BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission says 8,000 more passengers boarded airlines in the state than during the previous February.

Williston led the way with a boarding increase of 138 percent, but Minot, Bismarck, Grand Forks and Fargo also had their best Februarys on record.

Statewide, boardings climbed by more than 10 percent to 93,679 in February.

Boardings at Jamestown Regional Airport in February 2013 were 184, compared to 797 in February of 2012. The lowest number sine 149 passengers boarded in Jamestown in 2008.

Commission director Larry Taborsky says statewide, airlines have been responding to increased demand by increasing the number of flights and available seats.

Taborsky says that if North Dakota airports had additional capacity, the numbers would be even higher.