Airline passenger traffic in January at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2008. In January 2009, the passenger enplanements were 26,532. This is an increase of 5.4% when compared to the January 2008 passenger enplanements of 25,176.

January 2009 was the busiest January on record in terms of enplaned and total passengers.

Total passenger count for the month was 51,606, which is up 6.6% over the same period last year.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share
Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis	Airbus A319/320, E175, CRJ200/900	48%
United Express	Chicago & Denver	CRJ200	25%
Allegiant Air	Las Vegas, Phoenix, & Orlando	MD-80	19%
Frontier Airlines	Denver	Q400	8%

There were 516 air carrier departures in the month of January with a daily average of 1,665 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	January 09	January 08	% Change	YTD2009	YTD2008	% Change
Total	51,606	48,413	6.6%	51,606	48,413	6.6%
Enplaned	26,532	25,176	5.4%	26,532	25,176	5.4%
Deplaned	25,074	23,237	7.9%	25,074	23,237	7.9%