Delta: Fargo to SLC

[IowaBison]

http://www.in-forum.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D8G64J1O0

I figured that Salt Lake was where the Delta flights would be headed following the teaser on Friday.

[roadwarrior]

That will make it easier to get to the Southern Utah football game this fall for fans in the Fargo area. Just grab a car and drive south about 240 miles.

[MplsBison]

And Weber State/Idaho State when NDSU gets in the Big Sky.

This could help our case for getting into the Sky since the travel becomes less of a factor.

Now we need flights to Portland and Sacramento!

[WYOBISONMAN]

This makes the Big Sky connections much easier. People in the west are used to flying Delta.

[roadwarrior]

Now we need flights to Portland and Sacramento!

Direct flights are never going to happen with those cities but its easy to get to either from Fargo, with a connection through Minneapolis on Northwest, through Denver on United, or now through Salt Lake City on Delta.

[TheBisonator]

Direct flights are never going to happen with those cities but its easy to get to either from Fargo, with a connection through Minneapolis on Northwest, through Denver on United, or now through Salt Lake City on Delta.

Exactly. If anything, United, Allegiant and Delta will expand their trips to Denver, SLC and Las Vegas to accomodate any increase in demand.

[TheBisonator]

Woops, wrong thread. Dupe.

[JACKGUYII]

They have added the same Delta flights from Sioux Falls to Salt Lake City. This would allow Big Sky team to fly into Fargo and out of Sioux Falls or vise versa if teams are playing both SDSU and NDSU. Delta also flys to Cincinnatti out of Sioux Falls.

[WYOBISONMAN]

They have added the same Delta flights from Sioux Falls to Salt Lake City. This would allow Big Sky team to fly into Fargo and out of Sioux Falls or vise versa if teams are playing both SDSU and NDSU. Delta also flys to Cincinnatti out of Sioux Falls.

That is good!

[Bisonguy]

Direct flights are never going to happen with those cities but its easy to get to either from Fargo, with a connection through Minneapolis on Northwest, through Denver on United, or now through Salt Lake City on Delta.

Northwest also has a direct flight to Las Vegas from Hector, so there's nearly a daily flight to Las Vegas (neither Allegiant nor NW flies to Vegas on tuesdays).

[JACKGUYII]

Isn't it ironic how Northwest has added direct flights from Sioux Falls and Fargo to Vegas after Allegiant proved how profitable it was. As soon as they put Allegiant out of business in those cities they will pull the direct flights and everyone will fly through Minneapolis again. Support the Allegiant's of the world!

[MplsBison]

I always go with the little guy as long as the price difference isn't significant.

Sometimes NW just has better prices, though.


If NW did put Allegiant out of business and then pulled the Fargo/Sioux Falls to Vegas flights, some other little company would just hop in and pick up where Allegiant left off.

[bisonranch]

Support the Allegiant's of the world!

I just did. :)

That's sweet if Fargo gets service to Salt Lake. Looks like I'm moving back to NoDak, so that means more cheap skiing options!

[sambini]

Great job to Shawn Dobberstein and his staff at HECTOR INTERNATIONAL. Also Shawn is the new TEAMMAKER PRESIDENT this year. A former track athlete and alum of NDSU. Now Big Sky its not hard to get here and SDSU.

[TheBisonator]

I can't wait until they expand the Hector Airport terminal. :)

[NanoBison]

I can't wait until they expand the Hector Airport terminal. :)


The Hector International Airport expansion should be coming up here pretty quick. With the addition of Delta, they may also consider expanding the building to the west (currently postponed) instead of only expanding north. The plans are all up at www.fargoairport.com and under "Master Plan". I also did some quick calculations. Turns out every school in Big Sky located in or next to a decent size city ( that's all of them ) are all connected to by Delta Airlines. The maximum total flight times any school would have to "suffer" is 3.79 hours (3 hours and 47 minutes) which is Portland State University with Sacramento State directly behind them. If anyone is complaining after those numbers in the Big Sky, then we'll know for a fact that they specifically don't want us in there. Who do we need to talk to in the Athletics department to make sure they present these numbers next time BigSky comes a knocking?

I think the addition of Delta Airlines will be quite beneficial to Fargo, in general, and NDSU as well in terms of getting into a conference.

[NanoBison]

I do feel kind of bad though for SDSU, Brookings does't really have anything in it's airport other than Mesaba (NWA). But they are pretty much right by Sioux Falls which will have Delta as well. Just an additional drive.

[Paulie]

Anyone remember the old terminal? That brings back some memories.

[BisBison]

The maximum total flight times any school would have to "suffer" is 3.79 hours (3 hours and 47 minutes) which is Portland State University with Sacramento State directly behind them. If anyone is complaining after those numbers in the Big Sky, then we'll know for a fact that they specifically don't want us in there. Who do we need to talk to in the Athletics department to make sure they present these numbers next time BigSky comes a knocking?

I think the addition of Delta Airlines will be quite beneficial to Fargo, in general, and NDSU as well in terms of getting into a conference.

I think they are more worried about the cost rather than the time commitment. Those two west coast schools don't have the $$ in their athletic departments to fly their teams. Hopefully, with the addition of Delta competition will drive down the ticket prices.

