Southwest Florida International Airport facts for kids

Southwest Florida International Airport
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°WCoordinates: 26°32′10″N 081°45′19″W / 26.53611°N 81.75528°W
Website	flylcpa.com
Map
	RSW Location of airport in Florida / United States RSW RSW (the United States)
Runway
Statistics (2019)
Aircraft operations	85,227
Passengers	10,225,180
Total Cargo (Lbs)	35,681,409

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:

Images for kids

An overhead view of Southwest Florida International Airport
East Atrium
Main Terminal