Gulfport airport has record 2008

GULFPORT, Miss. - More people flew into and out of Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport in 2008 than ever before, with a 6.5 percent increase over the previous year. The next best year was in 2000, before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, when 949,000 total passengers came through Gulfport. In 2008, the airport saw 974,861 passengers, an increase of 50,000 over 2000 and 63,598 over 2007. (Source: The Sun Herald, 01/15/09)