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Table 14: 2001-2008 Change in Average First Quarter Domestic Fare

Fares based on U.S. domestic itinerary fares, round-trip or one-way for which no return is purchased. Averages do not include frequent flyer fares.
Top 100 airports* (based on 2007 U.S originating domestic passengers) ranked by percent change in average domestic itinerary fare from 1st quarter 2001 to 1st quarter 2008

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Rank Airport U.S. Average Domestic Itinerary Fares Pct. Change
1Q 2001 1Q 2005 1Q 2006 1Q 2007 1Q 2008 2001-2008 2007-2008
1 Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena, CA 184.53 211.96 233.17 227.01 237.43 28.7 4.6
2 Reno, NV 222.77 241.08 255.74 255.26 270.02 21.2 5.8
3 Spokane, WA 246.19 261.98 289.80 293.02 295.53 20.0 0.9
4 El Paso, TX 256.17 269.91 286.72 292.29 300.85 17.4 2.9
5 Lubbock, TX 229.61 243.77 260.13 261.69 267.67 16.6 2.3
6 Houston Hobby, TX 219.35 225.08 230.16 231.32 249.33 13.7 7.8
7 Madison, WI 401.04 357.66 406.09 419.68 454.91 13.4 8.4
8 Chicago Midway, Il 225.38 214.35 225.06 223.32 253.00 12.3 13.3
9 Boise, ID 270.04 274.51 290.51 299.72 302.64 12.1 1.0
10 Louisville, KY 289.43 288.59 310.97 319.60 323.83 11.9 1.3
11 Albuquerque, NM 267.92 283.15 292.98 295.87 299.64 11.8 1.3
12 Dallas Love, TX 188.72 174.21 185.17 195.22 210.48 11.5 7.8
13 New Orleans, LA 273.67 271.86 290.16 301.57 304.67 11.3 1.0
14 Little Rock, AR 299.29 300.12 329.91 327.28 332.83 11.2 1.7
15 Hartford, CT 338.97 292.42 325.62 356.75 376.58 11.1 5.6
16 Albany, NY 314.68 299.33 322.62 325.00 348.85 10.9 7.3
17 Ontario/San Bernardino, CA 243.99 250.33 261.81 265.33 268.81 10.2 1.3
18 Sacramento, CA 253.59 254.01 271.45 263.07 279.36 10.2 6.2
19 Cincinnati, OH 486.31 342.46 497.89 549.45 535.32 10.1 -2.6
20 Savannah, GA 360.92 301.51 378.26 383.27 395.15 9.5 3.1
21 Buffalo/Niagara, NY 258.89 252.16 262.04 254.90 283.05 9.3 11.0
22 Salt Lake City, UT 300.16 289.18 322.29 337.54 327.88 9.2 -2.9
23 Tulsa, OK 303.59 306.56 314.54 318.43 330.09 8.7 3.7
24 Tucson, AZ 286.19 292.68 304.25 300.64 310.68 8.6 3.3
25 Grand Rapids, MI 401.33 343.52 414.70 409.31 435.55 8.5 6.4
26 San Antonio, TX 308.07 316.08 315.05 326.14 333.54 8.3 2.3
27 Oklahoma City, OK 307.87 311.71 323.56 324.10 330.24 7.3 1.9
28 Washington Reagan National 371.62 308.65 341.32 349.26 396.94 6.8 13.7
29 Las Vegas, NV 225.63 228.62 239.41 238.68 240.71 6.7 0.9
30 Jackson, MS 334.24 320.13 355.40 357.63 356.55 6.7 -0.3
31 Greensboro/High Point, NC 363.75 319.15 400.69 399.50 387.23 6.5 -3.1
32 Birmingham, AL 312.60 305.61 338.06 337.63 332.45 6.4 -1.5
33 Islip, NY 235.90 225.75 230.34 250.77 250.07 6.0 -0.3
34 Oakland, CA 231.31 230.64 244.20 240.23 244.46 5.7 1.8
35 Phoenix, AZ 272.43 261.14 272.35 270.13 286.96 5.3 6.2
36 Omaha, NE 306.80 303.69 313.92 311.66 322.17 5.0 3.4
