Airline passenger traffic in October at Hector International Airport showed a decrease as compared to the same month in 2010. In October 2011, the passenger enplanements were 27,216. This is a decrease of -3.3% when compared to the October 2010 passenger enplanements of 28,154.

Total passenger count for the month was 53,593, which is down -2.4% over the same period last year.

There were 573 air carrier departures in the month of October with a daily average of 1,729 passengers both arriving and departing.