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Oklahoma City Airport Trust: Director reports modest ridership gains, new routes and hanger growth
Summary
At the January 2026 meeting (exact date not specified in transcript), the Airport Trust's director said 2025 passenger totals finished slightly above 2024, highlighted new airline service and upcoming hanger projects, and previewed a ribbon-cutting at Hangar 4.
Director (name not specified) reported at the January 2026 Oklahoma City Airport Trust meeting that overall passenger traffic in 2025 finished a bit higher than 2024 despite dips in February and November. “Our numbers were above last year, but by about 2,360 passengers,” the director said, and added that July 2025 was the busiest month on record with 452,000 passengers.
The director attributed part of the year’s volatility to two months with steep declines, saying February saw impacts tied to federal layoffs and November was dampened by a government shutdown. He described summer months — June, July and August — and October as particularly strong and said the year’s highs offset those downturns.
On operations, the director said aircraft operations at Will Rogers International were “about the same,” roughly 100,000 takeoffs and landings in 2025 compared with 2024. He also previewed airline schedule changes and meetings with carriers: “Southwest Airlines start[ing] service to Dallas Love this year” and Alaska bringing back a second daily flight to Seattle in the summer.
The director highlighted near-term airport projects and agreements, including hangar development at Wiley Post Airport. He said Wiley Post has two agreements supporting additional hangar construction — one with Jet Set FBO and additional units from PWA — and noted a ribbon-cutting for Hangar 4 tied to AAR’s multi-year construction work.
The director framed upcoming airline meetings in the next two months as important for finalizing service plans for 2026. The transcript does not include a named director; quotes and attributions use the label shown in the record. The Trust did not release roll-call tallies or additional numeric breakdowns for the items discussed in the director’s report at this meeting.
