At the close of 2009 air traffic began to pick up, and in 2009 Suvarnabhumi Airport recorded 40.5 million passengers, an INCREASE of 4.9% over the previous year. In January of this year 4 million passengers were recorded at Suvarnabhumi Airport, February continued the trend, and if it had continued for the remainder of the year, then the airport would have been well over its planned annual capacity