/rolleyes / facepalm at New Englanders that think the world ends at the Hudson River.
First, why the h-e-double-hockey-sticks would you fly into Bismarck? There's thousands of flights into MSP which is about the same driving distance. Besides, most of the flights into Bismarck have flight crew that's UND alumni.
OTOH, maybe they are just throwing a little sandbagging at us.