Last Looks At 2025: The Year's Most Eye-Popping Numbers, From Airport Traffic To Food Insecurity
By Craig Manning | Jan. 1, 2026
From airport traffic to food insecurity, 2025 was a year of record-breaking, eye-popping numbers across northern Michigan. The Ticker touched base with a smattering of local organizations for our annual year-in-numbers breakdown.
The airport
885,499: Total passengers recorded at TVC – in terms of enplanements and deplanements – between January 1 and November 30. By itself, that 11-month total is enough to topple last year’s total by 20 percent – a sizable feat, given that 2024’s 12-month tally of 787,114 passengers was itself a record-breaker.
56,858: TVC’s anticipated passenger count for December 2025, according to Autumn MacClaren, director of air service development and marketing. That number would bring TVC’s …
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