Airline passenger traffic in June at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2007. In June 2008, the passenger enplanements were 28,986. This is an increase of 16.9% when compared to the June 2007 passenger enplanements of 24,797.

Total passenger count for the month was 59,456, which is up 14.4% over the same period last year.

This was the busiest June on record in terms of enplaned passengers and the busiest month ever in terms of total passengers.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share
Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis	Airbus A319/320, DC9, E175, CRJ200/900	48%
United Express	Chicago & Denver	CRJ200	31%
Allegiant Air	Las Vegas & Phoenix	MD-80	10%
Frontier Airlines	Denver	Q400	11%

There were 527 air carrier departures in the month of June with a daily average of 1,982 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	June 08	June 07	% Change	YTD2008	YTD2007	% Change
Total	59,456	51,978	14.4%	318,687	300,548	6.0%
Enplaned	28,986	24,797	16.9%	158,259	148,934	6.3%
Deplaned	30,470	27,181	12.1%	160,428	151,614	5.8%