Busiest First Quarter on Record

Airline passenger traffic in March at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2007. In March 2008, the passenger enplanements were 27,338. This is an increase of 3.3% when compared to the March 2007 passenger enplanements of 26,454.

Total passenger count for the month was 57,374, which is up 4.8% over the same period last year.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share
Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis	Airbus A319/320, DC9, & CRJ200/900	51%
United Express	Chicago & Denver	CRJ200	26%
Allegiant Air	Las Vegas & Phoenix	MD-80	20%
Delta Connection	Salt Lake City	CRJ200	3%

There were 496 air carrier departures in the month of March with a daily average of 1,851 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	March 08	March 07	% Change	YTD2008	YTD2007	% Change
Total	57,374	54,743	4.8%	158,158	153,395	3.1%
Enplaned	27,338	26,454	3.3%	79,287	77,085	2.9%
Deplaned	30,036	28,286	6.2%	78,871	76,310	3.4%