Jump in passengers at St. George airport

A record number of passengers were reported out of the St. George Regional Airport in 2014, continuing an upward trend seen since the facility opened five years ago. According to new enplanement data released by the Federal Aviation Administration last week, there were 59,321 boardings counted at the airport last year. It represents an 8.7 percent increase over the previous year and a 60 percent increase over 2010, the last full year of operations at St. George’s old airport. The Spectrum