Norfolk International Airport on track to have another record breaking year for number of passengers [Video]

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Norfolk International Airport is on track to have another record-breaking year.

According to the airport’s September passenger numbers, they’re trending towards having close to 5 million passengers travel through in 2024. This will be the third year in a row they have beaten their previous record for the number of travelers they have had.

“It’s been phenomenal,” said Chris Jones, chief marketing and communications officer. “After the pandemic ended and a lot of people had the desire to really get out and start living their lives again and traveling to the airport, [we] saw record traffic in 2022, eclipsing 4 million for the first time. In 2023, it was more than four-and-a-half million passengers.”

Through September, 3.6 million passengers took to the sky this year through Norfolk, up almost 9% percent compared to last year.

“This year, we were on track for a period of time that we thought we might hit …