December 2012 – Monthly and Annual Statistics
ALL TIME ANNUAL PASSENGER RECORD SET IN 2012
– 2012 was the busiest year in the airport’s history.
– 2012 annual passenger enplanements, deplanements and total passengers broke the previous record set in 2010.
– 6,849 total air carrier departures in 2012 or 19 average daily.
Airline passenger traffic in December at Hector International Airport showed a slight decrease as compared to the same month in 2011. In December 2012, the passenger enplanements were 31,281. This is a decrease of -0.7% when compared to the December 2011 passenger enplanements of 31,505.
Total passenger count for the month was 60,767, which is up 0.3% over the same period last year.
| Airline | City | Aircraft | Market Share |
Enplanement Change From December 2011 |
| Delta | Minneapolis & Salt Lake City | A320/319, MD88, E175, CRJ 200/700/900 | 41% | -3.7% |
| United | Chicago & Denver | CRJ200 & EMB145 | 25% | -2.5% |
| Allegiant | Las Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando & Los Angeles | MD-80 | 19% | -14.2% |
| Frontier | Denver | A319 | 5% | 6.5% |
| American | Chicago | EMB145 | 10% | n/a |
There were 547 air carrier departures in the month of December with a daily average of 1,960 passengers both arriving and departing.
| Passengers | December 12 | December 11 | % Change | YTD2012 | YTD2011 | % Change |
| Total | 60,787 | 60,609 | 0.3% | 728,799 | 699,549 | 4.2% |
| Enplaned | 31,281 | 31,505 | -0.7% | 364,727 | 350,458 | 4.1% |
| Deplaned | 29,506 | 29,104 | 1.4% | 364,072 | 349,091 | 4.3% |
Year End 2012 Summary
Airline passenger traffic in 2012 at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to 2011. In 2012, the total passenger enplanements were 364,727. This is an increase of 4.1% when compared to 2011 passenger enplanements of 350,458.
The previous passenger enplanement record was set in 2010. In 2010 there were 363,138 enplaned passengers and 724,941 total passengers.
Total passenger count for the year was 728,799, which is up 4.2% over 2011 which had 699,549 total passengers.
| Market Share | |||
| Airline | City | 2012 | Change From 2011 |
| Delta Air Lines | Minneapolis & Salt Lake City | 45% | -1% |
| United Express | Chicago & Denver | 24% | -1% |
| Allegiant Air | Las Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando & Los Angeles | 21% | 1% |
| Frontier Airlines | Denver | 1% | n/a |
| American Eagle | Chicago | 9% | 0% |
There were 6,849 air carrier departures in 2012 with a daily average of 2,047 passengers both arriving and departing daily.