October 2024 – Monthly Statistics
(..and Another) ALL-TIME PASSENGER ENPLANEMENT RECORD
Hector International Airport’s airline passenger traffic in October showed an increase when compared to the same month in 2023. In October 2024, the passenger enplanements were 48,627. This is an increase of 12.2% when compared to the October 2023 passenger enplanements of 43,332.
This is the third All-Time enplanement record set this year. July (48,344 enplanements) was the first record set and August (48,514 enplanements) was the most recent. October 2024 is the 7th month in a row of monthly record enplanements.
The total passenger count for the month was 95,275, which is up 11% over the same period last year.
There were 613 air carrier departures with an average of 93 seats per flight in October and an average of 3,073 total daily passengers.
| City | Aircraft | Market Share | Enplanement Change from October 2023 | |||
| Delta | Minneapolis | A320, B739, E175 & CR9 | 30% | -3% | ||
| United | Chicago & Denver | A320/19, E175 & CRJ2 | 24% | 18% | ||
| Allegiant | Las Vegas, Nashville, & Phoenix | A319/320 | 17% | -2% | ||
| American | Chicago & Dallas | E175 & CRJ2 | 21% | 26% | ||
| Frontier | Denver | A320/21 | 8% | 95% | ||
| Passengers | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | % Change | YTD 2024 | YTD 2023 | % Change |
| Total | 95,275 | 85,513 | 11% | 905,621 | 860,650 | 5% |
| Enplaned | 48,627 | 43,332 | 12% | 451,293 | 428,145 | 5% |
| Deplaned | 46,648 | 42,181 | 11% | 454,328 | 432,505 | 5% |