Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times

Continued growth at Grand Junction Regional Airport was highlighted during the Feb. 18 Grand Junction City Council meeting, where Mayor Cody Kennedy shared updated passenger figures reflecting another strong year for the facility.

Kennedy, who is the council liaison to the Airport Authority, told the council, “December 2025 was a 36th consecutive month of year-over-year growth in enplanements.”

According to the Grand Junction Regional Airport’s “December 2025 Data & Statistics Report,” the airport recorded 318,106 passenger enplanements in 2025, a 13.6 percent increase from 280,094 in 2024. Enplanements refer to passengers boarding departing flights. 

Kennedy said the increase exceeded the 9 percent growth that had been budgeted for the year. When combined with 321,656 deplanements, or arriving passengers, total passenger traffic reached 639,762 for the year.

The report also shows scheduled seat capacity increased 5.6 percent year over year, indicating growth was supported by expanded available service in addition to strong demand.

Overall load factor for 2025 reached 85 percent, up from 79 percent in 2024, meaning a higher percentage of available seats were filled.

United Airlines carried the largest share of departing passengers in 2025 at just over 50 percent of the market, followed by American Airlines at approximately 36 percent. Delta contributed 7.84 percent of the airport’s total traffic, and Breeze Airways was at 5.34 percent.