Airline passenger traffic in October at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2007. In October 2008, the passenger enplanements were 26,908. This is an increase of 12.7% when compared to the October 2007 passenger enplanements of 25,080.

Total passenger count for the month was 53,313, which is up 12.9% over the same period last year.

This was the busiest October on record in terms of total passengers.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share
Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis	Airbus A319/320, E175, CRJ200/900	49%
United Express	Chicago & Denver	CRJ200	32%
Allegiant Air	Las Vegas & Phoenix	MD-80	10%
Frontier Airlines	Denver	Q400	9%

There were 538 air carrier departures in the month of October with a daily average of 1,720 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	October 08	October 07	% Change	YTD2008	YTD2007	% Change
Total	53,313	47,205	12.9%	543,337	499,265	8.8%
Enplaned	26,908	23,779	13.2%	271,183	248,057	9.3%
Deplaned	26,405	23,426	12.7%	272,154	251,208	8.3%