- 2023 was officially the busiest on record for airline passenger traffic at Durango-La Plata County Airport, with 431,828 passengers corresponding to an 8.7% increase over the prior record set in 2021.
- Total airline traffic was also a significant 17.7% higher than passenger traffic in 2022.
- Record passenger traffic comes as construction on the first phase of the terminal development program at DRO moves towards completion in 2024.