Commercial air travel in North Dakota climbed 8% in May of this year. Six of the eight commercial service airports had over the year increases led by Fargo which posted a record for boardings at nearly 41,000.
The Grand Forks Airport saw a slight decrease in passenger numbers. The GFK saw 7,369 people pass through the turnstyles during the month. Traffic for 2023 to date is up over three-percent.
The overall passenger demand throughout the state remains healthy with the average load factor currently at 79-percent.


One Killed in Grand Forks County Crash
(File image) (KNOX) - One man has died after a crash in Grand Forks County. The Highway Patrol said that it happened on Highway 18 and 4th Avenue Northeast near Northwood. A 16-year-old boy in a pick-up was going east on 4th Avenue North East and a ...
Mar 27, 2025

Grand Forks Engineering Department says Industrial Project Will Take a Few Years
(File image) (KNOX) - The City of Grand Forks Engineering Department said that a project north of Gateway Drive and west of Interstate 29 will be done in three different phases. The work will consist of constructing sanitary sewer, water main, storm ...
Mar 27, 2025

Grand Forks State Representative Does Not Agree on Proposed Legislation
(File image) (KNOX) - The North Dakota House has approved a measure that would allow infants in the soon-to-be constructed Heart River Correctional Center in Mandan. Under the bill, incarcerated mothers would be able to be with these infants in a pri...
Mar 27, 2025

Grand Forks Man Sentenced in Abuse Case
(File image) (KNOX) - A Grand Forks man was sentenced to five years in prison for endangering and terrorizing his wife while she as she battled cancer. She died a month after she reported her husband's abuse. Legal records state that at 41-year-old J...
Mar 30, 2025