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Table 11: Ranked by Originating Domestic Passengers

Average fares are based on domestic itinerary fares, round-trip or one-way for which no return is purchased. Fares are based on the total ticket value which consists of the price charged by the airlines plus any additional taxes and fees levied by an outside entity at the time of purchase. Fares include only the price paid at the time of the ticket purchase and do not include other fees paid at the airport or onboard the aircraft. Averages do not include frequent-flyer or “zero fares” or a few abnormally high reported fares.

Airports* ranked by U.S. originating domestic passengers in 2008

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Rank Airport U.S. Average Domestic Itinerary Fares Pct. Change
1Q 2001 1Q 2006 1Q 2007 1Q 2008 1Q 2009 2001-2009 2008-2009
Avg Average Domestic Itinerary Fare 347.72 323.34 317.84 334.84 314.94 -9.4 -5.9
1 Los Angeles, CA 354.69 338.28 344.06 364.80 333.57 -6.0 -8.6
2 Chicago O'Hare, IL 410.59 332.45 310.97 345.93 337.69 -17.8 -2.4
3 Atlanta, GA 369.44 352.09 376.86 357.30 334.32 -9.5 -6.4
4 Denver, CO 452.44 325.27 299.59 324.67 292.02 -35.5 -10.1
5 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 469.38 394.41 358.19 383.55 380.53 -18.9 -0.8
6 Seattle/Tacoma, WA 338.78 337.26 343.47 345.36 309.33 -8.7 -10.4
7 New York JFK, NY 443.94 307.69 332.72 366.99 325.86 -26.6 -11.2
8 Boston, MA 409.27 325.10 335.33 390.33 343.47 -16.1 -12.0
9 Phoenix, AZ 272.43 272.35 270.13 286.96 286.39 5.1 -0.2
10 San Francisco, CA 465.68 428.81 421.87 395.51 332.34 -28.6 -16.0
11 Philadelphia, PA 435.94 310.07 302.04 338.68 301.71 -30.8 -10.9
12 Newark-Liberty, NJ 465.22 372.55 370.59 401.17 377.87 -18.8 -5.8
13 New York LaGuardia, NY 357.35 312.62 319.76 351.59 325.07 -9.0 -7.5
14 Baltimore, MD 283.38 265.92 260.24 281.02 263.87 -6.9 -6.1
15 Detroit, MI 350.41 335.72 299.05 334.68 316.06 -9.8 -5.6
16 Orlando, FL 296.83 257.94 261.56 265.92 244.08 -17.8 -8.2
17 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 402.17 375.92 363.17 381.14 377.00 -6.3 -1.1
18 Las Vegas, NV 225.63 239.41 238.68 244.71 235.03 4.2 -4.0
19 San Diego, CA 301.00 301.16 293.76 295.55 285.69 -5.1 -3.3
20 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 266.58 249.92 258.35 275.98 259.97 -2.5 -5.8
21 Tampa, FL 301.28 274.87 271.88 281.58 272.77 -9.5 -3.1
22 Chicago Midway, Il 225.38 225.06 223.32 252.87 247.74 9.9 -2.0
23 Oakland, CA 231.31 244.20 240.23 244.46 227.40 -1.7 -7.0
24 Portland, OR 311.29 320.07 321.34 324.47 320.07 2.8 -1.4
25 Washington Reagan National 371.59 341.30 349.10 404.65 379.82 2.2 -6.1
26 Houston Bush, TX 422.76 362.00 353.46 405.10 393.14 -7.0 -3.0
27 St. Louis, MO 353.06 314.14 317.22 310.66 297.99 -15.6 -4.1
