Carrier Code Allegiant Air North Dakota 2010 Air Service Route Map Great Lakes Delta United American Service/Market DEN MSP ORD LAS SLC Devils Grand Daily Departures 770 575 1,325 550 425 Williston Minot Lake Forks Nonstop Mkt Served 140 131 210 135 106

Sidney July 2010 Bismarck Fargo Jamestown Dickinson

MinneapolisMinnea (MSP)(MSP Salt Lake City (SLC)

Chadron

ChicagoC O’Hare

Denver ((DEN)DEN) Los Angeles (LAX)

Las Vegas Orlando-Sanford (LAS) Mesa/Phoenix (AZA) (SFB) The regional map exhibits the scheduled air Sustains and attracts business and promotes the EssentialEssential AirAir Service at Devils Lake, Jamestown Deregulation has provided numerous one-stop service routes connecting North Dakota to tourism industry. aandnd DickinsonDickinso guarantees regional service. flights to more U.S. cities through the national hubs and worldwide access. With Delta Minneapolis, Chicago, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City Some 1.44 million passengers flew to and from as the major airline, along with regionals — The average mix of business and leisure roundtrip and Denver hubs for global travel. North Dakota Airports in 2009. United Express-Skywest, Frontier Airlines, airfare in 2009 per passenger was $580. North Dakota’s competitive hub and airline Delta-Mesaba Airlines, Allegiant Air and Great Top 10 destinations for our state flyers are: Air travel visitors to North Dakota spend an environment creates comparable airfares Lakes Airlines — offering 67 departures daily, the Las Vegas (9.0%) Washington, DC (3.0%) average of $699 per day on food, hotels, rentals with a majority of U.S. markets. state’s citizens enjoy excellent scheduled service. Minneapolis (7.1%) Seattle (2.7%) and miscellaneous expenses, based on a summer Denver (6.1%) Orlando (2.4%) Instate regional scheduled air service is Some characteristics of air service in North 2005 passenger survey at the 8 commercial Phoenix (6.0%) New York (2.2%) cost-prohibitive to connect North Dakota cities. Dakota today are: airports. Chicago (3.9%) Dallas (2.0%) An on-demand charter regional demonstration was not profitable in 2006. 1 July 2010 North Dakota 2010 Airline Service Charts

Airport Service Areas A Airline History B Statewide Passengers (On & Off) MANITOBA 1.4 SASKATCHEWAN Winnipeg Brandon 1.2 Weyburn 1.1 CANADA 1.0

85 83 0.9 Minot Devils 2 Grand Williston Lake Forks 0.8 Crookston SIDNEY, MT 281 52 MINNESOTA 0.7 MILLIONS NORTH DAKOTA 29 0.6

Fargo Moorhead Dickinson Bismarck Jamestown 94 0.5

94 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 85

MONTANA

SOUTH DAKOTA

Mobridge Aberdeen Airline Boardings C REGIONAL MAJOR Annual Trend by Airport Primary Service Areas Minimum Service Areas Annual Trend by Airport 12 350 Most of the state’s citizens live within a commercial airport service area as shown above on Chart A. Citizens who 300 9 live outside the cities served by an airline benefit from scheduled service and air cargo activities. Citizens in outlying 275 8 communities can access air service using the state’s highway or transit system. T 250 Fargo Each public airport facility has a service area extending beyond the community, and in some locations, into Canada 7 or surroundingsurrounding states.states. CommunitiesCommunities are aware ofof thethe airportairport competitioncompetition forfor passengers inin theirtheir serviceservice area anandd provprovideide h 225 T o marketing initiatives to flyfly fromfrom a North Dakota airport. Erosion or leakage may occur to non-ND airports; however, 220000 h 6 Williston “fly“fly local” promotion is important to sustaining or improving existing airline service. u o s 175 u a Bismarck 5 115050 s Dickinson n a 4 d 121255 Grand Forks n s 100 d 3 75 Minot s 2 5050 Devils Lake 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 Jamestown 1 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

This report prepared by: North Dakota Aeronautics Commission 2 Phone: 701-328-9650 Email: [email protected] web: www.nd.gov/ndaero