Minneapolis, MN
Need a vacation? These are the top 10 destinations for Sioux Falls travelers.
Every day, an average of 1,750 travelers from the Sioux Falls metro area hop on or off a plane.
But where are they headed? We took a look at the top 10 most popular destinations for travelers from the Sioux Falls metro area — as well as how much a one-way ticket cost, on average. All figures are averages from a 12-month period ending in March 2023.
A very important caveat — these numbers come from the Sioux Falls Regional Airport’s “Leakage and Retention Study.”
What the study is examining is a phenomenon called “airport leakage,” which is not as gross as it sounds. It refers to someone in an airport’s local market who has instead driven to a different airport to catch their flight.
In the case of Sioux Falls, the three other airports looked at are Omaha’s Eppley Airfield, the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport and the Rapid City Regional Airport. Those four airports combined represent 99.1% of the market share for Sioux Falls travelers across all destinations.
1. Phoenix/Mesa
Phoenix/Mesa is by far the most popular destination for Sioux Falls travelers, with 204 passengers per day in either direction for a total of 148,900 across the four airports, paying $150 per ticket.
Of those travelers, 182.8 per day choose Sioux Falls — which also boasted the lowest one-way ticket price at $147.
11.2 customers drove to Omaha for a $182 ticket, 2.4 customers headed to Minneapolis for a $169 ticket and 1.3 customers went across the state to Rapid City for a $149 ticket.
2. Denver
An average of 135.2 Sioux Falls travelers come and go from Denver each day, with 98,662 in total paying an average of $124.
An average of 129.8 people used the Sioux Falls airport, where the average one-way ticket price was $124.
Another 3.6 customers drove to Omaha, saving just a bit by paying an average of $120. 0.9 customers got a $130 ticket in Minneapolis, and 0.6 customers paid $182 to fly out of Rapid City.
3. Las Vegas
Las Vegas sees an average of 113.3 passengers to and from Sioux Falls per day, for a total of 82,730 travelers paying an average of $117.
108.7 of those passengers came through the Sioux Falls airport, paying an average of $116 for a one-way ticket.
That’s quite a bit lower than the 2.7 customers who paid $154 to fly out of Omaha, or the 1.9 customers who left from Minneapolis for $138.
4. Orlando/Sanford
90.2 Sioux Falls travelers per day head go to or from the Orlando/Sanford area, for a total of 65,830 travelers paying an average of $187 for a one-way ticket to a much warmer climate.
71.5 of them go through Sioux Falls, where ticket prices average at $190.
7.3 customers opted for Omaha and a $174 ticket, while 10.1 travelers went to Minneapolis for a $173 ticket. And 0.3 customers per day headed to Rapid City, where they paid $324 to fly to Sin City.
5. Los Angeles Basin
Every day 67.5 Sioux Falls travelers are going to or from the Los Angeles area, with the 49,269 customers paying an average of $201 for the ticket.
57.9 of those travelers use the Sioux Falls airport, with an average ticket price of $200.
Another 5.7 customers paid $203 after heading to Omaha, with 2.7 customers choosing Minneapolis. The 0.3 customers choosing Rapid City again paid slightly more at $282.
6. Nashville
65.5 Sioux Falls travelers a day fly in or out of Nashville, totaling 47,810 customers who pay an average of $108 per ticket.
60.9 of them are using the Sioux Falls airport, where the average ticket costs just $103.
1.8 customers drive to Omaha and pay $158 per ticket, and Minneapolis sees 2.5 customers a day paying $155. Rapid City again sees 0.3 customers per day forking over $304 to head to Nashville.
7. Dallas/Ft. Worth
The Dallas/Ft. Worth area sees 64.1 Sioux Falls travelers come and go each day, for a total of 46,791 customers paying an average of $255 for a one-way ticket.
55.9 of them use the Sioux Falls airport, where a ticket averages $264.
That’s quite a bit higher than the price paid by the 6.8 customers who go to Omaha, where ticket prices averaged $183, or Minneapolis, where the 0.8 customers per day paid $215. Even in Rapid City, the 0.6 customers per day from the Sioux Falls area paid $260 for their trip.
8. Chicago
63.3 Sioux Falls travelers go to and from Chicago per day, for a total of 46,195 people paying an average of $191 for a one-way ticket.
58.8 of them are using the Sioux Falls airport, where a ticket averages $194.
The 1.4 customers who make the trip from Omaha are looking at a $147 ticket, while Minneapolis has 1.7 customers who paid an average of $142. The 0.6 customers using the Rapid City airport paid $197.
9. Tampa/St. Petersburg
58 Sioux Falls travelers come and go from the Tampa/St. Petersburg area each day, for a total of 42,318 travelers who paid an average of $158 for their ticket.
For the 48.1 of them who used the Sioux Falls airport, that came out to a $157 ticket.
7.8 of them went to Omaha instead, where ticket prices averaged $154. 2.1 customers opted for Minneapolis, paying an average of $190.
10. South Florida
And finally, 54.7 Sioux Falls travelers are going to and from South Florida per day, a total of 39,944 people paying an average of $199 for their ticket.
44.7 of them used Sioux Falls, where ticket prices averaged $193.
The 4.5 travelers who went for Omaha paid $235 on average, and the 5.2 who used Minneapolis averaged $217.
Minneapolis, MN
After raising money for immigrant families, Minneapolis adult store asks community for help
After spending months helping immigrant families weather the economic fallout of federal immigration enforcement operations in the Twin Cities, Smitten Kitten is asking the community for help sustaining itself.
The adult retail store in Minneapolis’ Lyn-Lake neighborhood issued a public plea for community financial support.
The strain comes after months of directing staff and volunteer time, resources and fundraising efforts toward mutual aid work that supported immigrants during Operation Metro Surge.
The store became one of the most visible community aid hubs after the federal operation began. Following the killing of Renee Good, Smitten Kitten began collecting groceries, diapers, toilet paper and other essentials.
“Nothing is going to change unless we’re going to do something,” said Anne Lehman, Smitten Kitten social media manager and mutual aid advisor.
The store also helped direct efforts toward rent relief for immigrants facing heightened uncertainty and economic hardship.
“People had been hiding out since October. They’re going to need things like diapers, toilet paper and water.” Lehman said. “We ended up opening our store as a donation drop-off stop.”
Community support quickly exceeded expectations.
“It felt like every fifteen minutes someone was pulling up in an SUV that just came from Costco,” Lehman said. “As soon as we got it, it would be gone because of how great the need was.”
Lehman said that the attention also created safety concerns for staff and visitors.
“We had to move where our stuff was because U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had caught on to what we were doing and tried to intimidate us,” said Lehman.
In response, the store decided to move its operations elsewhere and began to focus on raising money for necessities. According to Lehman, the establishment raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for various needs.
The operation, in part, ended by mid-February, and federal presence in Minnesota diminished. As things began to wind down, so did cash flow at Smitten Kitten.
“There were a lot of weeks where we were cutting it close on payroll,” said Lehman.
In a social media post, Lehman asked the community to come help support the store by asking for donations, asking people to shop at their store or online.
“We are asking for help, but also all of these things that we’re pouring all of our energy into is not going away,” said Lehman. “If we want to continue doing mutual aid, we have to have a solid foundation of our business as well.”
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