In January, passenger boardings also declined 12 percent compared to January 2013 as the airport had 183 outbound flights cancelled because of bad weather throughout the country. Passenger boardings were only 82,000 in January compared with 93,461 in 2013.
In January, flights were also subject to major delays. Only slightly more than half the planes arriving at the airport — 54.9 percent — were on time. Departures were on time 64.8 percent of the time. That compares to 2013 figures that show January of that year had 77.6 of arriving flights on time and 81.5 percent of departing flights.
Besides the harsh weather, the departure of Frontier Airlines also contributed to the decline, said airport spokeswoman Linda Hughes. The airline ceased operations here in May.
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