Southwest Florida International Airport

Southwest Florida International Airport
Southwest Florida International Airport
	IATA: RSW; ICAO: KRSW; FAA LID: RSW;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Lee County Port Authority
Serves	Southwest Florida
Location	Unincorporated Lee County, adjacent to Fort Myers
Opened	May 14, 1983
Operating base for	Breeze Airways (begins October 1, 2024);
Elevation AMSL	30 ft / 9 m
Coordinates	26°32′10″N 081°45′19″W / 26.53611°N 81.75528°W
Website	flylcpa.com
Maps
	; FAA airport diagram
Runways
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	87,685
Passengers	10,069,839
Total cargo (lbs)	38,894,722
	Source:

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.^[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]

^ "Breeze Airways names Fort Myers next 'base of operations'". April 9, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
^ "RSW Airport Statistics through 2023". flylcpa.com. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
^ Davis, Rob (April 20, 2006). "Airport Questions Answered". Voice of San Diego. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
^ Cite error: The named reference FAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Southwest Florida International Airport data at skyvector.com". skyvector.com. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
^ "Southwest Florida Transportation: Are We There Yet?". Gulfshore Life. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

[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.

[FAA-4] Cite error: The named reference FAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[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.

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