Kansas City International Airport Passenger Traffic Up for November

The Kansas City Aviation Department reports that 962,314 passengers arrived and departed through Kansas City International Airport’s gates in November 2024, a 0.7-percent increase from November 2023. It was the airport’s 45th consecutive month of year-over-year increases. For the year to date, total passengers in and out total 11,158,248, up 5.0 percent.

Passenger boardings were up 0.03 percent, with 479,038 boarded. Year-to-date passenger boardings are 5,561,166, up 5.0 percent.

Air cargo tonnages, which consist of both freight and mail transported by air, for all carriers at Kansas City International were up 10.4 percent in November with a total of 22.7 million pounds handled. Year to date, 244.6 million pounds of air cargo has been handled, up 13.6 percent. Air freight handled at Kansas City International during November amounted to 19.7 million pounds, down 4.1 percent year-over-year. Year to date, air freight is up 11.4 percent with 212.4 million pounds handled. Air mail for November was up 20,787 percent from November 2023 with 3.0 million pounds handled. Air mail year to date for 2024 is up 205.0 percent from 2023 with 12.5 million pounds handled.  

The number of peak-day scheduled aircraft departures for November 2024 was 161. Service was offered to 51 nonstop markets. There was an average of 41,139 arriving and departing scheduled seats in the market each day. The all-cargo carriers reported 10 daily departures for November.    

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