Tampa International Airport marks busiest day since pandemic began
September 8, 2020 - Tampa International Airport served nearly 27,000 passengers on Friday, Sept. 4, its busiest day since the Covid-19 pandemic reduced business by more than 90 percent in late March and early April. Between Thursday, Sept. 3, and Monday, Sept. 7, more than 117,000 arriving and departing passengers traveled through the airport, a news release said. However, Tampa International is still seeing significantly less traffic than it did prior to the pandemic slowdown. During the same Labor Day period last year, about 293,000 passengers flew through TIA. September and October typically are slow months for Florida airports.