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,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,
Rank,Metropolitan areas ranked by average domestic itinerary fare in 4Q 2008,U.S. Average Domestic Itinerary Fares,,,,,Pct. Change ,,,,,,,,,,,
,,4Q 2000,4Q 2005,4Q 2006,4Q 2007,4Q 2008,2000-2008, 2007-2008,,,,,,,,,,
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.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,