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The Houston Airport System (HAS) handled 62.4 million passengers in the 12 months ending August ’24, up 6.0 percent from 58.9 million handled over the comparable period in ’23. Traffic has surpassed pre-pandemic levels. 

HAS handled over half a million metric tons of air cargo in the 12 months ending August ’24. While up 2.2 percent from the comparable period in ’23, cargo traffic was down 2.5 percent from its August ’22 peak.  

Prepared by Greater Houston Partnership Research

Patrick Jankowski, CERP
Chief Economist 
Senior Vice President, Research
pjankowski@houston.org

Leta Wauson
Research Director
lwauson@houston.org