Airline passenger traffic in April at Hector International Airport showed a decrease as compared to the same month in 2006.  In April 2007, the passenger enplanements were 22,158.  This is a decrease of 3.2% when compared to the April 2006 passenger enplanements of 22,901.  Total passenger count for the month was 45,657, which is down 0.3% over the same period last year.

In April 2007, Northwest Airlines operated eight daily flights to Minneapolis with Airbus 319/320, DC-9, and CRJ aircraft.  United Express operated four daily flights to Chicago and four daily flights to Denver with the Canadair CRJ aircraft.  Delta Connection operated one daily flight to Salt Lake City with the Canadair CRJ aircraft.  Allegiant Air operates two-weekly flights to Las Vegas utilizing the 150-seat McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft.

Northwest Airlines had 58% of the market share, United Express at 32% Delta Connection at 3% and Allegiant Air at 7% with a daily average of 1,522 passengers both arriving and departing.