December 2002 – Monthly and Annual Statistics

Posted January 20, 2003

Airline passenger traffic in December at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2001. In December 2002, the passenger enplanements were 21,497. This is an increase of 23.2% when compared to the December 2001 passenger enplanements of 17,447.

Total passenger count for the month was 43,082, which is up 22.1% over the same period last year.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share
Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis	Airbus A319/320, DC9, & RJ85	70%
United Express	Chicago & Denver	CRJ200	30%

There were 438 air carrier departures in the month of December with a daily average of 1,390 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	December 02	December 01	% Change	YTD2002	YTD2001	% Change
Total	43,082	35,273	22.1%	459,583	434,332	5.8%
Enplaned	21,497	17,447	23.2%	230,405	217,979	5.7%
Deplaned	21,585	17,826	21.1%	229,178	216,353	5.9%