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Kansas City International Airport sees nearly 80 percent traffic decrease in June

Posted at 4:09 PM, Jul 23, 2020
and last updated 2020-07-23 17:09:35-04

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Passenger traffic at Kansas City International Airport was down nearly 80 percent last month compared to June 2019, according to a press release by the Kansas City Aviation Department.

Last month, only 240,663 passengers boarded and departed from the airport.

The department also reported the year-to-date totals for passengers making their way in and out the airport is at 2,494,318, a 57 percent decrease from last year.

The decreases come as fewer people are travelling due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Today, the number of cases in the United States topped four million, according to reports by NBC news.