PIERRE — Two months are in the book with two airlines flying from Pierre. Pierre City Commissioner Jamie Huizenga released the August enplanements for Pierre Regional Airport Tuesday night…
Last month, 1924 people flew from Pierre, split 1343 on SkyWest and 581 on Denver Air Connection. Huizenga says August is a slower month for air travel from Pierre but it gives way to the most productive time of the year for passenger traffic at P-I-R…
Hitting at least 10-thousand enplanements opens Pierre Regional Airport to federal money to make improvements at the airport and keeps Pierre in the Essential Air Service program. Compared to July, overall enplanements were down 259 passengers. SkyWest carried 183 fewer passengers and Denver Air was down 76 enplanements.
