Las Vegas airport: Passenger numbers jump 6% in September

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The number of passengers flying into and out of Las Vegas grew nearly 6% year-over-year in September to 3.7 million travelers mirroring the pace of visitors to the destination.

McCarran International Airport announced Thursday that passenger traffic increased 5% in the first nine months of 2015. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority also reported that the number of visitors to the destination rose to 3.5 million.

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Hotel occupancy is up 4 percentage points to 89.9% and average daily room rate jumped nearly 9% to $125.85.

The airport reports its largest carrier Southwest Airlines ferried 4% more travelers than a year ago. The airport says traffic from U.S. flights increased 6% to 3.3 million passengers and international travel increased 4% to 307,998 travelers.