BECAUSE THE JACKSON HOLE AIRPORT was closed during most of June as its runway was being replaced, its June enplanement count was 2,788. This is about the same number of enplanements as in May 2020, when the airport was first easing out of its COVID-19-induced coma.
We are currently emerging from the great economic experiment that was the temporary closure of the Jackson Hole Airport. To make possible the reconstruction of its runway, the airport was shut between April 11 and June 28; thus, June’s figure incorporated only 3 days of activity.
Even with nearly 3 months of closure, enplanements over the fiscal year ending in June were up 16% over the previous 12 months.
Source: Jackson Hole Airport
THE JUNE RECREATIONAL VISITATION count for Grand Teton National Park totaled 497,531, 34% fewer than the number visiting in April 2021. This was the sixth month in the last seven in which Grand Teton saw fewer visits than during the same month the year before.
During the fiscal year ending in June, 3,344,278 people paid a recreational visit to Grand Teton, 15% fewer than the number visiting in the prior 12 months.
As the graph suggests, last spring/summer Grand Teton’s visitation shot up, correcting for 2020’s COVID-related declines. Over the last half-year or so, it has flattened out again, to around where it was pre-pandemic.
Source: Grand Teton National Park
THE JUNE VISITATION COUNT FOR Yellowstone National Park totaled 536,601, 43% fewer than the number visiting in June 2021. Because of the flood-caused disruptions, this visitor count was essentially equal to that of July 2020; i.e., the month our region began to rebound from COVID-19. In contrast, June 2022’s visitation figure is 43% lower than Yellowstone’s June 2021 mark.
During the fiscal year ending in June, 4,942,836 people paid a recreational visit to Yellowstone, 5.7% more than during the previous 12 months.
Had Yellowstone not flooded, it was on a path to break the 5 million visitors level in the next few months. Now it’s not clear when that benchmark will be reached.
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