CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is lowering its passenger forecast for 2025 due in part to a lackluster summer travel season.

Airport officials now forecast that Hopkins will welcome 10.1 million passengers in 2025 – down slightly from a year ago and a decrease of 2.9% from a previously predicted 10.4 million.

Through August, Cleveland Hopkins has welcomed 6.8 million passengers, down 1.6% from the same period in 2024.

The airport Monday reported that Hopkins welcomed 925,425 passengers in August, up 1.7% over the same period a year ago.

The uptick in August marks the first month since March where passenger numbers have increased compared to a year ago.

In 2024, Cleveland Hopkins welcomed 10.17 million passengers – the most since 2008, when Hopkins was a hu

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