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Tallahassee airport sees passenger recovery and cargo growth; staff outline strategies to attract routes
Summary
Airport director David Pollard told the commission 2024 passenger traffic nearly met the $1 billion economic impact target and described progress on an international processing facility and freight expansion; he urged community support for air‑service recruitment tools including possible minimum revenue guarantees.
Airport Director David Pollard told the commission the Tallahassee airport continued to expand passenger and freight activity in 2024 and outlined steps staff are taking to attract more routes and service.
Pollard said the airport recorded 969,093 passengers in calendar year 2024 — the highest level since before the pandemic — and cited a $859,000,000 economic impact estimate from Florida Department of Transportation data for 2022. “We are nearly dollars 1,000,000,000 with the growth that we've seen,” Pollard said, while noting the FDOT economic‑impact study is produced periodically (the next FDOT study is scheduled for 2027).
Work under way and near completion: Pollard said the airport’s 40,000‑square‑foot international…
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