It's been another record month at Newcastle Airport.
Almost 116,000 people travelled in and out of the Williamtown facility during October - an increase of 1.8 percent compared to the same time last year.
Travelling workers, the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, Rugby World Cup, Gold Coast Supercars and the precursor to last week's Newcastle 500 have all contributed to the record numbers.
The previous monthly record was set last year when just under 114,000 passengers passed through the terminal gates.
More records were set over the Supercars weekend as well, with a total of 21, 000 people passing through the facility.
CEO Dr. Peter Cock says the Newcastle 500 was a huge success for the airport.
"On the Friday we did our busiest day ever. We did 4823 passengers so that's an all-time record for us and at one stage on the Sunday, we had every single aircraft parking bay filled which is the first time that's ever happened at the airport. So, it was really great for us."
He says the team is hoping to break more records over the Christmas holidays and into next year.
"We're looking to break that record again. We're still growing, we're in 24 months of continuous growth but we just continually need the support of Hunter people. Don't drive to another airport, use your local airport."
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