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Published January 27, 2009, 12:00 AM

Airline boardings hit 10-year high in N.D.

The state Aeronautics Commission said airline boardings in North Dakota last year hit a 10-year high. The state’s eight commercial airports served 682,663 passengers last year with an average of 52 daily departure flights. The total was up 4 percent from last year.

BISMARCK (AP) — The state Aeronautics Commission said airline boardings in North Dakota last year hit a 10-year high.

The state’s eight commercial airports served 682,663 passengers last year with an average of 52 daily departure flights. The total was up 4 percent from last year.

Aeronautics Director Mark Holzer saids new flights, along with oil- and energy-related business and marketing, were factors in the increase.

Williston’s passenger boardings jumped more than 39 percent from 2007, totaling more than 11,000. Dickinson set a record with more than 8,700 boardings last year, up 15 percent from 2007.

The only airports reporting a drop last year were Bismarck, at about 3.5 percent, and Devils Lake, at 9 percent.

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