Southwest Florida International Airport facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Southwest Florida International Airport
IATA: RSW ICAO: KRSW FAA LID: RSW
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Lee County
Operator	Lee County Port Authority
Serves	Cape Coral and Fort Myers, FL
Location	Unincorporated Lee County, adjacent to Fort Myers
Elevation AMSL	30 ft / 9 m
Coordinates	26°32′10″N 081°45′19″W / 26.53611°N 81.75528°W / 26.53611; -81.75528
Website	flylcpa.com
Map
RSW Location in Florida Show map of Florida RSW Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Runway
Runway Length Surface ft m 6/24 12,000 3,658 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Aircraft operations 85,227 Passengers 10,225,180 Total Cargo (Lbs) 35,681,409
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Southwest Florida International Airport (IATA: RSW, ICAO: KRSW, FAA LID: RSW) is a major county-owned airport in the South Fort Myers region of unincorporated Lee County, Florida, United States. The airport serves the Southwest Florida region, including the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Naples-Marco Island, and Punta Gorda metropolitan areas, and is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry. It currently is the second-busiest single-runway airport in the United States, after San Diego International Airport, In 2019, the airport served 10,225,180 passengers, the most in its history.

The airport sits on 13,555 acres (5,486 ha, 21.2 sq.mi.) of land just southeast of Fort Myers, making it the third-largest airport in the United States in terms of land size (after Denver and Dallas/Fort Worth). 6,000 acres of the land has been conserved as swamp lands and set aside for environmental mitigation.

The following airlines serve Southwest Florida International:

• Air Berlin
• Air Canada
• American Airlines
• Cape Air
• Delta Airlines
• Frontier Airlines
• JetBlue Airways
• Silver Airways
• Southwest Airlines
• Spirit Airlines
• Sun Country Airlines
• Sunwing Airlines
• Swift Air
• United Airlines
• WestJet

Images for kids

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  The entrance at the airport.

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  East Atrium

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  Main Terminal

See also

In Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Florida Suroccidental para niños