The Chattanooga Airport terminal.Anthony Frampton said he likes to fly into Chattanooga Airport because it’s an easy destination in which to get around – unlike some larger passenger terminals.
“There’s not a lot of confusion,” said the Charlotte, N.C., man who was traveling into Chattanooga on business.
More business people are using Chattanooga Airport, officials said, helping push passenger boardings up nearly 1 percent last year as departures hit the second best mark in the last two decades at Lovell Field.
Boardings of 309,235 last year were just behind 310,414 passengers in 2009, according to the airport’s operations reports. Also, last year’s mark was less than 2,000 passengers off the all-time high set at the airport in 1993, figures show.
Chattanooga Airport chief Terry Hart said it finished the year strong, citing a 26 percent hike in boardings in December over the same month in 2012. Hart said weather hurt boardings in late 2012.