Myrtle Beach airport now South Carolina’s busiest airport

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The Myrtle Beach International Airport has been the busiest airport in South Carolina this summer.

The airport set a record for passenger traffic with more than 500,000 total passengers in July, WBTW-TV reported. That’s the highest monthly passenger count ever recorded at an airport in South Carolina’s history.

Total passenger traffic for July totaled nearly 550,000 — a 49% increase over July 2019, airport officials said.