The tragic crash involving a US Army helicopter and United Airlines plane in Washington DC is raising questions about the safety of military training exercises near civilian airports, including here in Jacksonville.

Jacksonville International Airport had its busiest year in 2024, breaking its record in passenger traffic with more than 7.6 million passengers flying through the airport, according to a news release.

JIA officials announced Wednesday that JIA broke records again as more than 7.6 million travelers passed through the airport in 2024. That’s up from the 7.45 million passengers who used the airport in 2023. The 2024 figure is a 2.4% increase over the 2023 number which also was the record for visitors at the time.

More than 7.6 million passengers use the airport, a 2.8% increase over 2023, the previous top year for traffic.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) closed Tuesday at 8 p.m. due to the incoming winter storm, the airport announced in a post on X Tuesday afternoon. The airport said it will close following its last departure, which will be "at approximately 8 p.m." Tuesday.

Jacksonville International Airport will close Tuesday night as severe winter weather moves in, an airport spokesperson said.

Jacksonville International Airport (JIA) is back open after being closed from 8 p.m. Tuesday night until noon Wednesday because of winter storm conditions.

The Jacksonville International Airport reopened Wednesday at noon after the winter storm prompted its closure Tuesday evening.

For the first time in more than a third of a century, Jacksonville International Airport recorded measurable snow on Wednesday.

Just how much snow & freezing rain fell in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia? A look inside the numbers from the Jacksonville-area winter storm.

Officials have transitioned to a "recovery effort" to find the bodies of the 67 people believed to have died in the crash near Reagan Airport near DC.

A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while preparing to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D