37 Kansas City, MO 284.55 281.25 284.74 286.06 296.88 4.3 3.8
38 Portland, OR 311.29 300.23 320.07 321.34 324.47 4.2 1.0
39 Columbus, OH 310.58 295.73 326.03 296.36 323.33 4.1 9.1
40 Los Angeles, CA 354.80 325.79 338.41 344.24 362.89 2.3 5.4
41 Providence, RI 304.89 262.30 279.24 290.60 311.38 2.1 7.2
42 Seattle/Tacoma, WA 338.80 312.48 337.28 343.48 345.39 1.9 0.6
43 Jacksonville, FL 298.06 284.23 305.98 291.71 303.63 1.9 4.1
44 Nashville, TN 299.62 281.40 298.37 282.04 304.05 1.5 7.8
45 Memphis, TN 394.58 368.71 410.35 414.23 395.00 0.1 -4.6
46 Burlington, VT 373.36 303.18 344.76 354.96 373.60 0.1 5.3
47 Des Moines, IA 413.32 362.14 403.52 393.21 413.33 0.0 5.1
48 Indianapolis, IN 313.50 262.39 300.72 299.01 311.68 -0.6 4.2
49 Cleveland, OH 351.41 317.36 312.77 331.18 349.36 -0.6 5.5
50 Baltimore, MD 283.38 258.59 265.92 260.26 281.31 -0.7 8.1
51 Fresno, CA 421.58 382.69 386.52 375.52 417.10 -1.1 11.1
52 Akron/Canton, OH 291.09 257.69 273.15 270.13 287.54 -1.2 6.4
53 San Diego, CA 301.00 291.90 301.16 293.76 295.55 -1.8 0.6
54 Flint, MI 306.62 275.19 295.86 265.85 300.89 -1.9 13.2
55 Austin, TX 352.24 329.35 337.69 334.27 342.92 -2.6 2.6
56 Dayton, OH 347.70 287.15 327.71 327.68 337.79 -2.9 3.1
57 Syracuse, NY 390.89 307.07 345.58 342.24 377.40 -3.5 10.3
58 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 402.19 353.04 375.93 363.19 386.20 -4.0 6.3
59 Atlanta, GA 369.44 303.21 352.10 376.89 354.27 -4.1 -6.0
60 Houston Bush, TX 422.82 355.99 362.02 353.50 404.70 -4.3 14.5
61 Raleigh/Durham, NC 315.46 271.32 313.49 295.61 301.77 -4.3 2.1
62 Manchester, NH 316.93 267.78 286.20 294.30 302.85 -4.4 2.9
  Average Domestic Itinerary Fare 347.74 301.41 323.36 317.88 331.72 -4.6 4.4
63 Knoxville, TN 464.03 343.43 443.55 446.57 439.72 -5.2 -1.5
64 Boston, MA 409.27 303.80 325.10 335.34 387.56 -5.3 15.6
65 Harrisburg, PA 462.22 382.38 460.23 419.31 433.72 -6.2 3.4
66 New York LaGuardia, NY 357.35 279.67 312.62 319.76 332.87 -6.9 4.1
67 Tampa, FL 301.29 249.55 274.87 271.88 273.22 -9.3 0.5
68 Rochester, NY 356.08 272.31 300.41 295.41 322.30 -9.5 9.1
69 Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA 405.75 304.20 340.53 344.65 362.85 -10.6 5.3
70 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 266.58 231.51 249.92 258.35 238.38 -10.6 -7.7
71 Miami, FL 395.50 310.04 313.14 337.68 352.43 -10.9 4.4
72 San Jose, CA 301.21 251.24 270.52 261.02 268.03 -11.0 2.7
73 Milwaukee, WI 382.51 298.60 328.61 337.00 340.06 -11.1 0.9
74 Colorado Springs, CO 445.91 382.70 398.19 384.00 395.29 -11.4 2.9
75 St. Louis, MO 353.06 310.60 314.14 317.22 311.37 -11.8 -1.8
76 Pensacola, FL 453.31 325.48 391.12 385.22 399.28 -11.9 3.7
77 Detroit, MI 350.42 311.26 335.73 299.05 306.95 -12.4 2.6
78 Greenville/Spartanburg, SC 541.05 352.15 455.76 470.84 473.62 -12.5 0.6
79 Santa Ana (Orange County), CA 376.92 292.12 319.01 299.65 326.37 -13.4 8.9
