Airline passenger traffic in October at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2005. In October 2006, the passenger enplanements were 24,940. This was an increase of 9.7% when compared to the October 2005 passenger enplanements of 22,731.

This was the busiest October ever on record at Hector International Airport. Total passenger count for the month was 49,814, which is up 11.1% over the same period last year.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share
Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis & Las Vegas	A319/320, DC9, RJ85 & CRJ200	58%
United Express	Chicago & Denver	CRJ200	32%
Allegiant Air	Las Vegas	MD-80	4%
Delta Connection	Salt Lake City	CRJ200	6%

There were 522 air carrier departures in the month of October with a daily average of 1,607 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	October 06	October 05	% Change	YTD2006	YTD2005	% Change
Total	49,814	44,823	11.1%	511,623	456,653	12.0%
Enplaned	24,940	22,731	9.7%	255,694	228,424	11.9%
Deplaned	24,874	22,092	12.6%	255,929	228,229	12.1%