December 2023 & Year-End Statistics
BUSIEST YEAR ON RECORD – HECTOR BREAKS THE 1 MILLION TOTAL PASSENGER MARK
Hector International Airport’s airline passenger traffic in December showed an increase when compared to the same month in 2022. In December 2023, the passenger enplanements were 45,655. This is an increase of 5% when compared to the December 2022 passenger enplanements of 43,610. 2019 still holds the December busiest record with a record 46,021 passengers.
The total passenger count for the month was 89,289, which is up 7% over the same period last year.
There were 529 air carrier departures with an average of 100 seats per flight in December and an average of 2,880 total daily passengers.
| City | Aircraft | Market Share | Enplanement Change from December 2023 | |||
| Delta | Minneapolis | B739, A320/19, E175 & CR9 | 31% | 20% | ||
| United | Chicago & Denver | CRJ2/7 & E175 | 21% | 4% | ||
| Allegiant | Las Vegas, Nashville, Orlando-Sanford, Phoenix, & Tampa | A319/320 | 24% | -6% | ||
| American | Chicago, Dallas & Phoenix | E175 | 20% | -4% | ||
| Frontier | Denver | A320 | 4% | -27% | ||
| Passengers | December 2023 | December 2022 | % Change | YTD 2023 | YTD 2022 | % Change |
| Total | 89,289 | 84,200 | 6% | 1,032,497 | 908,075 | 14% |
| Enplaned | 45,655 | 43,610 | 5% | 516,071 | 455,512 | 13% |
| Deplaned | 43,634 | 40,590 | 7% | 516,426 | 452,563 | 14% |
Year-End 2023 Summary – Busiest Year on Record
Airline passenger traffic in 2023 at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to 2022. In 2023, the total passenger enplanements were 516,071. This is an increase of 13% when compared to the 2022 passenger enplanements of 455,512. This is the busiest year on record after 2019 with 471,333 enplaned passengers.
The total passenger count for the year was 1,032,497, which is up 14% over 2022 which had 908,075 total passengers.
Hector Airport had 6,375 air carrier landings in 2023 that averaged 95 seats per flight and averaged an 85% load factor.
| Airline | City | Market Share | Change from 2022 | |
| Delta | Minneapolis | 31% | 13% | |
| United | Chicago & Denver | 24% | 24% | |
| Allegiant | Las Vegas, Nashville, Orlando*, Phoenix & Tampa* | 22% | 7% | |
| American | Chicago, Dallas & Phoenix* | 18% | 13% | |
| Frontier | Denver & Orlando* | 5% | -1% | |
| * denotes seasonal service |
Air Cargo 2023 Summary
In 2023, 6,046 air cargo aircraft landed with a total landed weight of 406,090,395 pounds. This compares to 2022 of 6,243 air cargo aircraft landed with a total landed weight of 409,949,060 pounds. 2023 had a -0.9% decrease over the previous year. This decrease follows a national air cargo trend.
AIR TRAFFIC 2023 SUMMARY
Air traffic operations showed a slight decrease in 2023 over the previous year. In 2023, there were 84,397 total operations compared to 84,880 in 2022. This is a decrease of -0.6%.
Total annual air traffic operations equate to over 231 landings and departures every day.