Airline passenger traffic in February at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2005. In February 2006, the passenger enplanements were 24,534. This was an increase of 9.6% when compared to the February 2005 passenger enplanements of 22,382.

This was the busiest February ever at Hector International Airport. Total passenger count for the month was 48,709, which is up 11.0% over the same period last year.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share
Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis & Las Vegas	A319/320, DC9, RJ85 & CRJ200	68%
United Express	Chicago & Denver	CRJ200	27%
Allegiant Air	Las Vegas	MD-80	5%

There were 389 air carrier departures in the month of February with a daily average of 1,739 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	February 06	February 05	% Change	YTD2006	YTD2005	% Change
Total	48,709	43,883	11.0%	96,299	86,552	11.3%
Enplaned	24,534	22,382	9.6%	49,035	44,392	10.5%
Deplaned	24,175	21,501	12.4%	47,264	42,160	12.1%