March 2005 - Monthly Statistics

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Airline passenger traffic in March at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2004. In March 2005, the passenger enplanements were 23,678. This was an increase of 5.3% when compared to the March 2004 passenger enplanements of 22,479.

Total passenger count for the month was 48,925, which is up 6.2% over the same period last year.

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

There were 443 air carrier departures in the month of March with a daily average of 1,578 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	March 06	March 05	% Change	YTD2005	YTD2004	% Change
Total	48,925	46,075	6.2%	135,477	124,714	8.6%
Enplaned	23,678	22,479	5.3%	68,070	63,245	7.6%
Deplaned	25,247	23,596	7.0%	67,407	61,469	9.7%