Total annual passenger enplanements broke the previous record set last year.  Total passenger enplanements were 305,218, which is up 10.9%.

Airline passenger traffic in December at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2005.  In December 2006 the passenger enplanements were 25,524.  This is an increase of 0.6% when compared to the December 2005 passenger enplanements of 25,384.  Total passenger count for the month was 51,054, which is up 11.0% over the same period last year.

In December 2006, 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 two daily flights 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 61% of the market share, United Express at 30% Delta Connection at 4% and Allegiant Air at 5% with a daily average of 1,647 passengers both arriving and departing.