Editing Hector International Airport

{{Short description|Airport in Fargo, North Dakota}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox airport
| name                = Hector International Airport
| image               = Hector International Airport Logo.svg
| image-width         = 150
| image2              = Hector International Airport - North Dakota.jpg
| image2-width        = 250
| caption2            = 2006 USGS orthophoto
| IATA                = FAR
| ICAO                = KFAR
| FAA                 = FAR
| type                = Public / military
| opened              = {{start date|1927}}
| owner               = Municipal Airport Authority of the City of Fargo
| operator            = Municipal Airport Authority
| city-served         = [[Fargo, North Dakota]] and [[Moorhead, Minnesota]] ([[Fargo–Moorhead]])
| location            = [[Fargo, North Dakota]]
| hub                 = {{Unbulleted list|[[Corporate Air]]|[[Bemidji Airlines]]}}
| elevation-f         = 901
| coordinates         = {{coord|46|55|14|N|096|48|56|W|type:airport_region:US-ND}}
| website             = [http://www.fargoairport.com/ www.FargoAirport.com]
| image_map           = Hector International Airport (KFAR) Airport Diagram.pdf
| image_mapsize       = 250
| image_map_caption   = FAA airport diagram
| mapframe            = yes
| mapframe-zoom       = 9
| mapframe-wikidata   = yes
| r1-number           = 18/36
| r1-length-f         = 9,001
| r1-length-m         = 2,744
| r1-surface          = Concrete
| r2-number           = 9/27
| r2-length-f         = 6,302
| r2-length-m         = 1,921
| r2-surface          = Concrete
| r3-number           = 13/31
| r3-length-f         = 3,801
| r3-length-m         = 1,159
| r3-surface          = Concrete
| stat-year           = 2024
| stat1-header        = Total passengers
| stat1-data          = 1,092,836
| stat2-header        = Aircraft operations
| stat2-data          = 82,632
| stat3-header        = Based aircraft (2023)
| stat3-data          = 217
| footnotes           = Source: Hector International Airport<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fargoairport.com/december-2024-year-end-statistics|title=2024 Year End Statistics For Fargo Airport|website=fargoairport.com|accessdate= January 15, 2025}}</ref><ref name=FAA /><ref>https://aspm.faa.gov/opsnet/sys/Airport.asp</ref>
}}

'''Hector International Airport''' {{airport codes|FAR|KFAR|FAR}} is a civil-military public airport three miles (5&nbsp;km) northwest of [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]], in [[Cass County, North Dakota]], United States. The busiest airport in North Dakota, it is owned by the City of Fargo Municipal Airport Authority.<ref name=FAA>{{FAA-airport|ID=FAR|use=PU|own=PU|site=17328.*A}}, effective December 26, 2024</ref> [[Fargo Air National Guard Base]] is located adjacent to the airport.
 
The airport was named after [[Martin Hector]], who first leased, and then donated the original 50 acres of land to the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fargoairport.com/history.html |title=Hector Field History |publisher=Municipal Airport Authority |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016061044/http://www.fargoairport.com/history.html |archive-date=October 16, 2006 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Customs service is available for arrivals from Canada and other countries. Hector International has no scheduled passenger airline flights out of the country but has its international title (like many other airports) because of this customs service.

The airport is home to [[Fargo Air National Guard Base]] and the ''Happy Hooligans'' of the [[119th Wing]] (119 WG), a unit of the North Dakota [[Air National Guard]] that operates the [[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper|MQ-9 Reaper]]. 
 
The airport was the intended destination for the airplane carrying [[Buddy Holly]], [[Ritchie Valens]], and [[The Big Bopper|J.P. Richardson]] on February 3, 1959. The airplane [[The Day the Music Died|crashed shortly after takeoff]] from [[Mason City, Iowa]], killing the three musicians and the pilot.

==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>

==Airlines and destinations==
{{More citations needed|section|date=December 2023}}

