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Table 11: Ranked by Originating Domestic Passengers

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.
Airports* ranked by U.S. originating domestic passengers in 2007

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Rank Airport U.S. Average Domestic Itinerary Fares Pct. Change
2Q 2000 2Q 2005 2Q 2006 2Q 2007 2Q 2008 2000-2008 2007-2008
  Average Domestic Itinerary Fare 339.23 306.72 341.61 325.41 351.86 3.7 8.1
1 Los Angeles, CA 355.88 339.82 374.55 370.72 397.53 11.7 7.2
2 Chicago O'Hare, IL 406.74 310.97 342.94 324.45 360.02 -11.5 11.0
3 Atlanta, GA 327.24 312.82 367.06 357.30 368.48 12.6 3.1
4 Denver, CO 442.37 335.82 334.19 311.75 320.44 -27.6 2.8
5 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 438.49 371.14 406.52 368.99 409.14 -6.7 10.9
6 Boston, MA 402.11 315.75 357.24 351.08 398.23 -1.0 13.4
7 Phoenix, AZ 270.27 269.26 296.07 283.92 298.38 10.4 5.1
8 Newark-Liberty, NJ 449.83 397.77 399.04 375.06 436.53 -3.0 16.4
9 New York JFK, NY 460.03 292.06 341.80 335.57 363.10 -21.1 8.2
10 Seattle/Tacoma, WA 333.62 333.47 360.35 352.67 367.19 10.1 4.1
11 New York LaGuardia, NY 366.18 292.13 328.41 315.80 361.83 -1.2 14.6
12 Philadelphia, PA 421.74 289.64 331.74 311.70 338.15 -19.8 8.5
13 Baltimore, MD 283.81 258.09 281.43 265.23 289.92 2.2 9.3
14 Detroit, MI 328.98 311.20 335.96 308.03 348.96 6.1 13.3
15 Orlando, FL 284.10 245.32 266.72 252.11 262.63 -7.6 4.2
16 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 396.08 348.01 379.66 360.79 424.69 7.2 17.7
17 San Francisco, CA 451.79 416.52 457.18 433.76 439.34 -2.8 1.3
18 Las Vegas, NV 225.29 237.48 258.25 246.65 266.34 18.2 8.0
19 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 259.86 224.82 264.86 249.85 273.17 5.1 9.3
20 Oakland, CA 239.42 245.68 275.22 263.52 257.30 7.5 -2.4
21 San Diego, CA 301.11 300.92 329.93 316.90 323.13 7.3 2.0
22 Tampa, FL 280.56 249.92 289.37 266.59 282.16 0.6 5.8
23 Chicago Midway, Il 216.74 213.77 228.43 219.25 256.73 18.4 17.1
24 Houston Bush, TX 412.50 361.15 380.57 376.46 423.25 2.6 12.4
25 Washington Reagan National 352.73 307.38 366.92 358.21 419.18 18.8 17.0
26 Portland, OR 305.39 317.90 343.55 331.85 349.94 14.6 5.5
27 Sacramento, CA 268.29 273.92 304.93 294.21 300.16 11.9 2.0
28 Washington Dulles, VA 434.55 289.42 407.16 374.42 434.67 0.0 16.1
29 Kansas City, MO 282.42 285.00 299.63 285.44 306.26 8.4 7.3
30 St. Louis, MO 345.49 309.83 328.80 315.32 319.15 -7.6 1.2
31 San Jose, CA 306.85 263.50 297.35 280.73 287.31 -6.4 2.3
32 Salt Lake City, UT 292.91 290.97 331.62 338.59 327.32 11.7 -3.3
33 Santa Ana (Orange County), CA 366.98 315.41 345.86 328.78 335.67 -8.5 2.1
34 Charlotte, NC 485.98 382.08 402.66 373.09 407.00 -16.3 9.1
35 Raleigh/Durham, NC 303.59 280.26 343.88 309.12 317.93 4.7 2.8
36 Pittsburgh, PA 417.99 319.96 333.91 299.12 314.91 -24.7 5.3
37 Nashville, TN 293.07 280.81 311.41 293.39 312.34 6.6 6.5
38 Indianapolis, IN 309.52 278.14 317.23 305.90 314.75 1.7 2.9
39 Columbus, OH 307.19 299.20 339.78 298.98 326.19 6.2 9.1
40 Austin, TX 345.78 332.23 356.52 344.07 334.59 -3.2 -2.8
41 Ontario/San Bernardino, CA 255.45 266.93 292.83 286.75 293.22 14.8 2.3
42 Cleveland, OH 340.95 306.34 331.36 334.70 367.00 7.6 9.7
43 Hartford, CT 334.65 298.94 350.75 368.78 385.15 15.1 4.4
44 Miami, FL 366.44 306.78 331.51 326.30 346.14 -5.5 6.1
45 Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena, CA 186.20 223.53 258.52 245.87 252.01 35.3 2.5
46 Houston Hobby, TX 219.12 225.40 242.08 234.15 255.58 16.6 9.2
47 Dallas Love, TX 174.46 173.80 186.63 195.11 220.81 26.6 13.2
48 San Antonio, TX 300.54 320.59 334.80 332.74 334.05 11.1 0.4
49 Milwaukee, WI 364.04 311.01 335.47 327.78 325.58 -10.6 -0.7
50 New Orleans, LA 270.95 269.34 313.09 309.11 310.64 14.6 0.5
51 Buffalo/Niagara, NY 297.36 254.13 276.16 260.38 281.85 -5.2 8.2
52 West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL 321.65 243.54 274.56 266.21 287.07 -10.7 7.8
