Airline passenger traffic in May at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2005. In May 2006, the passenger enplanements were 25,103. This was an increase of 12.9% when compared to the May 2005 passenger enplanements of 22,243.

Total passenger count for the month was 50,577, which is up 14.1% over the same period last year.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share
Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis & Las Vegas	A319/320, DC9, RJ85 & CRJ200	65%
United Express	Chicago & Denver	CRJ200	31%
Allegiant Air	Las Vegas	MD-80	4%

There were 462 air carrier departures in the month of May with a daily average of 1,631 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	May 06	May 05	% Change	YTD2006	YTD2005	% Change
Total	50,577	44,333	14.1%	250,145	221,346	13.0%
Enplaned	25,103	22,243	12.9%	125,015	110,800	12.8%
Deplaned	25,474	22,090	15.3%	125,130	110,546	13.2%