Airline passenger traffic in June at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2004.  In June 2005 the passenger enplanements were 23,879.  This is an increase of 4.0% when compared to the June 2004 passenger enplanements of 22,969.  Total passenger count for the month was 49,425, which is up 5.43% over the same period last year.  Passenger enplanements for 2005 in comparison from 2003 back to 1996 were 15.7%, 21.1%, 22.4%, 21.9%, 25.7%, 41.3%, 68.4% and 23.6% respectively.  

June 2005 was the busiest June on record and eight of the previous nine months have also been the busiest on record.

In June 2005, Northwest Airlines operated eight daily flights to Minneapolis with Airbus 319/320, DC-9, and RJ85 aircraft.  United Express had three daily flights to Chicago and four daily flights to Denver with the CRJ aircraft.

Total aircraft operations increased in June 2005 as compared to the same month in 2004.  In June 2005, the total aircraft operations (take-off and landings) were 6,967.  This is an increase of 13.5% when compared to the June 2004 total aircraft operations count of 6,139.  General aviation activity accounted for 64% of the total aircraft operations; air carrier activity accounted for 28% and military activity accounted for 8%.