DETROIT, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The first half of calendar year 2008 set an all-time record for total passenger traffic for the first six months of any year in the history of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW).
According to statistics released today by the Airport Authority's Division of Financial Planning & Analysis, total passenger traffic in June 2008 topped June 2007 by 3.4% as well as the record year of 2005 by 1.8%.
Every month thus far in 2008 has out-performed the equivalent month in 2007 in passenger traffic for a growth rate of 3.1% for the first half of the year.
Even operations (aircraft landings and take-offs) were up 3.4% for the month of June at 39,908, but remain essentially flat for CY 2008. On an average day in June more than 1,330 aircraft arrived or departed DTW.
June's total arriving and departing passengers of 3,276,330 averages out to more than 109,000 every day, or the equivalent of every man, woman and child in Allen Park, Lincoln Park, Romulus and Wayne, MI combined. In the first half of CY 2008 more than 18.5 million total passengers have used DTW, about twice the population of the State of Michigan.
"Our data analysts are quite convinced that airline schedule reductions and increased fares and other charges will dampen passenger demand in the fourth quarter," said Airport Authority CEO Lester Robinson. "But in the meantime, passenger activity is still strong, here in Detroit, and clearly out-pacing any year in our history."
See the below monthly and YTD summary for more details.
Please note that these numbers are preliminary and subject to possible subsequent revision.
NR June 2008 stats
June Calendar Year Monthly Summary
Preliminary as of August 4, 2008
Calendar Year 2008
June YTD
Total Passengers(1) 3,276,330 18,532,811
Domestic Passengers(2) 2,990,958 16,906,266
International Passengers 285,372 1,626,545
Total Passengers 3,276,330 18,532,811
Operations 39,908 235,248
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Calendar Year 2007
June YTD
Total Passengers 3,168,271 17,973,756
Domestic Passengers 2,880,470 16,370,489
International Passengers 287,801 1,603,267
Total Passengers 3,168,271 17,973,756
Operations 38,614 234,396
CV 2007/2008 % Change
June YTD
Total Passengers 3.4% 3.1%
Domestic Passengers 3.8% 3.3%
International Passengers -0.8% 1.5%
Total Passengers 3.4% 3.1%
Operations 3.4% 0.4%
**Please Note: Airport statistics are subject to change as airlines report updates to Wayne County Airport Authority
(1) Total Passengers is defined as the number of passengers traveling outbound (enplaned) and inbound (deplaned) as reported to the Wayne County Airport Authority by the airlines operating at Detroit Metropolitan Airport
(2) Canadian passengers pre-cleared, before entering the U.S., are reported as domestic arrivals and recorded as such by the Authority Financial Planning & Analysis
Calendar Year 2008 Calendar Year 2007 CY 2008/2007
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