04/15/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/15/2026 11:01
Hector International Airport's airline passenger traffic in March showed a slight decrease when compared to the same month in 2025. In March 2026, the passenger enplanements were 55,390. This is a decrease of 1.8% when compared to the March 2025 passenger enplanements of 56,399. This was the second busiest month in the airport's history.
The total passenger count for the month was 113,306 which is down 1.7% over the same period last year.
Allegiant broke their all-time monthly record for passengers travelling through Fargo in March.
There were 697 air carrier departures with an average of 97 seats per flight in March and an average of 3,655 total daily passengers.
| City | Aircraft | Market Share | Enplanement Change from March 2025 | |||
| Delta | Minneapolis & Atlanta | B738/9, E175 & CR9 | 26% | 4% | ||
| United | Chicago & Denver | A320, E175 & CRJ55/7/2 | 22% | 12% | ||
| Allegiant | Las Vegas, Nashville, Orlando, Phoenix & Tampa | B73M, A319/320 | 29% | 2% | ||
| American | Chicago, Dallas & Phoenix | E175 & CR7 | 21% | -4% | ||
| Frontier | Denver | A320/21 | 2% | -49% | ||
| Passengers | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 | % Change | YTD 2026 | YTD 2025 | % Change |
| Total | 113,306 | 115,220 | -2% | 308,976 | 303,788 | 2% |
| Enplaned | 55,390 | 56,399 | -2% | 154,854 | 152,407 | 2% |
| Deplaned | 57,916 | 58,821 | -2% | 154,122 | 151,381 | 2% |