October 2009 - Monthly Statistics

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Airline passenger traffic in October at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2008. In October 2009, the passenger enplanements were 29,891. This is an increase of 11.1% when compared to the October 2008 passenger enplanements of 26,908.

October 2009 was the busiest October on record.

Total passenger count for the month was 59,145, which is up 10.9% over the same period last year.

Airline	City	Aircraft	Market Share
Delta Airlines/Northwest Airlines	Minneapolis & Salt Lake City	DC9, E175, CRJ 200/900	46%
United Express	Chicago & Denver	CRJ200	29%
Allegiant Air	Las Vegas, Phoenix, Orlando & Los Angeles	MD-80	16%
Frontier Airlines	Denver	Q400	9%

There were 533 air carrier departures in the month of October with a daily average of 1,908 passengers both arriving and departing.

Passengers	October 09	October 08	% Change	YTD2009	YTD2008	% Change
Total	59,145	53,313	10.9%	583,996	543,337	7.5%
Enplaned	29,891	26,908	11.1%	291,455	271,183	7.5%
Deplaned	29,254	26,405	10.8%	292,541	272,154	7.5%