Airline passenger traffic in January at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2005. In January 2006, the passenger enplanements were 24,501. This was an increase of 11.3% when compared to the January 2005 passenger enplanements of 22,010.

Total passenger count for the month was 47,590, which is up 11.5% over the same period last year.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share
Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis & Las Vegas	A319/320, DC9, RJ85 & CRJ200	67%
United Express	Chicago & Denver	CRJ200	28%
Allegiant Air	Las Vegas	MD-80	5%

There were 431 air carrier departures in the month of January with a daily average of 1,535 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	January 06	January 05	% Change	YTD2006	YTD2005	% Change
Total	47,590	42,669	11.5%	47,590	42,669	11.5%
Enplaned	24,501	22,010	11.3%	24,501	22,010	11.3%
Deplaned	23,089	20,659	11.8%	23,089	20,659	11.8%