August 2009 - Monthly Statistics

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Airline passenger traffic in August at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2008. In August 2009, the passenger enplanements were 33,133. This is an increase of 15.3% when compared to the August 2008 passenger enplanements of 28,729.

August 2009 was the second busiest month ever on record.

Total passenger count for the month was 66,178, which is up 15.1% over the same period last year.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share
Delta Airlines/Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis & Salt Lake City	Airbus A319/310 DC9, E175, CRJ 200/900	43%
United Express	Chicago & Denver	CRJ200/700	30%
Allegiant Air	Las Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando & Los Angeles	MD-80	18%
Frontier Airlines	Denver	Q400	9%

There were 626 air carrier departures in the month of August with a daily average of 2,135 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	August 09	August 08	% Change	YTD2009	YTD2008	% Change
Total	66,178	57,511	15.1%	469,501	440,335	6.6%
Enplaned	33,133	28,729	15.3%	233,567	219,373	6.5%
Deplaned	33,045	28,782	14.8%	235,934	220,962	6.8%