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52% decline in ND Airline Passengers in 2020

North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports finished calendar year 2020 with a statewide total of 572,093 airline passenger boardings. This is a decrease of 619,476 passengers or an 52% decrease from 2019 and is the lowest passenger count that the state has recorded since calendar year 2003.

Posted 1/15/21 (Fri) read more »

September 2020 Airline Boarding

North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports posted a total of 39,451 passenger boardings during the month of September. This amounts to a 44% retention rate of the passengers that the state experienced during the same month last year and is the highest monthly retention rate that the North Dakota has experienced since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this is also the first month since April that the state has experienced a lower passenger volume than the previous month as there were 4,000 fewer passengers in September than in August.

Posted 10/15/20 (Thu) read more »

North Dakota Airline Passenger Retention Remains Above the National Average

North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports during the month of August posted a total of 43,559 passengers boardings. This is higher than the statewide passenger volume that was seen in each of the last four months and amounts to a 43% retention rate of the passengers that North Dakota experienced during the same month last year.

Posted 9/15/20 (Tue) read more »

Positive Trend in Airline Passenger Levels Continue in July

North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports during the month of July posted a total of 39,660 passengers boardings. This is higher than the statewide passenger volume that was seen in each of the last three months; however, it amounts to 36% of the passenger levels that North Dakota experienced during the same month last year.

Posted 8/14/20 (Fri) read more »