July 2009 - Monthly Statistics

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BUSIEST MONTH ON RECORD

Airline passenger traffic in July at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2008. In July 2009, the passenger enplanements were 36,072. This is an increase of 11.4% when compared to the July 2008 passenger enplanements of 32,385.

Total passenger count for the month was 71,371, which is up 11.3% over the same period last year. The previous record was set in July 2008.

Hector International Airport had the highest number of enplaned, deplaned and total passengers in its history.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share
Delta Airlines/Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis & Salt Lake City	Airbus A319/310 DC9, E175, CRJ 200/900	44%
United Express	Chicago & Denver	CRJ200/700	29%
Allegiant Air	Las Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando & Los Angeles	MD-80	19%
Frontier Airlines	Denver	Q400	9%

There were 656 air carrier departures in the month of July with a daily average of 2,302 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	July 09	July 08	% Change	YTD2009	YTD2008	% Change
Total	71,371	64,137	11.3%	403,323	382,824	5.4%
Enplaned	36,072	32,385	11.4%	200,434	190,644	5.1%
Deplaned	35,299	31,752	11.2%	202,889	192,180	5.6%