Airline passenger traffic in September at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2005. In September 2006, the passenger enplanements were 22,675. This was an increase of 8.7% when compared to the September 2005 passenger enplanements of 20,854.

This was the busiest September ever on record at Hector International Airport. Total passenger count for the month was 44,688, which is up 8.2% 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	33%
Allegiant Air	Las Vegas	MD-80	4%
Delta Connection	Salt Lake City	CRJ200	5%

There were 507 air carrier departures in the month of September with a daily average of 1,490 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	September 06	September 05	% Change	YTD2006	YTD2005	% Change
Total	44,688	41,318	8.2%	461,809	411,830	12.1%
Enplaned	22,675	20,854	8.7%	230,754	205,693	12.2%
Deplaned	22,013	20,464	7.6%	231,055	206,137	12.1%