Bradley Airport reports 7th straight year of increased passenger traffic

Bradley International Airport recorded a seventh consecutive year of passenger traffic

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A rendering of Bradley International Airport”™s $210 million ground transportation center.

growth in 2019, with approximately 6.8 million enplanements and deplanements, according to data from the Connecticut Airport Authority.

This represents a 1.2% increase over the nearly 6.7 million fliers using the facility in 2018, which itself was a 3.6% increase over 2017”™s 6.4 million.

CAA Executive Director Kevin Dillon credited the increased passenger traffic on the airport”™s “continuing efforts to develop additional routes here,” including the 2019 addition of Frontier Airlines”™ new flights to Denver, Miami and Raleigh, North Carolina. Bradley has continued to maintain its status as New England”™s second-largest airport based on passenger traffic, with Boston”™s Logan Airport still maintaining its aviation dominance with  42.5 million passengers last year.

Bradley Airport also saw its cargo volume rise by 24.5% last year to 367 million pounds of materials shipped. Dillon credited that activity to Pinnacle Logistics, which operates a 394,000-square-foot base at the airport and ships packages for Amazon.