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The Houghton County Memorial Airport is doing well.
Airport Manager Dennis Hext gave a brief report to the Houghton County Board of Commissioners at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday.
Hext said load factors were at 73 and 72 percent, total passengers were up 6 percent, and cancellations were down from 87 in 2014 to 48 in 2015.
The Sun Country gambling flight had 1594 passengers this year and only 736 last year.
Isle Royale flights, which can only take 5 passengers at a time, took 1831 people compared to 1098.
Cargo was up 839,468 compared to 768,527 last year.
Total passengers coming in and out of the airport was 53,035.