===Passenger===
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| [[Allegiant Air]]| [[Harry Reid International Airport|Las Vegas]], [[Nashville International Airport|Nashville]], [[Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport|Phoenix/Mesa]]<br />'''Seasonal:''' [[Orlando Sanford International Airport|Orlando/Sanford]], [[St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport|St. Petersburg]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-17|title=Allegiant will offer nonstop service to Fargo, N.D., starting Feb. 11. {{!}} Business Observer|url=https://www.businessobserverfl.com/article/allegiant-air-stpete-fargo-north-dakota-nonstop-flights|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Business Observer|language=en}}</ref> | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allegiantair.com/route-map|title=Allegiant Route Map|publisher=Allegiant Airlines}}</ref>
| [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]] | [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], [[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth]]<br />'''Seasonal:''' [[Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport|Phoenix–Sky Harbor]] | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://aa.fltmaps.com/en|title=AA Route Map|publisher=American Airlines}}</ref>
| [[Delta Air Lines]] | [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul]]<br />'''Seasonal:''' [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]]| <ref name="Delta Route Map">{{cite web|url=https://dl.fltmaps.com/en|title=Delta Route Map|publisher=Delta Air Lines|access-date=November 14, 2019|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410172439/http://dl.fltmaps.com/en|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[Delta Connection]] | [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul]]| <ref name="Delta Route Map" /><ref name="Fargo Route Map">{{cite web|url=https://www.fargoairport.com/fly-with-us/airlines/|title=Fargo Route Map|publisher=Fargo Airport}}</ref>
| [[Frontier Airlines]] | [[Denver International Airport|Denver]] <br />'''Seasonal:'''
[[Orlando International Airport| Orlando]]|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fargoairport.com/frontier-airlines-launches-non-stop-flights-from-fargo-to-denver/|title=Frontier Airlines Launches Non-Stop Flights from Fargo to Denver|publisher=Fargo Airport}}</ref>
| [[United Airlines]] | [[Denver International Airport|Denver]]
| <ref name="unitedmaps01">{{cite web|url=https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/travel/route-maps.aspx|title=United Airlines Route Maps|publisher=United Airlines|access-date=November 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808121745/https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/travel/route-maps.aspx|archive-date=August 8, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[United Express]] | [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], [[Denver International Airport|Denver]] | <ref name="unitedmaps01"/>
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===Cargo===
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| [[Bemidji Airlines]] | [[Alexandria Municipal Airport|Alexandria]], [[Bismarck Municipal Airport|Bismarck]], [[Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport|Brainerd]], [[Devils Lake Regional Airport|Devils Lake]], [[Jamestown Regional Airport|Jamestown]], [[Morris Municipal Airport|Morris]], [[Rapid City Regional Airport|Rapid City]]
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| [[Castle Aviation]] | [[Akron–Canton Airport|Akron]], [[Minot International Airport|Minot]]
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| [[Encore Air Cargo]] <br> {{nowrap|operated by [[Bemidji Airlines]]}} | [[Bismarck Municipal Airport|Bismarck]], [[Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport|Dickinson]], [[Jamestown Regional Airport|Jamestown]], [[Minot International Airport|Minot]], [[Sioux Falls Regional Airport|Sioux Falls]], [[Thief River Falls Regional Airport|Thief River Falls]], [[Williston Basin International Airport|Williston]]
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| [[FedEx Express]] | [[Appleton International Airport|Appleton]], [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], [[Des Moines International Airport|Des Moines]], [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport|Detroit]], [[Indianapolis International Airport|Indianapolis]], [[Dane County Regional Airport|Madison]], [[Memphis International Airport|Memphis]], [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul]]
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| [[FedEx Feeder]] <br> operated by [[CSA Air]] | [[Aberdeen Regional Airport|Aberdeen]], [[Indianapolis International Airport|Indianapolis]], [[Sawyer International Airport|Marquette]], [[Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport|Milwaukee]], [[Sioux Falls Regional Airport|Sioux Falls]]
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|[[FedEx Feeder]] <br> operated by [[Corporate Air]] | [[Bemidji Regional Airport|Bemidji]], [[Bismarck Municipal Airport|Bismarck]], [[Casper-Natrona County International Airport|Casper]], [[Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport|Dickinson]], [[Minot International Airport|Minot]], [[Thief River Falls Regional Airport|Thief River Falls]], [[Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport|Wichita]], [[Williston Basin International Airport|Williston]], [[Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport|Winnipeg]]
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| [[FedEx Feeder]] <br> operated by [[Mountain Air Cargo|Mountain Air]] | [[Bismarck Municipal Airport|Bismarck]], [[Eastern Iowa Airport|Cedar Rapids/Iowa City]]
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| [[Freight Runners Express]] | [[Billings Logan International Airport|Billings]], [[Bismarck Municipal Airport|Bismarck]], [[El Paso International Airport|El Paso]], [[Green Bay–Austin Straubel International Airport|Green Bay]], [[Kansas City International Airport|Kansas City]], [[Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois|Marion]], [[Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport|Milwaukee]], [[Minot International Airport|Minot]], [[Thief River Falls Regional Airport|Thief River Falls]], [[Toledo Express Airport|Toledo]], [[Tucson International Airport|Tucson]], [[Williston Basin International Airport|Williston]], [[Willow Run Airport|Ypsilanti]]
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| [[Martinaire]] | [[Sioux Falls Regional Airport|Sioux Falls]]
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| [[UPS Airlines]] | [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]], [[Eastern Iowa Airport|Cedar Rapids/Iowa City]], [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], [[Chicago Rockford International Airport|Chicago/Rockford]], [[Cleveland Hopkins International Airport|Cleveland]], [[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth]], [[Gary/Chicago International Airport|Gary]], [[Louisville International Airport|Louisville]], [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul]], [[Eppley Airfield|Omaha]], [[Ontario International Airport|Ontario]], [[Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport|Phoenix–Sky Harbor]], [[Reno–Tahoe International Airport|Reno/Tahoe]], [[San Antonio International Airport|San Antonio]], [[San Bernardino International Airport|San Bernardino]], [[Boeing Field|Seattle–Boeing]], [[Sioux Falls Regional Airport|Sioux Falls]], [[Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport|Winnipeg]]
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==Statistics==
===Top destinations===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" width= align=
|+ '''Busiest domestic routes from FAR<br />(September 2023 - August 2024)'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=FAR&Airport_Name=Fargo,+ND:+Hector+Field&carrier=FACTS|title=OST_R - BTS - Transtats|website=www.transtats.bts.gov|access-date=June 13, 2024}}</ref>
! Rank
! City
! Passengers
! Carriers
|-
| 1
| [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN]]
| 167,000
| Delta
|-
| 2
| [[Denver International Airport|Denver, CO]]
| 103,000
| Frontier, United
|-
| 3
| [[O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare, IL]]
| 90,000
| American, United
|-
| 4
| [[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth, TX]]
| 55,000
| American
|-
| 5
| [[Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport|Phoenix-Mesa, AZ]]
| 52,000
| Allegiant
|-
| 6
| [[Nashville International Airport|Nashville, TN]]
| 17,000
| Allegiant
|-
| 7
| [[Harry Reid International Airport|Las Vegas, NV]]
| 16,000
| Allegiant
|-
| 8
| [[Orlando Sanford International Airport|Orlando–Sanford, FL]]
| 11,000
| Allegiant
|-
| 8
| [[Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport|Phoenix–Sky Harbor, AZ]]
| 9,000
| American
|-
| 10
| [[St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport|St. Petersburg/Clearwater, FL]]
| 7,000
| Allegiant
|}

