Airline passenger traffic in August at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2005. In August 2006, the passenger enplanements were 26,770. This was an increase of 12.2% when compared to the August 2005 passenger enplanements of 23,851.

This was the busiest August ever on record at Hector International Airport. Total passenger count for the month was 53,122, which is up 11.7% over the same period last year.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share
Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis & Las Vegas	A319/320, DC9, RJ85 & CRJ200	54%
United Express	Chicago & Denver	CRJ200	33%
Allegiant Air	Las Vegas	MD-80	6%
Delta Connection	Salt Lake City	CRJ200	7%

There were 546 air carrier departures in the month of August with a daily average of 1,714 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	August 06	August 05	% Change	YTD2006	YTD2005	% Change
Total	53,122	47,548	11.7%	417,121	370,512	12.6%
Enplaned	26,770	23,851	12.2%	208,079	184,839	12.6%
Deplaned	26,352	23,697	11.2%	209,042	185,673	12.6%