SDF Sets New, All-Time Passenger Record in 2023

The Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) celebrated 2023 as its busiest year to date with more than 4.6 million total passengers – setting a new, all-time record for the airport with a special event at the Jerry E. Abramson Terminal on Friday, January 19, 2024. This is the second time in five years the airport broke its own record and was the first time SDF was the fastest growing airport of the Top 100 airports in the continental U.S.

Photo Credit: SDF / Jonathan Roberts

Left to Right: LRAA Vice President of Air Service Development and Strategic Marketing Anthony Gilmer; Louisville Tourism Executive Vice President Doug Bennett; Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg; LRAA Board Chair Dale Boden; and LRAA Executive Director Dan Mann

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Left to Right: LRAA Vice President of Air Service Development and Strategic Marketing Anthony Gilmer; Louisville Tourism Executive Vice President Doug Bennett; Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg; LRAA Board Chair Dale Boden; and LRAA Executive Director Dan Mann

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Louisville Regional Airport Authority Board Chair Dale Boden

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Louisville Regional Airport Authority Executive Director Dan Mann

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Left to Right: LRAA Board Chair Dale Boden, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg and LRAA Executive Director Dan Mann look on as “SDF’s Busiest Years Ever Derby” was shown.

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Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg

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Louisville Regional Airport Authority Vice President of Air Service Development and Strategic Marketing Anthony Gilmer speaking as Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg looks on

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Louisville Tourism Executive Vice President Doug Bennett addresses the crowd with Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg to his left

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For the event, a specialty, custom cake was on display along with “Best Year Ever” cake pops.

Cake and cake pops by Happy As A Lark Cakes, LLC

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A celebratory cake, complete with rotating aircraft of all airlines serving SDF.

Cake by Happy As A Lark Cakes, LLC

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“Best Year Ever” cake pops.

Cake pops by Happy As A Lark Cakes, LLC

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SDF-branded rocks glasses to toast the occasion

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“SDF’s Busiest Years Ever Derby” Animation

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Fact Sheet: SDF by the Numbers in 2023

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