Editing Hector International Airport (section)

==Facilities and aircraft==
[[File:Interior of Hector International Airport 2.jpg|thumb|left|Interior of the terminal in 2024]]
Hector International Airport covers {{convert|2500|acre|km2}} and has three [[runway]]s: 18/36 is 9,001 x 150&nbsp;ft (2,744 x 46 m), 9/27 is 6,302 x 100&nbsp;ft (1,921 x 30 m), and 13/31 is 3,801 x 75&nbsp;ft (1,159 x 46 m).<ref name=FAA /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://skyvector.com/airport/FAR/Hector-International-Airport|title=FAR airport data at skyvector.com}} FAA data effective December 26, 2024.</ref> Hector International has the longest public runway in North Dakota and can receive [[Boeing 747]]s.

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2021, the airport had 92,980 aircraft operations, an average of 255 per day. In December 2021, there were 203 aircraft based at the airport: 124 single-engine, 52 multi-engine, 22 jet, and 5 helicopters.<ref name=FAA />

The current terminal was built in 1986 and designed by Foss Associates with Thompson Consultants.<ref>{{cite journal|date=March 1987|title=PA Inquiry Airport Terminals|url=https://www.usmodernist.org/PA/PA-1987-03.pdf|journal=Progressive Architecture|location=Berkeley|publisher=Reinhold|volume=68|issue=1–3|page=100}}</ref>

In 2008 the airport completed the passenger terminal expansion and update that had begun in October 2006. The $15.5 million project designed by TL Stroh Architects updated the terminal and added a fifth gate, an additional baggage claim and expanded the security checkpoint area. TSA PreCheck was added in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tsa.gov/news/releases/2014/11/05/tsa-precheck-expands-hector-international-airport|title=TSA Pre✓® expands to Hector International Airport|date=2014-11-05|work=Transportation Security Administration|access-date=2018-01-03|language=en}}</ref>

Hector International Airport plans to begin a large terminal expansion project in 2024. The expansion will add four new gates bringing the terminal's total number of gates to nine. The project is expected to cost $124 million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-15 |title=Architects emphasize 'warmer' entry, increased efficiency in plans for Fargo airport expansion |url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/north-dakota/architects-emphasize-warmer-entry-increased-efficiency-in-plans-for-fargo-airport-expansion |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Grand Forks Herald |language=en}}</ref> Completion of the terminal expansion and renovation is anticipated to take three to four years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Terminal Expansion |url=https://www.fargoairport.com/airport-authority/terminal-expansion/ |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Hector International Airport |language=en}}</ref> The airport also plans to construct a parking garage adjacent to the terminal. The ramp will be connected to the terminal via skyway and will provide approximately 1,000 parking spaces. The parking ramp is expected to cost $43 million with construction scheduled to begin in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hjelmstad |first=Gretchen |date=2023-10-04 |title=Board votes to move forward with 1,000-space parking ramp at Hector International Airport |url=https://www.valleynewslive.com/2023/10/04/proposed-1000-space-parking-ramp-hector-international-airport/ |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Valley News Live|language=en}}</ref>