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Table 12: Ranked by Fourth Quarter 2008 Average 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 average domestic itinerary fare in 4Q 2008

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Rank Airport U.S. Average Domestic Itinerary Fares Pct. Change
4Q 2000 4Q 2005 4Q 2006 4Q 2007 4Q 2008 2000-2008 2007-2008
1 Cincinnati, OH 466.35 443.29 506.58 531.58 554.33 18.9 4.3
2 Grand Rapids, MI 395.17 400.53 391.97 419.45 459.03 16.2 9.4
3 Knoxville TN 419.60 410.93 440.49 425.10 447.40 6.6 5.2
4 Greenville/Spartanburg, SC 480.99 411.51 449.10 441.36 441.04 -8.3 -0.1
5 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 391.32 353.66 361.01 362.89 435.03 11.2 19.9
6 Washington Dulles, VA 489.04 353.59 361.26 404.18 429.94 -12.1 6.4
7 Newark-Liberty, NJ 457.60 367.37 363.93 389.40 426.67 -6.8 9.6
8 Fresno, CA 386.31 378.41 389.14 413.21 426.46 10.4 3.2
9 Madison, WI 400.43 409.06 406.39 424.50 424.47 6.0 0.0
10 Harrisburg, PA 453.38 444.32 450.78 432.97 421.08 -7.1 -2.7
11 Houston Bush, TX 404.89 345.75 341.87 397.39 420.97 4.0 5.9
12 Des Moines, IA 395.46 396.24 382.80 389.49 419.85 6.2 7.8
13 Savannah, GA 323.77 350.13 370.10 372.33 407.51 25.9 9.4
14 Memphis, TN 376.68 393.86 394.15 373.69 406.72 8.0 8.8
15 Washington Reagan National 351.02 322.37 336.55 381.43 406.31 15.8 6.5
16 San Francisco, CA 455.95 414.11 438.16 427.56 404.68 -11.2 -5.4
17 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 447.03 374.08 360.79 363.14 402.92 -9.9 11.0
18 Pensacola, FL 414.86 375.18 363.63 368.63 397.20 -4.3 7.8
19 Colorado Springs, CO 410.83 400.61 379.71 384.98 394.02 -4.1 2.3
20 Los Angeles, CA 358.15 343.62 359.16 380.73 393.00 9.7 3.2
21 Charleston, SC 431.23 408.69 460.31 375.24 391.47 -9.2 4.3
22 Boston, MA 404.59 323.88 328.45 371.93 384.35 -5.0 3.3
23 Hartford, CT 339.54 310.45 349.27 374.56 380.56 12.1 1.6
24 Cleveland, OH 349.10 301.24 318.31 343.40 376.86 8.0 9.7
25 Charlotte, NC 495.41 378.76 324.42 359.32 373.69 -24.6 4.0
26 Syracuse, NY 380.04 335.76 340.92 366.76 373.38 -1.8 1.8
27 Greensboro/High Point, NC 348.21 366.26 386.44 387.80 371.93 6.8 -4.1
28 Jackson, MS 326.84 338.24 341.41 354.67 371.56 13.7 4.8
29 Chicago O'Hare, IL 405.81 318.70 314.00 335.35 366.29 -9.7 9.2
30 Wichita, KS 418.99 380.15 373.75 348.64 365.80 -12.7 4.9
31 Oklahoma City, OK 305.89 313.91 330.69 341.27 364.71 19.2 6.9
32 Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA 386.81 328.93 347.59 361.68 361.86 -6.5 0.1
33 Portland, OR 315.50 313.11 329.87 331.06 355.16 12.6 7.3
34 Albany, NY 322.38 311.47 333.11 341.77 354.77 10.0 3.8
35 New York JFK, NY 442.75 302.66 333.09 351.57 354.13 -20.0 0.7
36 Seattle/Tacoma, WA 345.21 331.73 350.39 356.29 353.51 2.4 -0.8
37 Tucson, AZ 286.92 305.72 318.03 324.55 351.99 22.7 8.5
38 Portland, ME 437.47 397.89 363.55 360.68 351.29 -19.7 -2.6
39 Tulsa, OK 302.25 306.58 318.78 326.75 350.65 16.0 7.3
Avg Average Domestic Itinerary Fare 340.11 314.76 318.16 332.08 346.55 1.9 4.4
40 Detroit, MI 342.23 328.17 302.29 330.95 349.49 2.1 5.6
41 New York LaGuardia, NY 350.09 315.00 313.54 337.07 348.75 -0.4 3.5
42 Little Rock, AR 297.60 311.77 323.82 322.77 344.97 15.9 6.9
43 Miami, FL 365.04 300.54 312.29 328.09 342.45 -6.2 4.4
44 Burlington, VT 378.45 326.01 352.28 370.75 341.21 -9.8 -8.0
45 Birmingham, AL 306.43 320.46 339.86 331.99 341.17 11.3 2.8
46 Philadelphia, PA 414.13 307.46 302.02 327.90 339.75 -18.0 3.6
47 Louisville, KY 288.07 299.01 316.69 317.54 339.40 17.8 6.9
48 Austin, TX 350.56 334.50 338.07 344.89 337.15 -3.8 -2.2
49 Santa Ana (Orange County), CA 366.20 314.00 318.73 334.22 335.68 -8.3 0.4
50 Atlanta, GA 354.28 323.36 334.87 343.11 332.72 -6.1 -3.0
51 Milwaukee, WI 363.48 323.43 331.13 328.63 331.47 -8.8 0.9
52 San Diego, CA 305.32 305.60 311.35 318.72 331.15 8.5 3.9
53 Albuquerque, NM 270.28 295.62 311.29 313.03 330.81 22.4 5.7