80 Newark-Liberty, NJ 465.26 388.34 372.56 370.59 401.23 -13.8 8.3
81 San Francisco, CA 465.70 412.06 428.85 421.90 395.54 -15.1 -6.2
82 Wichita, KS 436.15 339.45 397.79 386.61 369.86 -15.2 -4.3
83 Orlando, FL 296.86 245.90 258.00 261.56 251.39 -15.3 -3.9
84 West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL 334.27 254.54 268.93 277.21 282.47 -15.5 1.9
85 Chicago O'Hare, IL 410.60 309.84 332.46 311.00 342.18 -16.7 10.0
86 New York JFK, NY 443.94 279.97 307.69 332.72 365.98 -17.6 10.0
87 Charleston, SC 490.50 350.20 470.45 493.43 400.84 -18.3 -18.8
88 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 469.38 355.80 394.41 358.21 383.35 -18.3 7.0
89 Washington Dulles, VA 511.83 310.42 372.21 362.51 417.65 -18.4 15.2
90 Philadelphia, PA 435.95 285.24 310.10 302.04 338.66 -22.3 12.1
91 Portland, ME 456.95 330.23 432.60 359.78 352.62 -22.8 -2.0
92 Long Beach, CA 320.90 223.02 229.38 231.31 246.52 -23.2 6.6
93 Pittsburgh, PA 401.45 336.06 321.62 280.85 304.58 -24.1 8.4
94 Ft. Myers, FL 348.77 266.88 277.53 264.48 254.92 -26.9 -3.6
95 Richmond, VA 494.17 391.00 400.20 349.53 360.72 -27.0 3.2
96 Charlotte, NC 544.97 405.08 390.25 349.48 392.05 -28.1 12.2
97 Denver, CO 452.44 344.59 325.27 299.61 324.89 -28.2 8.4
98 Newburgh, NY 454.72 291.38 325.47 235.05 255.16 -43.9 8.6
99 Atlantic City, NJ 214.75 215.84 216.42 211.53 108.71 -49.4 -48.6
100 White Plains, NY 605.69 361.50 465.86 293.41 302.73 -50.0 3.2
  Metropolitan areas ranked by percent change in average domestic itinerary fare from 1Q 2001 to 1Q 2008              
1 Metro Los Angeles Area 323.68 292.17 306.71 306.85 324.70 0.3 5.8
2 Metro Houston Area 348.10 316.95 322.32 316.61 344.36 -1.1 8.8
3 Metro WashingtonDC Area 357.98 289.54 317.06 314.98 350.39 -2.1 11.2
4 Metro Boston Area 377.22 291.15 311.72 322.33 363.40 -3.7 12.7
5 Metro San Francisco Area 350.26 301.40 316.51 312.03 315.35 -10.0 1.1
6 Metro Chicago Area 351.91 283.15 300.02 285.32 315.82 -10.3 10.7
7 Metro New York Area 415.17 311.44 329.87 336.53 358.06 -13.8 6.4
8 Metro Dallas/Ft Worth Area 398.23 323.29 351.68 319.69 343.27 -13.8 7.4

Airports included in metropolitan areas:
Greater Boston: Boston, Manchester, Providence
Greater Chicago: Midway, O'Hare
Greater Dallas-Fort Worth: Dallas-Fort Worth, Love
Greater Houston: Hobby, Bush Intercontinental
Greater Los Angeles: Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena, Long Beach, Los Angeles Int'l, Ontario, Santa Ana (Orange County)
Greater New York City: Islip (Long Island), La Guardia, JFK, Newark, Newburgh, White Plains
Greater San Francisco: Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose
Greater Washington DC: Baltimore, Reagan National, Dulles

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Origin and Destination Survey: DB1BTicket

* Not including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico
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