December 2022 & Year-End Statistics
Hector International Airport’s airline passenger traffic in December showed an increase when compared to the same month in 2021. In December 2022, the passenger enplanements were 43,610. This is an increase of 9% when compared to the December 2021 passenger enplanements of 39,913.
The total passenger count for the month was 84,200, which is up 8% over the same period last year.
There were 594 air carrier departures with an average of 91 seats per flight in December and an average of 2,716 total daily passengers.
| City | Aircraft | Market Share | Enplanement Change from December 2022 | |||
| Delta | Minneapolis | A321, B739, E175 & CR9 | 27% | 4% | ||
| United | Chicago & Denver | CRJ2/7 & E175 | 21% | 34% | ||
| Allegiant | Las Vegas, Nashville, Orlando-Sanford, Phoenix, & Tampa | A319/320 | 27% | 14% | ||
| American | Chicago, Dallas & Phoenix | E145 & CR9 | 20% | -7% | ||
| Frontier | Denver & Orlando | A320 | 5% | 2% | ||
| Passengers | December 2022 | December 2021 | % Change | YTD 2022 | YTD 2021 | % Change |
| Total | 84,200 | 77,646 | 8% | 908,075 | 796,675 | 14% |
| Enplaned | 43,610 | 39,913 | 9% | 455,512 | 399,172 | 14% |
| Deplaned | 40,590 | 37,733 | 8% | 452,563 | 397,503 | 14% |
Year-End 2022 Summary – 2nd Busiest Year on Record
Airline passenger traffic in 2022 at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to 2021. In 2022, the total passenger enplanements were 455,512. This is an increase of 14% when compared to the 2021 passenger enplanements of 399,172. This is the second busiest year on record after 2019 with 471,333 enplaned passengers.
The total passenger count for the year was 908,075, which is up 14% over 2021 which had 796,675 total passengers.
Hector Airport had 6,218 air carrier landings in 2022 that averaged 87 seats per flight and averaged an 84% load factor.
| Airline | City | Market Share | Change from 2021 | |
| Delta | Minneapolis | 31% | -6% | |
| United | Chicago & Denver | 22% | -2% | |
| Allegiant | Las Vegas, Los Angeles*, Nashville, Orlando*, Phoenix & Tampa* | 23% | 4% | |
| American | Chicago, Dallas & Phoenix* | 19% | 5% | |
| Frontier | Denver & Orlando* | 6% | -1% | |
| * denotes seasonal service |
Air Cargo 2022 Summary
In 2022, 6,046 air cargo aircraft landed with a total landed weight of 409,949,060 pounds. This compares to 2021 of 6,243 air cargo aircraft landed with a total landed weight of 420,371,732 pounds. 2022 had a -2.5% decrease over the previous year. This decrease follows a national air cargo trend.
AIR TRAFFIC 2022 SUMMARY
Air traffic operations showed a decrease in 2022 over the previous year. In 2022, there were 84,880 total operations compared to 92,980 in 2021. This is a decrease of -8.7%.
Total annual air traffic operations equate to over 233 landings and departures every day.