Sault airport sets passenger level record for June

Increase of 8.12 per cent over June 2017

Sault Ste. Marie Airport

NEWS RELEASE
SAULT STE MARIE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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18,074 passengers flew to and from the Sault Ste. Marie Airport in June 2018 for an increase of 8.12 per cent over June 2017. This also provides for a new 12-month record for passengers through the airport at 216,172.

The Sault Ste. Marie Airport continues to be served daily by Air Canada Express, Bearskin Airlines, and Porter Airlines.

For the first quarter (April to June) of the SSMADC’s 21st year of private ownership and operation of the Sault Ste. Marie Airport year 2018 the airport saw a 3.29 per cent increase in passenger levels from 49,776 in 2017 to 51,416 in 2018.

In the past 12 months the Sault Ste. Marie Airport has set two new records for overall passenger levels in a single month, as well as eight months in the past year that set records for that month.

Quarter	2010/	2011/	2012/	2013 /	2014 /	2015 /	2016 /	2017 /	2018	Comparison
	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	To Previous
Apr - June	29,137	34,091	43,288	45,648	48,045	47,773	50,133	49,776	51,416	3.29%
July - Sept	30,934	46,132	51,208	47,688	52,469	52,826	56,529	56,104		-0.75%
Oct - Dec	29,162	45,677	45,282	48,546	49,283	52,453	55,452	56,572		2.02%
Jan - Mar	29,699	47,776	44,927	45,283	48,295	49,505	50,379	52,080		3.38%
Total	118,932	173,676	184,705	187,165	198,092	202,557	212,493	214,532		0.96%

Terry Bos President and CEO of the Sault Ste. Marie Airport Development Corporation noted; “The SSMADC is very encouraged by the continuing increase in passenger levels, and the marked increase in the number of American licence plates seen at the airport. We look forward to the upcoming 20th Anniversary Open House at the airport on Saturday, Aug. 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. visit our website for more details.”

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