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Table 15: Top 85 Markets Ranked by Percent Change from 1995

Air Travel Price Index Percent Change, 1st Quarter 1995 to 1st Quarter 2009
First Quarter 1995 = 100

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Rank Origin 1st Quarter 1995 1st Quarter 2009 Pct Change from 1995
  ATPI for All U.S. Origins 100.0 116.0 16.0
1 Lihue (Kauai), HI 100.0 206.8 106.8
2 Anchorage, AK 100.0 194.1 94.1
3 Kona, HI 100.0 171.8 71.8
4 Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena, CA 100.0 167.6 67.6
5 Honolulu, HI 100.0 154.2 54.2
6 Long Beach, CA 100.0 151.9 51.9
7 Ft. Myers, FL 100.0 143.4 43.4
8 Las Vegas, NV 100.0 139.3 39.3
9 New Orleans, LA 100.0 135.6 35.6
10 Tucson, AZ 100.0 133.1 33.1
11 Salt Lake City, UT 100.0 133.0 33.0
12 Louisville, KY 100.0 132.9 32.9
13 Reno, NV 100.0 132.8 32.8
14 Kahului (Maui), HI 100.0 131.6 31.6
16 Cincinnati, OH 100.0 131.5 31.5
16 Oklahoma City, OK 100.0 131.5 31.5
17 Greensboro/High Point, NC 100.0 131.5 31.5
18 Kansas City, MO 100.0 130.9 30.9
19 El Paso, TX 100.0 130.0 30.0
20 San Juan, PR 100.0 128.2 28.2
21 Oakland, CA 100.0 128.1 28.1
22 Phoenix, AZ 100.0 127.4 27.4
23 Houston, TX 100.0 125.8 25.8
24 Tulsa, OK 100.0 125.4 25.4
25 Ontario/San Bernardino, CA 100.0 125.4 25.4
26 Albuquerque, NM 100.0 124.5 24.5
27 San Diego, CA 100.0 124.2 24.2
28 Albany, NY 100.0 121.9 21.9
29 Greater Los Angeles Area, CA 100.0 121.2 21.2
30 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 100.0 120.7 20.7
31 San Francisco, CA 100.0 119.6 19.6
32 Birmingham, AL 100.0 119.4 19.4
33 Cleveland, OH 100.0 119.2 19.2
35 Charlotte, NC 100.0 118.9 18.9
35 Sacramento, CA 100.0 118.9 18.9
36 Santa Ana (Orange County), CA 100.0 118.7 18.7
37 Long Island, NY 100.0 118.6 18.6
38 Savannah, GA 100.0 118.5 18.5
39 Omaha, NE 100.0 118.5 18.5
40 West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL 100.0 117.8 17.8
41 San Antonio, TX 100.0 117.8 17.8
42 Charleston, SC 100.0 117.4 17.4
43 Syracuse, NY 100.0 117.2 17.2
44 Tampa, FL 100.0 117.1 17.1
45 Columbus, OH 100.0 116.7 16.7
46 Jacksonville, FL 100.0 116.6 16.6
47 Los Angeles, CA 100.0 116.6 16.6
US ATPI for All U.S. Origins 100.0 116.0 16.0
48 New York, NY/Newark, NJ 100.0 115.8 15.8
49 Atlanta, GA 100.0 115.6 15.6
50 San Jose, CA 100.0 115.6 15.6
51 Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX 100.0 115.4 15.4
52 Little Rock, AR 100.0 115.0 15.0
53 Nashville, TN 100.0 115.0 15.0
54 Austin, TX 100.0 114.8 14.8
55 Washington, DC 100.0 114.7 14.7
56 Spokane, WA 100.0 114.3 14.3
57 Providence, RI 100.0 113.8 13.8
58 St. Louis, MO 100.0 113.4 13.4
59 Chicago, IL 100.0 112.8 12.8
60 Memphis, TN 100.0 112.5 12.5
61 Portland, OR 100.0 112.3 12.3
62 Indianapolis, IN 100.0 112.1 12.1
63 Miami, FL 100.0 111.4 11.4
64 Grand Rapids, MI 100.0 111.2 11.2
65 Seattle/Tacoma, WA 100.0 111.0 11.0
66 Baltimore, MD 100.0 110.6 10.6
67 Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA 100.0 110.1 10.1
68 Orlando, FL 100.0 110.1 10.1
69 Colorado Springs, CO 100.0 110.0 10.0
70 Hartford, CT 100.0 109.6 9.6
71 Des Moines, IA 100.0 109.5 9.5
72 Milwaukee, WI 100.0 109.4 9.4
73 Buffalo/Niagara, NY 100.0 109.3 9.3
74 Boston, MA 100.0 108.5 8.5
75 Dayton, OH 100.0 107.9 7.9
76 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 100.0 107.5 7.5
77 Boise, ID 100.0 106.5 6.5
78 Pittsburgh, PA 100.0 105.1 5.1
79 Philadelphia, PA 100.0 104.8 4.8
80 Rochester, NY 100.0 101.0 1.0
81 Detroit, MI 100.0 100.9 0.9
82 Raleigh/Durham, NC 100.0 99.1 -0.9
83 Manchester, NH 100.0 97.2 -2.8
84 Denver, CO 100.0 96.3 -3.7
85 Richmond, VA 100.0 90.4 -9.6

Source: BTS - Based on calculations using data from the BTS Passenger Origin and Destination (O&D) Survey
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