Kansas City International Airport has Fourth Consecutive Million-Passenger Month in August 2023

The Kansas City Aviation Department reports that 1,015,242 passengers arrived and departed through Kansas City International Airport’s gates in August, a 16.5-percent increase from August 2022. Passenger boardings were up 16.4 percent, with a total of 492,866 boarded. Year-to-date passenger boardings are 3,791,902, up 20.1 percent. For the year to date, total passengers in and out total 7,607,031, up 19.9 percent.

Air cargo tonnages, which consist of both freight and mail transported by air, for all carriers at Kansas City International were down 6.9 percent in August with a total of 20.7 million pounds handled. Year to date, 155.9 million pounds of air cargo has been handled, down 8.8 percent. Air freight handled at Kansas City International during August amounted to 20.6 million pounds, down 6.5 percent year-over-year. Year to date, air freight is down 10.2 percent with a total of 155.9 million pounds handled. Air mail for August was down 92.8 percent from August 2022 with 7,943 pounds handled. Air mail year to date for 2023 is up 125.4 percent from 2022 with 4.1 million pounds handled.

The number of peak-day scheduled aircraft departures for August 2023 was 160. Service was offered to 52 nonstop markets. There was an average of 45,568 arriving and departing scheduled seats in the market each day. The all-cargo carriers reported 9 daily departures for August.    

August statistics

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