Newark Liberty International Airport is among the New York-area airports to set a record for the most passenger traffic last year.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey -- which operates Newark, JFK, LaGuardia and Stewart airports -- said in a statement that Newark Liberty had more than 43 million passengers in 2017.

In addition, the four Port Authority-operated airports set various records for total passenger traffic for the sixth straight year, totaling more than 132 million passengers who used those facilities in 2017 -- a 2.2 percent increase over the record in 2016.

"Our airports continue to see robust and sustained growth, underscoring the importance of the agency's goals of developing world-class airports, while creating thousands of jobs," said Port Authority Aviation Director Huntley A. Lawrence in the statement.

The following are the passenger records broken by the four New York airports:

Systemwide -- most international passengers, 47.6 million

Systemwide -- most domestic passengers, 85 million

JFK International Airport -- most total passengers, 59.4 million

Newark Liberty International Airport -- most total passengers, 43 million

LaGuardia Airport -- most international passengers, 2.1 million

Stewart International Airport -- most international passengers,141,000

The Port Authority said that the increase in passenger traffic has fueled economic growth in the region with around 4,000 additional jobs and $700 million in economic benefits.

The Port Authority is also investing 11.6 billion to modernize and improve its airports, including new terminals, infrastructure and critical repairs over the next 10 years, officials said.

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