[JACKGUYII]

I do feel kind of bad though for SDSU, Brookings does't really have anything in it's airport other than Mesaba (NWA). But they are pretty much right by Sioux Falls which will have Delta as well. Just an additional drive.

Don't feel bad for SDSU as Sioux Falls is just 53 miles away and has better airlift than Fargo anyway. Delta already is in Sioux Falls offering direct flights to Cincinatti and now Salt Lake City.

[Bison_Dan]

Don't feel bad for SDSU as Sioux Falls is just 53 miles away and has better airlift than Fargo anyway. Delta already is in Sioux Falls offering direct flights to Cincinatti and now Salt Lake City.

Yea I'm sure everyone loves to drive 50 miles instead of getting off the plane and walking over to the DOME! Keep telling yourself that having a 2 cent airport in Brookings is the way it should be.

[JACKGUYII]

I'm not saying it should be, but the reality of having a state university in a town of 19,000. The drive from the airport in Sioux Falls to Brookings is 45 minutes which is less than many big city airports commutes to a chosen destination.

[Bisonguy]

I'd say a drive of less than 60 miles is pretty much a non-factor. Having a drive less than two miles is just a bonus.

[TheBisonator]

Don't feel bad for SDSU as Sioux Falls is just 53 miles away and has better airlift than Fargo anyway. Delta already is in Sioux Falls offering direct flights to Cincinatti and now Salt Lake City.

It's true that SF has somewhat better air services than Fargo, but the difference is that the Fargo airport is almost adjacent to the Fargodome, the NDSU campus, numerous bars and restaurants, North Fargo's #1 commercial strip (19th Ave. North), and three hotels, two of them which are new. This is added convenience, and a better scenario than hitching a bus ride 50 miles to Brookings. A team like Portland State or Sac State can take a flight to SLC, Vegas or Denver and connect to Fargo, and immediately take a shuttle to their hotel, which would be accross the street from the Fargodome, and within walking distance to almost 2 dozen bars and restaurants.

[buffalobill]

Delta Dawn what's that team EWE have onboard! Could it be a faded GRIZ from days gone by! * ;D ;D ;D

[NanoBison]

I think they are more worried about the cost rather than the time commitment. Those two west coast schools don't have the $$ in their athletic departments to fly their teams. Hopefully, with the addition of Delta competition will drive down the ticket prices.



That begs the question, if they don't have the $$ in their academic budget, what are they doing at the DI level? Truthfully though, I heard the guy from Sac State said it was MUCH TOO LONG of a flight to get to Fargo. The prices I mainly saw were $335 round trip which is pretty good. Compared to the $635 I just paid from Fargo to San Jose.
Isn't the guy from Sac State originally from UND somehow?

I don't know, I just think we are a much better fit for BigSky than some of the current members in that conference. The new flights should help our case too.

[buffalobill]

The AD from Sac State is Terry Wanless. A former UND AD who crossed sabres with Engelstad and guess who went packin'. He also applied, interviewed, but didn't make the final 3 for the AD's job at NDSU. It is hard to say but he probably doesn't have to much love for the whole Midwest thing. What can you expect from a guy who was pushed out at UND and not hired at NDSU?

[Bisonguy]

That begs the question, if they don't have the $$ in their academic budget, what are they doing at the DI level? Truthfully though, I heard the guy from Sac State said it was MUCH TOO LONG of a flight to get to Fargo. The prices I mainly saw were $335 round trip which is pretty good. Compared to the $635 I just paid from Fargo to San Jose.
Isn't the guy from Sac State originally from UND somehow?

I don't know, I just think we are a much better fit for BigSky than some of the current members in that conference. The new flights should help our case too.

Terry Wanless stated it was somewhere around 8-9 hours to fly to the Dakotas from Sac . One way.

[buffalobill]

It is probably 6 to 6 1/2 eastbound losing two hours and 4 to 4 1/2 westbound gaining two hours. Wanless probably uses the worst possible spin but that is no surprise. Charters may cost more in dollars but would be much more time efficient. That would apply more specifically to FB though.

[Bisonguy]

Maybe Wanless wanted to stop in GF to visit the Red Pepper?

[sambini]

I think Wanless would order the GARBAGE PLATE at the RED PEPPER.

[IzzyFlexion]

Interesting Hector/Delta info that I assume has to do with weather cancellations and/or delays in the Great Lakes & Plains states...….

Delta (aka Sky West in this instance) flight number 4985 is currently en route direct from Fargo to Detroit (DTW). Haven't seen that before.

Delta flight 2248, scheduled to depart for MSP at 6:20 this morning had de-icing problems and is finally announced to depart at 12:45 PM.

[MrSnuffleupagus]

Interesting Hector/Delta info that I assume has to do with weather cancellations and/or delays in the Great Lakes & Plains states...….

Delta (aka Sky West in this instance) flight number 4985 is currently en route direct from Fargo to Detroit (DTW). Haven't seen that before.

Delta flight 2248, scheduled to depart for MSP at 6:20 this morning had de-icing problems and is finally announced to depart at 12:45 PM.

Nothing like bumping a 13 year old thread.