753), Delta (92,283), Southwest (90,188) and Continental (81,299)