NYC Airports hit record Q1 passenger traffic with 32m travelers

If you’ve been stuck in long lines for security checks at New York City-area airports, your fellow travelers could be to blame. Passenger traffic hit a Q1 record in 2023, with 32m passengers passing through John F. Kennedy, Newark Liberty International and LaGuardia airports, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey said Monday. That all-time record high is roughly 1m more passengers than in 2019, when the previous benchmark was set. The growth was driven by a flood of passengers at Newark and LaGuardia airports which both boast new facilities. Newark’s $2.7b Terminal A opened in January and LaGuardia’s $4b overhaul of its Delta Terminal C, which was unveiled last year. Meanwhile, 28.7m vehicles crossed the bi-state agency’s four bridges and two tunnels going east, the most since the first three months of 2008, when 29.7m eastbound vehicles used the crossings. Ridership on the Port Authority Trans-Hudson or Path system that connects commuter hubs like Hoboken, New Jersey, to downtown Manhattan continues to lag. During the first quarter, ridership was 59% of pre-pandemic volume in 2019. <br/>