December 2003 - Monthly and Annual Statistics

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Airline passenger traffic in December at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2003. In December 2004, the passenger enplanements were 22,914. This is an increase of 3.9% when compared to the December 2003 passenger enplanements of 22,045.

Total passenger count for the month was 45,499, which is up 4.0% over the same period last year.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share
Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis	Airbus A319/320, DC9, RJ85 & Saab 340	70%
United Express	Chicago & Denver	CRJ200 & BAE146	30%

There were 442 air carrier departures in the month of December with a daily average of 1,468 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	December 03	December 02	% Change	YTD2003	YTD2002	% Change
Total	45,499	43,752	4.0%	508,534	484,068	5.1%
Enplaned	22,914	22,045	3.9%	256,004	243,097	5.3%
Deplaned	22,585	21,707	4.0%	252,530	240,971	4.8%