RECORD OCTOBER FOR PASSENGERS

Hector International Airport’s airline passenger traffic in October showed an increase when compared to the same month in 2024. In October 2025, the passenger enplanements were 50,846. This is an increase of 5% when compared to the October 2024 passenger enplanements of 48,627. The previous record October was set in 2024.

This is the 19th consecutive month of record enplanements on record at Hector.

The total passenger count for the month was 99,884 which is up 5% over the same period last year.

There were 670 air carrier departures with an average of 91 seats per flight in October and an average of 3,222 total daily passengers.

Airline	City		Aircraft		Market Share	Enplanement Change from Oct 2024
Delta	Minneapolis		B739, A319/20/21, E175 & CR9		30%	5%
United	Chicago & Denver		A319/20, E175 & CRJ2/7		26%	17%
Allegiant	Las Vegas, Nashville, & Phoenix		A320 & A319		15%	-4%
American	Chicago & Dallas		E175		23%	15%
Frontier	Denver		A320		5%	-37%

Passengers	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	% Change	YTD 2025	YTD 2024	% Change
Total	99,884	95,275	5%	998,798	905,621	10%
Enplaned	50,846	48,627	5%	497,499	451,293	10%
Deplaned	49,038	46,648	5%	501,299	454,328	10%