Dallas Love Field traffic jumps nearly 64 percent in July

About a half million more people flew in and out of Dallas Love Field in July compared to a year earlier as the post-Wright amendment boom continues.

In numbers from the city of Dallas aviation department, 1.27 million people got on and off airline flights at the city airport last month, up 63.8 percent from the 775,308 who used Love Field in July 2015.

Southwest Airlines by itself saw a jump of more than 400,000 passengers year over year, going from 747,893 to 1.15 million. The second biggest carrier, Virgin America, had 87,138 passengers. In July 2015, it was flying out of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and carried only 40,125 passengers.

The July numbers mark the biggest month – both in numbers and percentage gain – since the Wright amendment went away on Oct. 13 and airlines could fly nonstop to any U.S. city out of Love Field.

(Terry Maxon - The Dallas Morning News)

Passengers	2015	2014	Change
Delta Air Lines	29,525	12,941	128.2%
SeaPort Airlines	540	456	18.4%
SkyWest Airlines	0	97	-100.0%
Southwest Airlines	1,152,893	747,893	54.2%
United Airlines	0	13,921	-100.0%
Virgin America	87,138	0	NA
Total DAL Passengers	1,270,096	775,308	63.8%

Market share	2015	2014	Change
Delta Air Lines	2.32%	1.67%	0.66
SeaPort Airlines	0.04%	0.06%	-0.02
SkyWest Airlines	0.00%	0.01%	-0.01
Southwest Airlines	90.77%	96.46%	-5.69
United Airlines	0.00%	1.80%	-1.80
Virgin America	6.86%	0.00%	6.86
Total DAL Passengers	100.00%	100.00%	0.00

Change from previous year	Passengers	Change
October 2014	863,771	13.1%
November 2014	985,678	43.4%
December 2014	1,041,733	46.5%
January 2015	966,548	47.6%
February 2015	916,278	45.1%
March 2015	1,130,032	50.2%
April 2015	1,162,896	55.9%
May 2015	1,235,181	59.5%
June 2015	1,232,233	60.0%
July 2015	1,270,096	63.8%