PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Portland International Jetport is reporting its best third quarter ever.

The jetport released figures Thursday showing that 565,208 passengers passed through the facility in July, August and September of this year. That’s nearly 1.5 percent more than for the previous best third quarter, which was recorded in 2008.

But the jetport also says passenger figures to-date this year are down slightly from last year’s. However, officials are optimistic that the numbers will continue to rise as the year ends.

Jetport Director Paul Bradbury said the figures indicate that Portland continues to attract more passengers who once may have used either Boston’s Logan or Manchester airport in New Hampshire.