Southwest Florida International Airport 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
Website		flylcpa.com
Map
Location of airport in Florida / United States
Runways
Direction	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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  An overhead view of Southwest Florida International Airport

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  East Atrium

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  Main Terminal