NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk International Airport just saw its busiest month for passenger traffic — ever.
An airport report out Tuesday counts more than 490,000 people who came through in July, topping a record-breaking 481,000 the previous month.
Overall, the airport has seen a 9.3 percent increase of flyers so far in 2024. A yearly record of more than 4.5 million came through in 2023.
The recent global technical outage that the airport suffered did not appear to negatively impact the number of passengers. This July was 490,460 compared to 466,533 in July 2023, ORF shared in a report, amounting to a 5.1 percent increase.
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But while the number of passengers increased at ORF, some airlines showed a decrease in traffic.
Allegiant, American, and Delta Airlines had small decreases in their number of flyers compared to last year, ORF mentioned.
On the other hand, Spirit Airlines had a near 30 percent growth in its passengers.