54 El Paso, TX 258.07 280.17 292.70 307.30 330.54 28.1 7.6
55 Dayton, OH 338.71 317.89 318.44 321.60 330.38 -2.5 2.7
56 Richmond, VA 459.64 370.57 341.51 346.65 330.08 -28.2 -4.8
57 Newburgh, NY 406.62 350.95 332.58 247.74 329.07 -19.1 32.8
58 Omaha, NE 308.65 304.50 314.91 320.03 328.49 6.4 2.6
59 San Antonio, TX 304.26 309.18 323.05 332.94 327.04 7.5 -1.8
60 Salt Lake City, UT 290.60 295.72 320.86 334.08 326.89 12.5 -2.2
61 St. Louis, MO 351.79 311.84 312.43 308.55 326.35 -7.2 5.8
62 Providence, RI 307.51 275.21 299.70 306.66 320.28 4.2 4.4
63 Denver, CO 418.53 338.55 310.86 326.53 320.23 -23.5 -1.9
64 Columbus, OH 313.14 312.24 294.90 307.16 317.86 1.5 3.5
65 Phoenix, AZ 268.66 275.49 281.81 293.84 317.86 18.3 8.2
66 Spokane, WA 251.41 275.28 292.84 294.22 315.98 25.7 7.4
67 Indianapolis, IN 309.22 287.60 300.47 309.69 313.30 1.3 1.2
68 Nashville, TN 294.31 287.82 277.42 299.02 312.80 6.3 4.6
69 Manchester, NH 322.91 275.52 299.19 297.65 312.57 -3.2 5.0
70 Sacramento, CA 266.62 277.62 280.17 293.25 312.36 17.2 6.5
71 Kansas City, MO 280.76 291.46 281.44 289.36 312.01 11.1 7.8
72 Rochester, NY 346.45 284.87 290.23 305.07 311.78 -10.0 2.2
73 Boise, ID 267.92 278.46 298.39 301.66 311.71 16.3 3.3
74 Ontario/San Bernardino, CA 254.84 265.07 280.72 282.78 309.05 21.3 9.3
75 Flint, MI 308.15 298.37 277.82 281.54 308.74 0.2 9.7
76 Raleigh/Durham, NC 299.88 290.30 293.01 304.30 308.40 2.8 1.3
77 Pittsburgh, PA 421.78 317.18 281.55 301.12 307.59 -27.1 2.1
78 Reno, NV 220.92 244.50 258.28 271.56 303.34 37.3 11.7
79 Jacksonville, FL 284.50 291.18 285.87 305.27 301.87 6.1 -1.1
80 White Plains, NY 551.54 423.30 325.91 290.59 301.46 -45.3 3.7
81 Lubbock, TX 230.11 256.59 260.70 271.89 298.00 29.5 9.6
82 Sarasota/Bradenton, FL 315.53 296.73 286.97 287.80 297.13 -5.8 3.2
83 Baltimore, MD 277.37 261.73 261.19 274.41 293.57 5.8 7.0
84 New Orleans, LA 270.70 315.29 288.93 303.62 293.27 8.3 -3.4
85 San Jose, CA 314.72 272.05 276.03 279.49 292.18 -7.2 4.5
86 Islip, NY 232.94 230.46 238.95 241.87 286.04 22.8 18.3
87 Tampa, FL 275.82 257.99 264.51 275.57 286.00 3.7 3.8
88 Akron/Canton, OH 290.54 268.41 262.73 271.88 284.86 -2.0 4.8
89 West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL 314.52 255.06 265.08 278.70 284.29 -9.6 2.0
90 Houston Hobby, TX 219.07 228.92 227.58 246.00 280.48 28.0 14.0
91 Chicago Midway, Il 220.50 217.21 214.67 233.53 275.16 24.8 17.8
92 Buffalo/Niagara, NY 259.34 252.53 254.21 267.22 273.41 5.4 2.3
93 Ft. Myers, FL 295.93 257.51 262.24 267.38 272.95 -7.8 2.1
94 Oakland, CA 243.11 249.66 261.19 257.49 272.59 12.1 5.9
95 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 253.74 239.00 255.35 269.08 269.97 6.4 0.3
96 Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena, CA 187.93 240.50 243.24 252.53 266.28 41.7 5.4
97 Orlando, FL 274.48 241.23 253.73 259.16 261.01 -4.9 0.7
98 Las Vegas, NV 225.91 236.39 240.63 249.36 260.97 15.5 4.7
99 Long Beach, CA 300.44 251.73 265.48 266.50 253.53 -15.6 -4.9
100 Dallas Love, TX 197.63 179.42 186.86 200.18 240.51 21.7 20.1
  Metropolitan areas ranked by average domestic itinerary fare in 4Q 2008              
1 Metro New York Area 412.15 329.19 336.05 351.33 369.46 -10.4 5.2
2 Metro Houston Area 338.07 311.57 308.03 343.74 368.57 9.0 7.2
3 Metro Dallas/Ft Worth Area 383.67 337.52 323.44 326.18 364.90 -4.9 11.9
4 Metro Boston Area 376.37 308.43 320.56 350.63 363.33 -3.5 3.6
5 Metro Washington DC Area 344.90 304.47 312.15 340.06 360.60 4.6 6.0
6 Metro Los Angeles Area 327.41 311.78 325.21 340.51 353.62 8.0 3.9
7 Metro San Francisco Area 361.58 318.68 331.75 332.59 344.09 -4.8 3.5
8 Metro Chicago Area 349.67 287.47 283.85 303.64 338.08 -3.3 11.3

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 the fourth quarters of 2007 and 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, 2008 press release were based on incorrect data.
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