Enplanements at Billings Logan International Airport are up 15.36 percent, year –to-date. The Total enplanements increased from 317,734 to 366,542. The month of September was up 18.58 percent over September 2023, increasing from 35,772 to 42,358.

Jeff Roach, Director, announced that the airport moved up nationally in enplanement status to the 143rd  busiest airport, from 145th.  He also announced that the airport is now the 53rd airport for Air Cargo.

Air freight going out is up 3.87% year-to –date (17,890,092 pounds to 18,582,262) and up 25.46% in September compared to last September. Air freight coming into Billings is down 4.03% 

Construction on the airport is continuing.

So is construction of the $3.3 Million Transit Operations Facility, which began May 20 and is to be completed in November, according to Rusty Logan, Assistant Director of Transit. They are also building a EV Electrical Charger station.

He also announced that there has been a 72% increase of ridership from last year, even when schools are out during the summer.  As of the beginning of August, overall ridership numbers are at 429,000 for the year.