December 2005 – Monthly and Annual Statistics
Posted January 9, 2006
ALL TIME ANNUAL PASSENGER RECORD SET IN 2005
Airline passenger traffic in December at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to the same month in 2005. In December 2005, the passenger enplanements were 25,384. This is an increase of 10.8% when compared to the December 2005 passenger enplanements of 22,914.
Total passenger count for the month was 50,105, which is up 14.9% over the same period last year.
Passenger enplanements for 2005 in comparison from 2003 to 1996 were 15.4%, 18.1%, 45.5%, 33.2%, 31.4%, 38.0%, 52.5% and 50.7% respectively.
| Airline | City | Aircraft | Market Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Airlines | Minneapolis & Las Vegas | Airbus A319/320, DC9, E175, CRJ200 | 68% |
| United Express | Chicago & Denver | CRJ200/700 | 27% |
| Allegiant Air | Las Vegas | MD-80 | 5% |
There were 444 air carrier departures in the month of December with a daily average of 1,647 passengers both arriving and departing.
| Passengers | December 05 | December 04 | % Change | YTD2005 | YTD2004 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 50,105 | 43,615 | 14.9% | 549,209 | 506,650 | 8.4% |
| Enplaned | 25,384 | 22,914 | 10.8% | 275,200 | 256,004 | 7.5% |
| Deplaned | 24,721 | 20,701 | 19.4% | 274,009 | 250,646 | 9.3% |