El Paso airport passenger traffic up in Oct. 2014

EL PASO – Passenger traffic at El Paso International Airport increased 6.3 percent in October 2014 from September 2014, but only increased 1 percent from October 2013.

The airport was used by 233,280 passengers in October 2014, an increase of 13,834 people from September 2014, and an increase of 2,301 from October 2013. From January through October 2014, El Paso’s passenger traffic increased only 1 percent from the same period in 2013 to 2.32 million.

Freight traffic in October 2014 increased almost 11 percent from September 2014, but declined almost 2 percent from October 2013.

The airport handled 7,917 tons of freight in October 2014, an increase of 762 tons from September 2014, but a decrease of 138 tons from October 2013Freight handled by the airport from January through October declined almost 3 percent from the same period in 2013 to 72,249 tons.