28 Sacramento, CA 253.59 271.45 263.07 279.36 277.98 9.6 -0.5
29 Washington Dulles, VA 511.81 372.21 362.51 418.97 402.38 -21.4 -4.0
30 Kansas City, MO 284.55 284.74 286.03 294.91 287.65 1.1 -2.5
31 Salt Lake City, UT 300.16 322.29 337.54 330.25 302.39 0.7 -8.4
32 San Jose, CA 301.21 270.52 261.02 268.03 247.88 -17.7 -7.5
33 Raleigh/Durham, NC 315.46 313.49 295.58 301.94 270.65 -14.2 -10.4
34 Charlotte, NC 544.97 390.20 349.48 392.65 349.61 -35.8 -11.0
35 Pittsburgh, PA 401.44 321.62 280.85 303.24 270.89 -32.5 -10.7
36 Santa Ana (Orange County), CA 376.92 319.01 299.65 326.37 290.81 -22.8 -10.9
37 Indianapolis, IN 313.50 300.72 299.01 308.56 276.43 -11.8 -10.4
38 Austin, TX 352.24 337.69 334.27 339.81 304.77 -13.5 -10.3
39 Nashville, TN 299.62 298.37 282.04 301.54 289.17 -3.5 -4.1
40 Houston Hobby, TX 219.35 230.16 231.32 246.80 263.77 20.3 6.9
41 San Antonio, TX 308.07 315.05 326.08 332.60 299.54 -2.8 -9.9
42 Miami, FL 395.47 313.12 337.68 352.44 331.50 -16.2 -5.9
43 Columbus, OH 310.58 326.03 296.36 316.73 284.52 -8.4 -10.2
44 Dallas Love, TX 188.72 185.17 195.22 210.48 231.45 22.6 10.0
45 Milwaukee, WI 382.51 328.61 337.00 339.53 300.36 -21.5 -11.5
46 Hartford, CT 338.97 325.58 356.75 376.62 331.10 -2.3 -12.1
47 Ontario/San Bernardino, CA 243.99 261.81 265.33 268.81 270.25 10.8 0.5
48 Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena, CA 184.53 233.17 227.01 237.43 230.66 25.0 -2.9
49 Cleveland, OH 351.41 312.77 331.18 345.03 334.50 -4.8 -3.1
50 Buffalo/Niagara, NY 258.89 262.04 254.90 282.02 254.84 -1.6 -9.6
51 New Orleans, LA 273.67 290.16 301.57 304.23 280.53 2.5 -7.8
52 Jacksonville, FL 298.06 305.98 291.71 302.63 278.16 -6.7 -8.1
53 Providence, RI 304.89 279.24 290.60 311.30 282.92 -7.2 -9.1
54 West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL 334.21 268.93 277.21 290.95 275.69 -17.5 -5.2
55 Ft. Myers, FL 348.77 277.53 264.48 282.48 255.75 -26.7 -9.5
56 Albuquerque, NM 267.92 292.98 295.87 298.33 293.35 9.5 -1.7
57 Omaha, NE 306.80 313.92 311.63 320.80 303.23 -1.2 -5.5
58 Manchester, NH 316.93 286.20 294.30 302.85 279.40 -11.8 -7.7
59 Tucson, AZ 286.19 304.25 300.64 310.68 319.02 11.5 2.7
60 Louisville, KY 289.43 310.93 319.60 319.15 310.44 7.3 -2.7
61 Memphis, TN 394.58 410.35 414.23 380.93 396.52 0.5 4.1
62 Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA 405.75 340.49 344.65 359.87 330.05 -18.7 -8.3
63 Oklahoma City, OK 307.87 323.56 324.10 327.63 341.43 10.9 4.2
64 Richmond, VA 494.17 400.20 349.53 362.40 302.07 -38.9 -16.6
65 Spokane, WA 246.19 289.70 293.02 295.53 299.56 21.7 1.4
66 Cincinnati, OH 486.31 497.89 549.45 535.78 445.82 -8.3 -16.8
67 Reno, NV 222.77 255.74 255.26 270.02 280.65 26.0 3.9
68 El Paso, TX 256.17 286.72 292.29 300.85 299.67 17.0 -0.4
69 Dayton, OH 347.70 327.71 327.63 335.26 295.78 -14.9 -11.8
