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Florida's largest airports, in terms of 2007 passengers, according to the Airport Council International (ACI-NA)
Airport name, number of passengers, % change from 2006 - 2007 1. ORLANDO (MCO) 36,480,416 5.3% 2. MIAMI (MIA) 33,740,416 3.7% 3. FORT LAUDERDALE (FLL) 22,681,903 6.1% 4. TAMPA (TPA) 19,154,957 1.5% 5. FORT MYERS (RSW) 8,029,204 5.1% 6. WEST PALM BEACH (PBI) 6,967,277 2.8% 7. JACKSONVILLE (JAX) 6,319,016 6.3% 8. SANFORD (SFB) 1,788,780 8.4% 9. PENSACOLA (PNS) 1,669,950 3.1% 10. SARASOTA (SRQ) 1,557,212 9.4% 11. TALLAHASSEE (TLH) 938,182 -5.1% 12. OKALOOSA (VPS) * 800,000 13. ST PETERSBURG (PIE) 747,369 91.6% 14. DAYTONA BEACH (DAB) 705,475 30.0% 15. PANAMA CITY (PFN) 334,468 -2.2% 16. GAINESVILLE (GNV) 296,924 -6.1% 17. MELBOURNE (MLB) 289,845 -14.4% 18. NAPLES (APF) 39,745 -26.4% Source (for all but VPS): http://www.aci-na.aero/static/entransit/2007_PRELIMl_passenger_ranking.xls * Source (VPS): http://www.floridatrend.com/article.asp?aID=48503 |
June 12, 2008, 1:08 pm
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Take that, Sanford!
June 12, 2008, 2:37 pm
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Panama City's numbers will explode in 2010 with their new airport opening.
June 12, 2008, 2:49 pm
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I really hope the current downturn in the airline industry does not affect Jacksonville too much. The airport is one of the most important attributes our city has. It facilitates business and is the first and last impression many travelers have of Jacksonville (not to mention, it would be just great to have a few more direct flights).
June 12, 2008, 4:00 pm
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You are right, reednavy. That new Panama City airport is going to be massive, especially when St. Joe uses it to develop the entire panhandle.
June 12, 2008, 5:04 pm
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don't count on it...while the site for the new PC airport is huge, the terminal will not be....in fact, the 2023 projections are less than 500,000 enplanements (around 3% increase per year)
June 13, 2008, 3:52 pm
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Boy, Jacksonville's numbers have exploded since 2000 and the 90's; I remember when we barely had 2 to 3 million passengers a year; I wouldn't be surprised if we surpassed West Palm Beach or even Fort Myers soon. Good growth in our metro area.
Heights Unknown
June 14, 2008, 11:36 am
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I use the Jacksonville airport *a lot*. As far as airports go, it is pretty good. It got just the right size. You can get curb-gate in 30 minutes or less (usually more like 10 minutes). There are enough airlines to get competitive prices. With Atlanta, we got a great hub close by and good connections to it (as well as other large hubs). Try to find another airport with $5/day parking.
I do like the new Delta terminal they just opened up a couple weeks ago. Even though the "worlds shortest moving walkway" is a bit funny. The expansion they are doing now is a bit risky given the current economy, but it was necessary to grow further.
I think we are in for a big shock with air travel. Prices are going to skyrocket soon. Right now, most airlines still use fuel futures they purchased a year ago. But they will run out soon and they will have to pass on the cost somehow. In less competitive markets, I have seen prices double the last year.
June 14, 2008, 12:57 pm
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Prices will defeinitely have to go up to keep the airlines in business, but according to this article in the business journals, they will only need to go up about 20 percent.
The study claims $130 a barrel oil prices will increase airlines' annual costs by $30 billion, but airlines are only able to generate $4 billion in fare increases and incremental fees. Fuel hedge benefits also could offset $5 billion to $6 billion of the increased fuel costs. But the major airlines could face $9 billion in net losses over the next 12 months if the current range of oil prices holds.
