RECORD MAY FOR PASSENGERS

Hector International Airport’s airline passenger traffic in May showed an increase when compared to the same month in 2025.  In May 2026, the passenger enplanements were 49,603. This is an increase of 3% when compared to the May 2025 passenger enplanements of 47,983.

The total passenger count for the month was 102,836 which is up 6% over the same period last year.

There were 689 air carrier departures with an average of 92 seats per flight in May and an average of 3,317 total daily passengers.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share	Enplanement Change from May 2025
Delta	Minneapolis & Atlanta	B739/8, E175 & CRJ9/7	34%	13%
United	Chicago & Denver	B738, A320/19, E175 & CRJ7/2	22%	-12%
Allegiant	Las Vegas, Nashville, Orlando, Phoenix & Tampa	B73M, A320/19	17%	13%
American	Chicago, Dallas & Phoenix	E175	24%	2%
Frontier	Denver	A321/20	3%	-8%

Passengers	May 2026	May 2025	% Change	YTD 2026	YTD 2025	% Change
Total	102,836	97,193	6%	515,192	500,132	3%
Enplaned	49,603	47,983	3%	254,001	247,622	3%
Deplaned	53,233	49,210	8%	261,191	252,510	3%