70 Birmingham, AL 312.60 338.06 337.63 329.86 320.62 2.6 -2.8
71 Tulsa, OK 303.59 314.54 318.43 326.02 320.29 5.5 -1.8
72 Boise, ID 270.04 290.51 299.72 302.64 288.57 6.9 -4.6
73 Long Beach, CA 320.90 229.38 231.31 246.52 207.01 -35.5 -16.0
74 Albany, NY 314.68 322.62 324.93 348.41 315.33 0.2 -9.5
75 Rochester, NY 356.08 300.41 295.29 317.14 285.82 -19.7 -9.9
76 Islip, NY 235.90 230.34 250.77 250.07 253.28 7.4 1.3
77 Syracuse, NY 390.89 345.58 342.24 378.41 342.80 -12.3 -9.4
78 White Plains, NY 605.69 465.86 293.41 295.40 273.89 -54.8 -7.3
79 Little Rock, AR 299.24 329.91 327.28 327.94 326.86 9.2 -0.3
80 Greensboro/High Point, NC 363.75 400.69 399.50 387.67 341.00 -6.3 -12.0
81 Akron/Canton, OH 291.09 273.15 270.13 285.53 256.40 -11.9 -10.2
82 Des Moines, IA 413.32 403.52 393.21 414.64 402.98 -2.5 -2.8
83 Portland, ME 456.95 432.60 359.78 354.40 324.93 -28.9 -8.3
84 Colorado Springs, CO 445.91 398.01 384.00 394.16 367.89 -17.5 -6.7
85 Charleston, SC 490.50 470.45 493.43 402.92 382.02 -22.1 -5.2
86 Grand Rapids, MI 401.33 414.70 409.31 435.32 417.78 4.1 -4.0
87 Wichita, KS 436.15 397.79 386.37 365.16 344.09 -21.1 -5.8
88 Burlington, VT 373.36 344.76 354.96 368.65 332.44 -11.0 -9.8
89 Knoxville TN 464.03 443.33 446.57 434.43 389.75 -16.0 -10.3
90 Madison, WI 401.04 405.90 419.68 450.90 375.45 -6.4 -16.7
91 Flint, MI 306.62 295.86 265.85 299.51 279.08 -9.0 -6.8
92 Jackson, MS 334.24 355.40 357.63 354.87 353.24 5.7 -0.5
93 Harrisburg, PA 462.22 460.23 419.31 434.30 366.78 -20.6 -15.5
94 Pensacola, FL 453.31 391.12 385.07 397.25 393.08 -13.3 -1.1
95 Savannah, GA 360.92 378.26 383.27 395.36 404.93 12.2 2.4
96 Sarasota/Bradenton, FL 375.00 315.83 284.18 289.86 277.13 -26.1 -4.4
97 Huntsville, AL 473.76 510.19 521.65 501.12 505.35 6.7 0.8
98 Newport News/Williamsburg, VA 257.57 266.21 273.03 290.73 284.23 10.3 -2.2
99 Fresno, CA 421.58 386.52 375.52 417.10 370.22 -12.2 -11.2
100 Lubbock, TX 229.61 260.13 261.69 267.67 280.17 22.0 4.7
  Metropolitan areas ranked by 2008 originating domestic passengers              
1 Greater New York 415.15 329.87 336.53 363.79 335.68 -19.1 -7.7
2 Greater Los Angeles 323.61 306.63 306.75 325.55 301.35 -6.9 -7.4
3 Greater Chicago 351.91 300.01 285.30 318.04 309.10 -12.2 -2.8
4 Greater Washington DC 357.97 317.06 314.92 351.74 331.79 -7.3 -5.7
5 Greater San Francisco 350.25 316.50 312.02 315.34 285.93 -18.4 -9.3
6 Greater Boston 377.22 311.72 322.32 365.06 323.80 -14.2 -11.3
7 Greater Dallas/Ft Worth 398.23 351.68 319.68 343.14 345.16 -13.3 0.6
8 Greater Houston 348.07 322.31 316.58 343.84 342.41 -1.6 -0.4

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: 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 for 1Q 2007, 1Q 2008 and 1Q 2009 are not included 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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