Sacramento airport: record passenger levels and more ULCCs

Sacramento International airport posted record passenger numbers in 2018, achieving impressive double digit passenger growth and surpassing its own forecasts for the year.

The airport was one of the top growing mid-sized airports in North America last year, according to CAPA partner OAG. Sacramento was ranked seventh among the top 50 mid-sized airports in seat growth in 2018, and has recently welcomed services from two new ULCCs - Spirit and Sun Country.

Sacramento is no doubt still working to add long haul flights to its network roster, and it remains to be seen whether the airport will secure intercontinental flights in the future.

But the upside is that its prospects for maintaining steady passenger growth remain promising.