State Aviation Journal
Kim Stevens

North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports posted almost 75,000 airline passenger boardings during the month of September 2021.  This is a 90% increase from September 2020 but is still 16% below September 2019’s pre-pandemic airline boarding counts.

Over the last four consecutive months, North Dakota’s airports have been able to sustain passenger demand between 15% – 20% below the 2019 pre-pandemic levels. This is an encouraging sign; however, known challenges exist within the industry that have so far prevented a full recovery in passenger numbers. Airlines have cited an inability to add additional flights due to staff shortages and the industry has still not yet seen a strong recovery in business and government travel due to persisting COVID-19 concerns.

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