Bismarck  (ND Aeronautics Com)  ND’s eight commercial service airports posted a total of 42,238 airline passenger boardings during the month of Jan.  This is a 57% decline of the passengers that the state experienced during the same month last year which was pre COVID pandemic.

ND Aeronautics Commission  Kyle Wanner says, “The negative impacts that COVID-19 has had on airline passenger demand is continuing into 2021. It is however, encouraging to see COVID-19 cases in North Dakota and throughout the country trending lower which can have a direct impact on an individual’s decision to travel. We also remain optimistic that further passenger growth will occur as Spring approaches and penned up travel demand may help to jumpstart the recovery.”

January 2021 Jamestown airline boardings were 389 compared to 823 in January of 2020, down 52.7 percent.