Over 13,000 (13,202) people have flown out of the Pierre Regional Airport so far this year (2022).
City commissioner Jamie Huizenga says there were over 1500 enplanements in October.
DAC currently provides 12 flights per week between Pierre and the Denver International Airport. As of Nov. 1, 2022, the days with single flights have changed to Mondays and Thursdays. There are now two flights per day on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Denver Air Connection also provides the commercial air service for the Watertown Regional Airport. They had 1,012 travelers fly out of town in October– 562 to Denver and 450 to Chicago O’Hare.
Denver Air’s federal EAS contract for both airports runs through May 31, 2023.
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