The study suggests airline fares will have to increase at least 20 percent just to cover the jump in fuel costs since 2007 -- an impossible increase, given the level of uneconomic seat capacity in the airline system.
At current oil prices, several large and small U.S. airlines will default on their obligations to creditors beginning at the end of 2008 and early 2009, the study predicts, warning the airlines "have never faced a darker future."
"U.S. commercial aviation is in full-blown crisis and heading toward a catastrophe," the study notes. "Airlines are the primary source of inter-city transportation, critical to national and local economic development, the flow of human capital, movement of just-in-time parts for manufacturing, perishable food and other goods critical to our economy. With airlines gravely threatened, so is our economic well-being."
http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/06/09/daily33.html?surround=lfn
I don't see a 20 percent increase as "impossible" as the article says, but then again I don't fly very often.
June 14, 2008, 3:27 pm
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20% is very possible. Flights are pretty much booked solid these days. I hardly see empty seats unless its a particular odd time (e.g. early morning flights from Atlanta to Jacksonville, Saturday flights). Overall, airlines announced that they are going to reduce domestic capacity by about 10% over the next year. Supply will drop, making it easier to raise prices.
The 20% increase will probably not come across the board, but they will increase certain fares with less competition. "Feeder flights" will remain competitive to keep people coming to the hubs so they can take the expensive flights. For example, you will probably see not much increase for Jacksonville-Atlanta fares. But Delta got a few unique routes to Africa, Eastern Europe and now Asia which will likely go up the most.
Other then that, they will just add random fees. Most airlines now charge for the second checked piece of luggage, and charge for food on the plane. These charges are not as bad competitively as you don't see them if you compare prices.
October 5, 2008, 1:46 pm
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Anywhere to find a ranking of busiest airports in the US that goes far enough to see where JAX is?
The link provided no longer works, and I couldn't find it anywhere else in that site.
October 5, 2008, 1:53 pm
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Look into my crystal,
I see crushed rock
I see catenary
I smell creosote
The smell of freshly welded steel
The ring of Spike Mauls
The songs of the Gandy Dancers
I see 40 trains a day at Jacksonville Terminal again
It's a bit foggy, but are those Amtrak? or are those FEC, CSX and NS locomotives?
I see Money $$$$ lots of money...
JOHN HENRY HAS RE-ENTERED THE BUILDING!
OCKLAWAHA
October 5, 2008, 2:46 pm
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Does anyone know when the new terminal will be open?
October 5, 2008, 4:13 pm
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Is there a site that just post direct flights only from airports (JAX)?
October 5, 2008, 5:03 pm
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I read about it somewhere and I want to say it's either late this month or early/mid November... Same deal as Concourse A, one side will be used until the original concourse C is demolished.
October 5, 2008, 5:16 pm
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I have heard November also. Sometime before Thanksgiving.
October 5, 2008, 5:19 pm
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Here is the link about JIA on Wikipedia. I use Wikipedia to find out which airports have direct flights, so I can accordingly when flying anywhere. It is usually very very accurate and updated whenever an airline adds or discontinues a direct route.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonville_International_Airport
October 12, 2008, 11:01 pm
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I work for American and we're moving on November 2nd/3rd. We will have to share a gate with US Airways for a period of time while they demolish the old Concourse C and pour the slab for the new ramp (a long process)... Therefore, in the first few months only the one side of the concourse will be in use. Most airlines will be moving around that time. Continental is moving to Concourse A to shack up with Delta, Northwest, and AirTran on November 5th.
October 13, 2008, 12:37 am
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The link provided no longer works, and I couldn't find it anywhere else in that site.
Bump. I'll try one more time to see if anyone knows.
October 13, 2008, 12:59 am
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JAX is ranked 56 out of 861.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics:
http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=JAX
October 13, 2008, 1:18 am
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Wow! Great data from that website.
October 13, 2008, 1:43 am
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Thanks, Lunican. That's right around where I expected. And 48th for freight.
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