Pensacola International Airport had a recording-setting month in January. The facility handled 117,766 passengers, a 10.1 percent increase over January 2017. In 2008, the airport set a record for the first month of the year with 109,579 but hasn’t approached that number since.
The Pensacola airport had 10,820 more passengers than it did in January 2017.
| January | 2018 | |
| 2018 | 117,766 | |
| 2017 | 106,946 | |
| 2016 | 106,948 | |
| Â 2015 | 103,103 | |
| Â 2014 | 98,663 | |
| Â 2013 | 101,647 | |
| Â 2012 | 97,549 | |
| Â 2011 | 101,635 | |
| Â 2010 | 94,334 | |
| Â 2009 | Â 90,011 | |
| Â 2008 | Â 109,579 | |
Meanwhile the passenger growth at the Destin- Fort Walton Beach Airport saw a 17.1 percent growth for January over the same month last year —9,711 more passengers.
