North Dakota Airlines Boardings Up in May

Larry Taborsky, director of the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission reported that 84,000 people boarded planes at the state’s eight commercial and regional airports last month.

Taborsky said airports at Bismarck, Dickinson and Williston had all-time record boardings in May while Grand Forks and Minot set boarding records for the month.

More than 10,800 travelers boarded planes at Grand Forks International Airport which was a 22 percent increase from May 2011. Fargo’s Hector International Airport saw more than 29,700 boardings in May, an increase of 12 percent. The biggest bump was at Minot’s airport, which saw nearly 18,400 boardings, an increase of 57 percent.

Six of the eight airports saw increases over the year. Devils Lake and Jamestown were the only airports that had a decrease from 2011.

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Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.