March 2006 - Monthly Statistics

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ALL TIME ENPLANEMENT AND TOTAL PASSENGER RECORD

Airline passenger traffic in March at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2005. In March 2006, the passenger enplanements were 27,976. This was an increase of 18.2% when compared to the March 2005 passenger enplanements of 25,247.

This was the busiest month ever at Hector International Airport. Total passenger count for the month was 56,627, which is up 15.7% over the same period last year.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share
Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis & Las Vegas	A319/320, DC9, RJ85 & CRJ200	65%
United Express	Chicago & Denver	CRJ200	27%
Allegiant Air	Las Vegas	MD-80	8%

There were 444 air carrier departures in the month of March with a daily average of 1,826 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	March 06	March 05	% Change	YTD2006	YTD2005	% Change
Total	56,627	48,925	15.7%	152,926	135,477	12.9%
Enplaned	27,976	23,678	18.2%	77,011	68,070	13.1%
Deplaned	28,651	25,247	13.5%	75,915	67,407	12.6%