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