Could this be a record-breaking year for travel at Huntsville International Airport?

Earlier this year, Airport CEO Butch Roberts told the Lede travel this year could approach the record of almost 1.5 million passengers set in 2019 just before the Covid-19 pandemic hit.

He expressed that belief after the airport recorded a 35% jump in passengers in January over the previous year, a year in which 1.2 million passengers passed through Huntsville, the second highest number since 2011.

So far, the airport is on pace to surpass that number. Through April, the latest statistics available, air travel is up 22% over the year before. Every month so far has surpassed the previous year’s numbers.

“We’re seeing double-digit increases in our capacity,” public relations manager Mary Swanstrom said. “We’re seeing about close to 200 flights weekly. We’re seeing larger equipment servicing our routes. We’re seeing the addition of routes. We recently added Orlando non-stop. We have added Las Vegas non-stop. We’ve increased our non-stop destinations to 14 at HSV.”