LA's Ontario International Airport Still in Recovery Mode from Recession

From 2008. In better days.

 

Recession Reverses California Airport's Growth. (The New York Times, 9/2/2013)

An airport that has seen busier days.   But what makes traveling so pleasant for passengers like Ms. Long also underscores the problem facing this regional airport, which, like the Inland Empire region that it serves, is still reeling from the devastating impact of the recession. 

As airports show slow but steady signs of recovery, with passenger traffic nearing pre-recession levels nationally, the passenger traffic at Ontario has plummeted 40 percent since its 2007 peak of 6.9 million, according to Federal Aviation Administration figures.

Ontario International Airport ranked 60th in 2012 with 2,142,387 "enplanements", down 5.8% from 2011.

Milwaukee's General Mitchell International, by comparison is 47th with 3,707,890, and Madison's Dane County Regional - Truax Field is 96th with 798,789.

All figures from the Federal Aviation Association  Preliminary CY2012 Enplanements.