Sault Airport welcomed 160K passengers in 2023, up from previous year

Though passenger levels are up from a year ago, they're still down from what they were prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Passenger levels in December were up two per cent from December 2022, but down 29 per cent from the same time in 2019, prior to the pandemic. 

December 2023 saw 12,892 passengers pass through the airport, up slightly from 12,641 one year earlier.

Overall in 2023, 160,406 passengers traveled through the airport, up from 131,901 in 2022. 

In comparison, the airport saw 211,277 passengers travel through in 2019.

In 2023, the busiest month for the airport was August when 16,425 passengers made their way through.