By Bill Michelmore In less than a year, sleepy little Niagara Falls International Airport has seen more passenger service than in all of its 80 years combined. Years of moribund existence seem to have evaporated like a trail of fuel vapor.

By Sharon Linstedt, The Buffalo News, N.Y. Jan. 24--The Buffalo Niagara International Airport had another record-breaking year in 2007, with the passenger count soaring to 5.3 million fliers.

By Sharon Linstedt, The Buffalo News, N.Y. Jan. 24--The Buffalo Niagara International Airport had another recordbreaking year in 2007, with the passenger count soaring to 5.3 million fliers.

By Sharon Linstedt Soaring passenger counts at Buffalo Niagara International Airport are starting to put a strain on airport parking operations. And the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority is undertaking a study aimed at alleviating the parking crunch in both the short and long term.

By Sharon Linstedt On Dec. 27 the Buffalo Niagara International Airport counted the 5 millionth passenger to walk through its gates in 2006, marking the first time the airport has reached that flier milestone in a single calendar year.