Airline passenger traffic in May at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2007. In May 2008, the passenger enplanements were 27,252. This is an increase of 9.5% when compared to the May 2007 passenger enplanements of 24,894.

Total passenger count for the month was 54,335, which is up 9.7% over the same period last year.

This was the busiest May on record. The previous record for May was set in 1992 when American Airlines initiated service to Chicago.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share
Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis	Airbus A319/320, DC9, E175, CRJ200/900	53%
United Express	Chicago & Denver	CRJ200	31%
Allegiant Air	Las Vegas & Phoenix	MD-80	10%
Frontier Airlines	Denver	Q400	6%

There were 525 air carrier departures in the month of May with a daily average of 1,753 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	May 08	May 07	% Change	YTD2008	YTD2007	% Change
Total	54,335	49,518	9.7%	259,231	248,570	4.3%
Enplaned	27,252	24,984	9.5%	129,273	124,137	4.1%
Deplaned	27,083	24,624	10.0%	129,958	124,433	4.4%