53 Providence, RI 304.13 267.38 303.97 304.97 329.68 8.4 8.1
54 Jacksonville, FL 288.78 278.75 319.43 298.62 311.12 7.7 4.2
55 Ft. Myers, FL 302.80 247.90 283.03 258.87 278.40 -8.1 7.5
56 Albuquerque, NM 274.50 292.97 322.21 313.07 320.45 16.7 2.4
57 Manchester, NH 313.64 269.83 310.22 302.95 321.39 2.5 6.1
58 Omaha, NE 305.86 302.84 332.43 320.83 336.81 10.1 5.0
59 Tucson, AZ 295.10 298.69 327.80 311.81 333.58 13.0 7.0
60 Cincinnati, OH 452.47 363.19 526.94 562.23 594.99 31.5 5.8
61 Reno, NV 223.59 245.47 280.79 268.33 284.95 27.4 6.2
62 Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA 381.95 311.61 365.53 365.71 375.10 -1.8 2.6
63 Louisville, KY 290.12 292.25 331.95 328.62 340.49 17.4 3.6
64 Memphis, TN 364.48 381.09 425.53 386.35 427.15 17.2 10.6
65 Richmond, VA 479.72 388.63 378.89 361.79 381.13 -20.6 5.3
66 Oklahoma City, OK 310.39 316.56 350.46 348.20 349.55 12.6 0.4
67 Spokane, WA 255.66 281.90 312.05 301.01 309.41 21.0 2.8
68 El Paso, TX 260.45 274.93 303.83 297.06 312.34 19.9 5.1
69 Boise, ID 274.94 278.55 305.06 298.58 310.27 12.8 3.9
70 Birmingham, AL 315.01 305.21 360.17 339.98 346.88 10.1 2.0
71 Albany, NY 347.20 306.73 348.01 339.45 362.19 4.3 6.7
72 Long Beach, CA 327.04 256.02 280.35 264.22 263.13 -19.5 -0.4
73 Tulsa, OK 304.07 308.68 335.53 333.53 343.25 12.9 2.9
74 Rochester, NY 413.80 286.65 321.79 307.99 342.50 -17.2 11.2
75 Dayton, OH 341.82 309.62 350.89 336.61 354.13 3.6 5.2
76 Islip, NY 222.08 228.70 241.46 227.85 259.23 16.7 13.8
77 Syracuse, NY 401.49 319.88 376.04 358.02 395.16 -1.6 10.4
78 Little Rock, AR 302.27 303.25 348.54 336.21 350.21 15.9 4.2
79 White Plains, NY 570.54 367.96 370.73 285.85 306.47 -46.3 7.2
80 Grand Rapids, MI 422.16 372.29 427.07 417.35 461.23 9.3 10.5
81 Des Moines, IA 431.55 381.02 415.30 396.45 454.40 5.3 14.6
82 Greensboro/High Point, NC 372.14 339.10 426.80 387.35 410.81 10.4 6.1
83 Colorado Springs, CO 414.37 389.03 394.40 378.89 416.45 0.5 9.9
84 Akron/Canton, OH 276.29 269.20 285.19 279.90 291.62 5.5 4.2
85 Portland, ME 449.76 349.71 421.26 373.69 387.84 -13.8 3.8
86 Charleston, SC 453.96 363.87 509.06 433.31 416.99 -8.1 -3.8
87 Knoxville TN 394.24 362.05 483.74 442.18 524.11 32.9 18.5
88 Madison, WI 420.63 374.63 414.46 422.72 468.37 11.4 10.8
89 Wichita, KS 430.10 346.48 404.69 378.01 399.02 -7.2 5.6
90 Jackson, MS 328.44 321.33 378.15 366.96 380.01 15.7 3.6
91 Flint, MI 294.55 290.96 319.33 291.00 320.32 8.8 10.1
92 Burlington, VT 459.93 314.98 374.66 366.69 373.92 -18.7 2.0
93 Pensacola, FL 408.13 333.37 408.92 379.80 404.61 -0.9 6.5
94 Savannah, GA 324.53 313.97 429.57 385.54 395.10 21.7 2.5
95 Greenville/Spartanburg, SC 499.18 379.08 490.65 469.35 568.25 13.8 21.1
96 Harrisburgh, PA 452.80 414.20 479.33 436.45 448.24 -1.0 2.7
97 Newburgh, NY 413.83 320.62 359.30 251.40 277.60 -32.9 10.4
98 Fresno, CA 400.06 413.08 402.71 398.96 460.48 15.1 15.4
99 Lubbock, TX 229.61 255.91 280.79 266.85 291.32 26.9 9.2
100 Sarasota/Bradenton, FL 330.42 300.91 318.03 287.70 302.99 -8.3 5.3
  Metropolitan areas ranked by 2007 originating domestic passengers              
1 Metro Boston Area 372.77 299.33 341.03 337.23 375.13 0.6 11.2
2 Metro Chicago Area 345.98 280.96 306.25 291.09 329.21 -4.8 13.1
3 Metro Dallas/Ft Worth Area 376.39 332.73 361.11 330.17 364.95 -3.0 10.5
4 Metro Houston Area 339.99 317.35 339.16 326.30 364.99 7.4 11.9
5 Metro Los Angeles Area 326.71 308.74 341.84 334.04 352.45 7.9 5.5
6 Metro New York Area 412.55 322.30 353.75 335.25 379.23 -8.1 13.1
7 Metro San Francisco Area 361.47 313.44 349.02 335.13 347.66 -3.8 3.7
8 Metro Washington DC Area 341.25 282.48 338.92 322.15 363.37 6.5 12.8

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. Additionally, data from Spirit Airlines is not included for second quarter 2008 because of incorrect submissions. Atlantic City, NJ, is not included because Spirit operates more than 90 percent of the flights. The Atlantic City average fares in the July 23 press release were based on incorrect data.