Bozeman Airport Expands for Explosive Traffic Growth

As you may have notice, the Bozeman area has been growing exponentially with each passing year, and the local airport is certainly feeling it. Our Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport just broke its own traffic records for the seventh year in a row. While the U.S Census Bureau estimated there was only 100,000 residents living in Gallatin County in 2015, the airport handled a staggering 1.1 million passengers the following year. That’s 10 times more passengers moving through the airport than there is people living in our area! 

To accommodate for the growing traffic, the airport is working on adding another runway and considering to add some new gates. American Airlines also just announced that starting this spring, they will be making non-stop daily, seasonal flights to and from Bozeman and Dallas-Fort Worth. The airline will have a summer service running from June 2 to October, and a winter service running from December 15 to April.

With Bozeman being a college town, and Big Sky and The Yellowstone National Park being major tourist attractions, it’s no surprise that the airport’s been so busy. College students fly home during the holidays, Yellowstone National Park has tourists flying in from all over the world in summer, and our world-class ski resorts attract skiers in the winter. These local attractions keep the airport busy all year long.

Good business for the airport is also good business for our community. With an expanding airport, it will draw in more potential customers for our local businesses, add jobs and revenue to our community, and possibly lower flight costs from Bozeman to global destinations.