As Huntsville and its surrounding metro area are experiencing exponential economic growth, such expansion demands more strategically located real estate to do business. Remarkably, the Port of Huntsville saw a record number of sizable projects breaking ground for new and enlarged facilities:

• The Food Bank of North Alabama broke ground November 2022 on a new construction of a 50,000-square-foot distribution center in the Jetplex Industrial Park.
• Fanaco Fasteners broke ground October 2022 in the Jetplex Industrial Park and began construction of a 170,000-square-foot distribution center and spec warehouse space.
• Custom Assembly broke ground and began construction of a 137,000-square-foot warehouse in 2022. The addition of this construction expands their footprint at the company’s County Line Road location in the Jetplex Industrial Park.
• Signature Aviation broke ground in June 2023 on a $12 million terminal renovation project at the FBO.
• HSV broke ground on the construction of a new hangar in the International Cargo Center, and Science and Engineering Services, Inc., expanded their MRO operations at Huntsville International Airport by signing a multi-year lease for the building.

Air service to Huntsville International Airport continued its upward trend with robust increases in availability of seats in our market. Total available seats numbered 846,690, an increase of 9.8% over FY22.

Passenger enplanements saw an even larger increase at 13.1% over FY22 as customers enthusiastically returned to the skies for long-awaited trips put off over the pandemic years. Enplanements numbered 658,194 in FY23.

To meet the demand, Breeze Airways launched two new nonstop routes from HSV to the most popular leisure destinations in the United States: Las Vegas and Orlando. Following the dramatic success of American Airlines’ nonstop summer flights to Miami in 2021, the airline brought the route back as seasonal service in 2022.

Air cargo likewise enjoyed increased service as DSV added three more cargo flights per week to Sao Paolo, Brazil from HSV using LATAM Airlines. The route is dubbed the LATAM Star.