Airline passenger traffic in July at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2005. In July 2006, the passenger enplanements were 30,210. This was an increase of 14.8% when compared to the July 2005 passenger enplanements of 26,309.

This was the busiest July ever on record at Hector International Airport. Total passenger count for the month was 59,424, which is up 13.9% over the same period last year.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share
Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis & Las Vegas	A319/320, DC9, RJ85 & CRJ200	54%
United Express	Chicago & Denver	CRJ200	33%
Allegiant Air	Las Vegas	MD-80	6%
Delta Connection	Salt Lake City	CRJ200	7%

There were 546 air carrier departures in the month of July with a daily average of 1,714 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	July 06	July 05	% Change	YTD2006	YTD2005	% Change
Total	59,424	52,193	13.9%	363,999	362,964	12.7%
Enplaned	30,210	26,309	14.8%	181,309	160,988	12.6%
Deplaned	29,214	25,884	12.9%	182,690	161,976	12.8%