Airport has good year

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport topped its 2008 figures for departures and posted its third-highest count in the past eight years for incoming passengers. The airport averaged 758 passengers per month between January and April, outgoing traffic picked up, topping the 1,000 mark in May for the first time since August 2008. After that, outgoing traffic never fell below 1,145 in any of the following seven months. The airport finished 2009 with 12,365 boardings, a couple hundred departures more than 2008. (Source: Hattiesburg American, 01/07/10)