===Annual traffic===
{| class="wikitable" 
|+ '''Annual passenger traffic at Fargo Airport<br />1998–present'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2025-02-20|title=December 2024 & Year-End Statistics|url=https://fargoairport.com/december-2024-year-end-statistics/|access-date=2025-02-20|website=fargoairport.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
! Year
! Passengers
! Year
! Passengers
! Year
! Passengers
|-
|1997||406,912||2007||599,168||2017||787,927          
|-
|1998||384,205||2008||648,137||2018||843,582         
|-
|1999||445,744||2009||697,810||2019||930,409         
|-
|2000||465,636||2010||724,941||2020||478,604
|-
|2001||434,332||2011||699,549||2021||796,675
|-
|2002||484,068||2012||728,799||2022||908,075         
|-
|2003||508,534||2013||797,125||2023||1,032,497       
|-
|2004||506,650||2014||894,426||2024||'''1,092,836'''
|-
|2005||549,209||2015||858,982||||          
|-
|2006||609,731||2016||789,182||||           
|-
|}

===Commercial airline market share===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
|-
|+ Airline market share <br/>('''September 2023 - August 2024''')<ref name=":0" />
|-
!Rank
!Airline
!Passengers
!Share
|-
|1 
|[[SkyWest Airlines]]
|313,000
|29.47%
|-
|2 
|[[Allegiant Airlines]]
|208,000
|19.61%
|-
|3 
|[[Envoy Air]]
|208,000
|19.55%
|-
|4 
|[[Delta Air Lines]]
|192,000
|18.41%
|-
|5 
|[[Frontier Airlines]]
|74,000
|6.99%
|-
|
|Other Airlines
|63,000
|5.97%
|}

==Ground transportation==
As of 2022, there is no public transit service to Hector International Airport. The closest [[MATBUS (Fargo-Moorhead)|MATBUS]] bus stop is located over a mile away.

==Climate==
{|
|-
|{{climate chart
| Hector International Airport
| -16| -13| 24
| -15| -8| 33
| -10| 0| 27
| -1| 18| 85
| 5| 26| 114
| 14| 28| 140
| 18| 30| 65
| 17| 27| 59
| 12| 24| 57
| 1| 15| 57
| -4| 5| 14
| -13| -11| 30
|float=left
|clear=left
|source = <ref name = "nasa">{{Cite web|url= http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php|title= NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index|access-date= 30 January 2016|publisher= NASA|archive-date= May 11, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200511075542/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php|url-status= dead}}</ref>
}}
|}
==UFO encounter==
On October 1, 1948, the [[Gorman dogfight]], a widely publicized UFO encounter, took place over Hector International Airport.<ref name="ruppelt30">Ruppelt, p. 30</ref>

==See also==
* [[Fargo Air Museum]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.fargoairport.com/ Official airport website]
*{{FAA-diagram|00144}}
*{{US-airport|FAR}}
{{authority control}}

[[Category:Fargo, North Dakota]]
[[Category:Airports in North Dakota]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Cass County, North Dakota]]