San Diego International Airport (SAN) marks 2024 as its busiest year ever with 25.24 million passengers recorded traveling through the airport’s terminals. This record-breaking year surpasses the previous busiest record of 25.18 million passengers served in 2019.
“This is a true sign of recovery and growth,” said Kimberly Becker, President and CEO, San Diego County Regional Airport Authority. “Each year following the pandemic, the numbers of travelers recorded at our airport has increased. We are grateful for our partnering airline tenants who operate at SAN and for the many business and leisure passengers who choose to fly to and from our airport.”
Contributing to the passenger volume increase during the last year is the addition of two new airlines, Breeze and Porter Airlines and service to nine new nonstop destinations which include Anchorage, Alaska; Cincinnati, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Eagle County/Vail, Colorado; Jacksonville, Florida; Milwaukee, WI; Norfolk, VA; Pittsburgh, PA; and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.
International travel also contributed to growth in 2024 with a more than 10 percent increase from last year. Directly attributing to this growth is British Airways’ expansion in service from one to two nonstop daily flights to London, England. International travel is anticipated to continue growth in the coming year with the addition of service to Amsterdam, Netherlands on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and daily nonstop service to Tokyo, Japan on Japan Airlines.
Currently, 18 airlines operate from SAN and offer nonstop flights to 85 destinations around the globe. For information on air traffic reports at SAN, please click here, or view our website, please click here.
ABOUT SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SAN)
Owned and operated by San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (Airport Authority), San Diego International Airport (SAN) is one of the busiest single-runway commercial service airports in the world and the third-busiest airport in California. SAN contributes nearly $12 billion in economic activity for the region by connecting the world to San Diego and San Diego to the world. In November 2021, the Airport Authority began construction on the New T1 which includes the replacement of the current Terminal 1, improvements to the airfield, improved transportation connectivity to the airport, and a new administration building. The New T1’s project budget is $3.8 billion and is estimated to create between 15,000 to 20,000 construction-related jobs. For more information about the New T1 please visit newt1.com. For more information about SAN please visit san.org.