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Table 14: 2001-2009 Change in Average 1st Quarter Domestic Fare

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.

Top 100 airports* (based on 2008 U.S originating domestic passengers) ranked by percent change in average domestic itinerary fare from 1st quarter 2001 to 1st quarter 2009

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

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 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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