Passenger Numbers Rebounding at Duluth Airport
The COVID-19 pandemic hit the travel industry incredibly hard, but it looks like things are finally starting to turn around.
The Duluth International Airport shared the most recent travel statistics, and it appears that DLH is starting to return to normal, with an over 1000% increase in total passengers from April 2020 to April 2021.
April s data is the latest available, and it shows that in April 2021, 13,813 total passengers traveled through DLH, that compares to only 1,243 in April 2020, that is a 1,071% increase, and it s the first month in 2021 where the total passengers was higher than the 2020 number.
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July 16, 2021
DULUTH, Minn.– After a year of not being able to go anywhere because of pandemic restrictions, many travelers are thrilled to take advantage of flying again.
This increased demand for air travel is making it hard for some airports and airlines to supply what is needed, but the Duluth International Airport is confident in the way things have been going so far.
“Our demand is so high right now, our flights are full, so other than a couple of weather situations that we’ve had, everything has operated as expected and as scheduled which has been fantastic,” Natalie Peterson, the Airports Director of Communications and Marketing, said.
The forecast warms up starting Friday. 4:32 pm, Jul. 8, 2021 ×
Brimson, which includes Hugo s Bar and not much else, was the coldest inhabited spot in the U.S. on Thursday morning with a low temperature of 30 degrees reported.
The National Weather Service in Duluth says the only colder reading was on Mount Denali in Alaska.
Brimson is about 40 miles northeast of Duluth as the crow flies.
Temperatures dropped to 32 degrees at Eveleth, at Sea Gull Lake on the Gunflint Trail and 6 miles west of Beaver Bay as a pocket of cold air settled over Northeastern Minnesota. Several locations dropped into the mid-30s, with 40 reported at Duluth International Airport.
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