SkywestUnited4Bismarck (CSi) – Jamestown airport (JMS) airline boardings soared in October of this year.The State Aeronautics Commission reports, Jamestown boardings were 553 compared to 246 in October of 2013, an increase of 124 percent.

The number surpasses the October 2011 boardings of 525, when Delta with larger aircraft serviced Jamestown.

The figures compare United Express/SkyWest numbers to Great Lakes Airlines boardings, as United Express/SkyWest began Jamestown Service in June of 2014, with larger aircraft and other amenities not previously available with Great Lakes planes.

In October of 2012 Jamestown boardings with Great Lakes were 261.

The most passenger boardings at the airport,  797, were in February 2012 when Delta Airlines serviced Jamestown. 

On October 28, 2014, it added an afternoon flight every Tuesday,  continuing through December 2, 2014.  The airline will also have three total additional flights November 28th and 29th.

Statewide North Dakota continues to set record-breaking numbers.

In October North Dakota airports posted 109,827 passengers, and increase of 12% from October of 2013.

Through October this year, North Dakota airports logged over one million passengers, the earliest month the state has achieved that landmark number.