After some early-year turbulence, passengers counts at Cherry Capital Airport for the first half of the year caught up and exceeded 2025’s record travel numbers. That puts the airport 1.6% ahead of last year’s record travel pace that totaled 935,816, the third-highest total among Michigan airports. Travel numbers were lagging behind last year’s record totals for much of the year. “We’re pretty much on track with last year’s numbers,” Klein says. Klein expects travel numbers to remain strong through the summer based on advanced bookings for August.