North Dakota
ND airline boardings hit 1 million in 2022
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – North Dakota airline boardings surpassed a million in 2022. This comes two years after the business noticed a 50 % lower within the state in 2020. Solely 500,000 flew in or out of North Dakota in the course of the top of the COVID pandemic.
The state was initially projected to hit a million in 2030, however first hit that mark in 2012. A report of 1.2 million occurred in 2014.
Regardless of the affect of winter storms canceling flights in November and December 2022, the state was nonetheless capable of attain the best variety of boardings in recent times.
“Surpassing the a million boardings for the calendar 12 months of 2022 is critical. Shifting ahead in 2023, we’re seeing the degrees very near pre-pandemic ranges,” mentioned Kyle Wanner, government director of the North Dakota Aeronautics Fee.
The final time airline boardings hit a million within the state was in 2019.
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