Hector International Airport - Municipal Airport Authority
01/10/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/10/2025 16:29
December 2024 & Year-End Statistics
December 2024 & Year-End Statistics
Posted January 10, 2025
ANOTHER ALL-TIME MONTHLY ENPLANEMENT RECORD SET - 4TH ALL-TIME SET IN 2024
BUSIEST YEAR ON RECORD
Hector International Airport's airline passenger traffic in December showed an increase when compared to the same month in 2023 In December 2024, the passenger enplanements were 50,400. This is an increase of 10% when compared to the December 2023 passenger enplanements of 45,655.
The total passenger count for the month was 98,882, which is up 11% over the same period last year.
There were 630 air carrier departures with an average of 95 seats per flight in December and an average of 3,190 total daily passengers.
| City | Aircraft | Market Share | Enplanement Change from December 2024 | |||
| Delta | Minneapolis | B739, E175 & CR9 | 31% | 2% | ||
| United | Chicago & Denver | A320/19, E175 & CRJ2 | 23% | 7% | ||
| Allegiant | Las Vegas, Nashville, Orlando, Phoenix & Tampa | A319/320 | 16% | -11% | ||
| American | Chicago, Dallas & Phoenix | E175 & CRJ2 | 25% | 26% | ||
| Frontier | Denver | A320/21 | 6% | 20% | ||
| Passengers | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | % Change | YTD 2024 | YTD 2023 | % Change |
| Total | 98,882 | 89,289 | 11% | 1,092,836 | 1,032,497 | 6% |
| Enplaned | 50,400 | 45,655 | 10% | 546,787 | 516,071 | 6% |
| Deplaned | 48,482 | 43,634 | 11% | 546,049 | 516,426 | 6% |
Year-End 2024 Summary - Busiest Year on Record
Airline passenger traffic in 2024 at Hector International Airport showed an increase as compared to 2023. In 2024, the total passenger enplanements were 546,787. This is an increase of 6% when compared to the 2023 passenger enplanements of 516,071.
Hector International Airport broke its all-time enplanement record four times in 2024. First was July, then August, October and finally December.
The total passenger count for the year was 1,092,836, which is up 6% over 2023 which had 1,032,497 total passengers.
Hector Airport had 6,964 air carrier landings in 2024 that averaged 94 seats per flight and averaged an 84% load factor.
| Airline | City | Market Share | Change from 2023 |
| Delta | Minneapolis | 31% | 0% |
| United | Chicago & Denver | 21% | -3% |
| Allegiant | Las Vegas, Nashville, Orlando*, Phoenix & Tampa* | 19% | -3% |
| American | Chicago, Dallas & Phoenix* | 22% | 4% |
| Frontier | Denver & Orlando* | 8% | 3% |
| * denotes seasonal service |