SYRACUSE, N.Y. — More than 3 million passengers passed through Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) in 2024, making it the busiest calendar year ever in the airport’s 75 years of operation.
The small hub international airport welcomed 3,004,747 travelers in 2024, up 5 percent from 2,856,038 in 2023, the Syracuse Regional Airport Authority (SRAA) announced Tuesday.
The SYR passenger figure grew despite the departure of Southwest Airlines from the market in early August 2024, SRAA noted. Southwest accounted for about 12 percent of the airport’s traffic at the time.
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The SRAA’s eight airline partners operating at SYR have added an airport “industry-leading” number of flight frequencies, “more than reconciling that capacity gap.” SRAA also noted that the record passenger year comes before the start of any Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) or related semiconductor-industry travel demand.
“Very simply, this record-breaking traffic signals the strength of the demand in our market and reinforces that SYR has become the preferred airport for our region,” Jason Terreri, executive director of SRAA, said in the announcement. “The semiconductor-related travel uptick hasn’t really begun, we had a major carrier exit the market in August, and we still saw unprecedented traffic levels here in Syracuse. We greatly appreciate our eight airline partners closely working with us to monitor the needs of our community and add more flights and bigger planes to fulfill that demand.”
