August was a banner month for Key West International Airport as it soared past the 1 million passenger mark and crushed last year’s count by 94,942 travelers.

 

Year to date, 1,014,858 passengers have traveled through EYW, an increase of 10.3 percent over the same time period last year. For the month of August, the passenger count increased by 9.4 percent year over year.

 

“These are terrific numbers for our market as we head into the fourth quarter and beyond to what is forecast as another robust year ahead,” said Richard Strickland, Executive Director of Airports for Monroe County.  

 

Seasonal Service Returns

 

American Airlines has expanded dates for nonstop service from Boston to Key West this holiday season and into 2025. Starting Saturday, November 16, 2024, American will offer direct, roundtrip flights on its 76-seat Embraer 175. Additional flights have been added on Saturdays through March 29, 2025. The flight lands in Key West at 1:00 p.m. with the return flight landing at Boston's Logan International Airport at 4:36 p.m.

  

On Monday, October 7, 2024, American will resume its daily direct service to Dallas (DFW) on the Embraer 175.

 

On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, American will resume its second daily flight to Washington’s Reagan National Airport, also on the 76-seat Embraer 175.

 

JetBlue Airways will resume its seasonal service from Boston’s Logan International Airport to Key West on Thursday, October 17, nonstop on the 140-seat Airbus A220-300.

 

American Airlines and Delta Air Lines will return with nonstop service to New York’s LaGuardia (LGA) in November and December, respectively.

 

United Airlines will resume nonstop daily service to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) in late October on mainline 737-700 aircraft. United will also resume nonstop service to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) in late December.