| MONTHLY STATISTICS - August 2009 |
2nd BUSIEST MONTH ON RECORD
Airline passenger traffic in August at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2008. In August 2009, the passenger enplanements were 33,133. This is an increase of 15.3% when compared to the August 2008 passenger enplanements of 28,729.
Total passenger count for the month was 66,178, which is up 15.1% over the same period last year.
| Airline | City | Aircraft | Market Share |
|
Northwest Airlines/ Delta Air Lines |
Minneapolis & Salt Lake City |
Airbus A319/320, DC9, EMB-175, CRJ900 & CRJ200 |
43% |
| United Express | Chicago & Denver | Canadair CRJ200 & CRJ700 | 30% |
| Allegiant Air |
Las Vegas, Phoenix/Mesa, Orlando-Sanford* & Los Angeles |
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 18% |
| Frontier Airlines | Denver | Bombardier Q400 | 9% |
| * Allegiant Air seasonally suspended Orlando-Sanford service Aug. 24. Service will be reinstated on Oct. 15 | |||
There were 626 air carrier departures in the month of August and a daily average of 2,135 passengers both arriving and departing.
| Aug 09 | Aug 08 | % Change | YTD2009 | YTD2008 | % Change | |
Total Passengers |
66,178 | 57,511 | 15.1% | 469,501 | 440,335 | 6.6% |
Enplaned Passengers |
33,133 | 28,729 | 15.3% | 233,567 | 219,373 | 6.5% |
Deplaned Passengers |
33,045 | 28,782 | 14.8% | 235,934 | 220,962 | 6.8% |