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Cleveland Hopkins posts strong passenger rebound; airport seeks 2025 funds for custodial staff, terminal planning
Summary
Port Control officials told the council the airport returned to pre‑2019 passenger levels in 2024, prompting requests for added custodial and operations staff and continued planning for a terminal modernization. City staff emphasized the airport receives no local general‑fund support but pays some centralized city charges.
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport officials told the council’s finance committee that 2024 passenger activity exceeded 2019 levels and topped about 10.2 million passengers, the highest annual traffic in more than a decade. Port Control said the increase has created near‑term operating needs and prompted budget requests for additional full‑time staff, including a large increase in custodial positions.
Director of Port Control (presenting) emphasized the airport is an enterprise fund that does not receive local general‑fund support. “Our operating expenses are supported by revenue generated by user fees, leases… and through rates and charges paid for by our airlines,” the director said during the hearing. The department also receives federal grants primarily for airfield capital projects.
Nut graf: With passenger volumes above 2019 levels and a short‑term need for more staff to maintain operations and customer…
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