Editing Hector International Airport (section)

{{Short description|Airport in Fargo, North Dakota}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox airport
| name                = Hector International Airport
| image               = Hector International Airport Logo.svg
| image-width         = 150
| image2              = Hector International Airport - North Dakota.jpg
| image2-width        = 250
| caption2            = 2006 USGS orthophoto
| IATA                = FAR
| ICAO                = KFAR
| FAA                 = FAR
| type                = Public / military
| opened              = {{start date|1927}}
| owner               = Municipal Airport Authority of the City of Fargo
| operator            = Municipal Airport Authority
| city-served         = [[Fargo, North Dakota]] and [[Moorhead, Minnesota]] ([[Fargo–Moorhead]])
| location            = [[Fargo, North Dakota]]
| hub                 = {{Unbulleted list|[[Corporate Air]]|[[Bemidji Airlines]]}}
| elevation-f         = 901
| coordinates         = {{coord|46|55|14|N|096|48|56|W|type:airport_region:US-ND}}
| website             = [http://www.fargoairport.com/ www.FargoAirport.com]
| image_map           = Hector International Airport (KFAR) Airport Diagram.pdf
| image_mapsize       = 250
| image_map_caption   = FAA airport diagram
| mapframe            = yes
| mapframe-zoom       = 9
| mapframe-wikidata   = yes
| r1-number           = 18/36
| r1-length-f         = 9,001
| r1-length-m         = 2,744
| r1-surface          = Concrete
| r2-number           = 9/27
| r2-length-f         = 6,302
| r2-length-m         = 1,921
| r2-surface          = Concrete
| r3-number           = 13/31
| r3-length-f         = 3,801
| r3-length-m         = 1,159
| r3-surface          = Concrete
| stat-year           = 2024
| stat1-header        = Total passengers
| stat1-data          = 1,092,836
| stat2-header        = Aircraft operations
| stat2-data          = 82,632
| stat3-header        = Based aircraft (2023)
| stat3-data          = 217
| footnotes           = Source: Hector International Airport<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fargoairport.com/december-2024-year-end-statistics|title=2024 Year End Statistics For Fargo Airport|website=fargoairport.com|accessdate= January 15, 2025}}</ref><ref name=FAA /><ref>https://aspm.faa.gov/opsnet/sys/Airport.asp</ref>
}}

'''Hector International Airport''' {{airport codes|FAR|KFAR|FAR}} is a civil-military public airport three miles (5&nbsp;km) northwest of [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]], in [[Cass County, North Dakota]], United States. The busiest airport in North Dakota, it is owned by the City of Fargo Municipal Airport Authority.<ref name=FAA>{{FAA-airport|ID=FAR|use=PU|own=PU|site=17328.*A}}, effective December 26, 2024</ref> [[Fargo Air National Guard Base]] is located adjacent to the airport.
 
The airport was named after [[Martin Hector]], who first leased, and then donated the original 50 acres of land to the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fargoairport.com/history.html |title=Hector Field History |publisher=Municipal Airport Authority |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016061044/http://www.fargoairport.com/history.html |archive-date=October 16, 2006 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Customs service is available for arrivals from Canada and other countries. Hector International has no scheduled passenger airline flights out of the country but has its international title (like many other airports) because of this customs service.

The airport is home to [[Fargo Air National Guard Base]] and the ''Happy Hooligans'' of the [[119th Wing]] (119 WG), a unit of the North Dakota [[Air National Guard]] that operates the [[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper|MQ-9 Reaper]]. 
 
The airport was the intended destination for the airplane carrying [[Buddy Holly]], [[Ritchie Valens]], and [[The Big Bopper|J.P. Richardson]] on February 3, 1959. The airplane [[The Day the Music Died|crashed shortly after takeoff]] from [[Mason City, Iowa]], killing the three musicians and the pilot.