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BISMARCK, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports posted a total of 51,240 airline passenger boardings during the month of February, 2021.
This month saw the highest level of passenger traffic that North Dakota has experienced since the Covid-19 pandemic began and passenger levels dropped an astounding 95% in April of 2020. These current passenger counts are approximately 50% below pre-pandemic levels.
“We are excited to see the positive trend in airline passenger counts continue as we celebrate our best month since the pandemic began,” stated Kyle Wanner, Executive Director of the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission. “We also remain optimistic that penned up demand will further drive the airline industry’s recovery as we move forward in 2021.”
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North Dakota airline passenger boardings (2017-2020). Source: N.D. Aeronautics Commission.
North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports finished 2020 with fewer than half the number of passengers who traveled by air in 2019, according to information released by the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission.
There were 572,093 airline passenger boardings statewide last year – a decrease of 619,476 passengers or 52%. It is the lowest passenger count that the state has recorded since calendar year 2003, according to the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission.
Minot ended 2020 with 84,601 passenger boardings at Minot International Airport, down 49% from 2019. The airport saw 165,988 boardings in 2019 and 222,144 boardings at its peak in 2014. December 2020 brought 8,039 boardings, far short of the 15,718 in 2019 and peak of 20,828 in December 2013.