Comments on: April Airport Passenger Traffic Down 9.2%

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 17:09:24 +0000

I recently looked up flights to Nashville. If I fly out of Jax, I will save enough month to cover the cost of the hotel, meals and then some. So – what does anyone think I would do?

By: S

Fri, 23 Jun 2023 21:41:52 +0000

I refuse to fly out of TLH. I’d rather drive to Atlanta instead. 40+ years of “so sorry, mechanical delays”. “So sorry. Air traffic control delays” and so on.

By: William_Wallace

William_Wallace — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 12:37:43 +0000

It’s all about ticket prices. You can fly from Panama City or Jacksonville for 1/2 the price and maybe get a direct flight making up for the two hour drive.

By: Want to Fly

Want to Fly — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 16:37:51 +0000

@ Resident Since 1990 Unfortunately, the answer lies in the fact there is nothing to do here. Outside of graduation and football games, there is nothing to draw people to the Tallahassee area. If people are from out of state and want to go to the beach, they fly to Panama City or Pensacola. If people want to go to Disney, they fly to Orlando. If they want to go on a cruise, they fly to Tampa or Miami. Maybe session draws some in, but unless they are from south Florida, it is quicker and easier to just drive.

The city and county need to find something to drive people to come here. I am certainly not advocating for either of these things but if there was a theme park here or a cruise port at St. Marks people from out of town would come here for that. What does Tallahassee have to offer that people would want to come here for? Figure that out, nurture it, promote it, and people will come. Once that happens, airline travel will increase and the cost of flights will go down. If we could magically make the costs of flights go down, it would help those of us who live here but it would still not make a lot people from out of town want to come here.

By: Resident Since 1990

Resident Since 1990 — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 21:18:50 +0000

I really cannot understand why the Capital City of Florida has such poor air service.

Florida Trend Magazine analyzes passenger counts of the four NW Florida airports, and TLH always lands in last place.
For example, passenger count data ending in 2021:

Pensacola Int’l Airport- 2,324,044 annual passengers.
Destin-Fr. Walton Beach- 1,998,587 passengers.
Panama City Int’s Airport- 1,598,492passengers
Tallahassee Int’l Airport- 656,192 passengers.

Actual numbers have changed, but Tallahassee is still in last place. Tallahassee has the fewest airlines servicing our community.