Enplanements at Pierre Regional Airport crossed the one-thousand mark for the first time in 2023 in March. Airport Liaison to the Pierre City Commission Jamie Huizenga released the March numbers Tuesday night…
Last March, 1249 passengers boarded at Pierre Regional or 112 more than this March. For the year, three-thousand 53 passengers have used Pierre Regional Airport. That number is down compared to last year by 173, when three-thousand 226 people boarded in the first three months of 2022. Huizenga added that the city is waiting along with its residents about the future of Pierre’s Essential Air Service contract…
Huizenga says Pierre remains on a path to hit 10-thousand enplanements by the end of the year. Pierre’s enplanements are ahead of E-A-S companion airport Watertown Regional Airport for the year so far. Pierre is ahead of Watertown by 173 enplanements. Watertown has two-thousand 228 enplanement in 2023. Watertown did have a better March than Pierre. Watertown had one-thousand 365 boardings compared to Pierre’s 1,137.
