Airline passenger traffic in April at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2005. In April 2006, the passenger enplanements were 22,895. This was an increase of 11.8% when compared to the April 2005 passenger enplanements of 20,487.

This was the busiest April ever at Hector International Airport. Total passenger count for the month was 46,636, which is up 12.3% over the same period last year.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share
Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis & Las Vegas	A319/320, DC9, RJ85 & CRJ200	66%
United Express	Chicago & Denver	CRJ200	27%
Allegiant Air	Las Vegas	MD-80	7%

There were 420 air carrier departures in the month of April with a daily average of 1,554 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	April 06	April 05	% Change	YTD2006	YTD2005	% Change
Total	46,636	41,536	12.3%	199,562	177,013	12.7%
Enplaned	22,895	20,487	11.8%	99,906	88,557	12.8%
Deplaned	23,741	21,049	12.8%	99,656	88,456	12.7%