  hector international airport  is a civil-military public airport three miles (5&nbsp;km) northwest of fargo, in cass county, north dakota, united states. it is owned by the city of fargo municipal airport authority. the airport was named after martin hector, who donated the land for it. 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 c-21a lear jet and mq-1 predator. the airport was the intended destination for the airplane carrying buddy holly, ritchie valens, and j.p. richardson on february 3, 1959. the airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from clear lake, iowa, killing the 3 musicians and the pilot. passenger traffic at the airport increased 19% fr
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