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Table 17: Top 85 Markets Ranked by Originating Passengers

Air Travel Price Index Percent Change, 1st Quarter 2008 to 1st Quarter 2009
First Quarter 1995 = 100
Markets ranked by originating passengers in 2008

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Rank Origin 1st Quarter 2008 1st Quarter 2009 Pct Change from 2008
  ATPI for All U.S. Origins 121.4 116.0 -4.4
1 New York, NY/Newark, NJ 122.8 115.8 -5.7
2 Greater Los Angeles Area, CA 125.2 121.2 -3.2
3 Chicago, IL 115.2 112.8 -2.0
4 Los Angeles, CA 120.7 116.6 -3.4
5 Las Vegas, NV 141.8 139.3 -1.8
6 Atlanta, GA 121.0 115.6 -4.5
7 Orlando, FL 114.1 110.1 -3.5
8 Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX 113.8 115.4 1.3
9 Phoenix, AZ 128.3 127.4 -0.8
10 Washington, DC 120.3 114.7 -4.6
11 Seattle/Tacoma, WA 113.1 111.0 -1.8
12 Denver, CO 105.2 96.3 -8.5
13 Boston, MA 119.1 108.5 -8.9
14 Houston, TX 127.7 125.8 -1.5
15 San Francisco, CA 127.9 119.6 -6.5
16 Baltimore, MD 114.3 110.6 -3.2
17 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 121.6 120.7 -0.8
18 San Diego, CA 122.5 124.2 1.4
19 Tampa, FL 117.7 117.1 -0.6
20 Philadelphia, PA 114.8 104.8 -8.7
21 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 109.0 107.5 -1.4
22 Detroit, MI 108.2 100.9 -6.7
23 Oakland, CA 129.9 128.1 -1.4
24 Miami, FL 115.9 111.4 -3.9
25 Honolulu, HI 148.3 154.2 3.9
26 Portland, OR 110.8 112.3 1.4
27 Salt Lake City, UT 140.6 133.0 -5.4
28 St. Louis, MO 116.1 113.4 -2.4
29 San Jose, CA 119.9 115.6 -3.6
30 Kansas City, MO 133.2 130.9 -1.8
31 New Orleans, LA 145.2 135.6 -6.6
32 Sacramento, CA 119.7 118.9 -0.7
33 Santa Ana (Orange County), CA 125.6 118.7 -5.4
34 Raleigh/Durham, NC 106.6 99.1 -7.1
35 Indianapolis, IN 120.0 112.1 -6.6
36 Pittsburgh, PA 113.9 105.1 -7.8
37 Cleveland, OH 122.9 119.2 -3.1
38 Nashville, TN 119.0 115.0 -3.4
39 San Juan, PR 137.8 128.2 -7.0
40 Hartford, CT 120.0 109.6 -8.7
41 Austin, TX 122.3 114.8 -6.1
42 Ontario/San Bernardino, CA 122.4 125.4 2.4
43 West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL 120.7 117.8 -2.4
44 San Antonio, TX 128.2 117.8 -8.1
45 Columbus, OH 123.0 116.7 -5.1
46 Charlotte, NC 129.3 118.9 -8.1
47 Ft. Myers, FL 146.0 143.4 -1.8
48 Albuquerque, NM 128.9 124.5 -3.4
49 Milwaukee, WI 118.0 109.4 -7.3
50 Providence, RI 120.0 113.8 -5.2
51 Kahului (Maui), HI 121.4 131.6 8.3
52 Jacksonville, FL 123.9 116.6 -5.9
53 Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena, CA 168.8 167.6 -0.7
54 Cincinnati, OH 143.1 131.5 -8.1
55 Reno, NV 129.6 132.8 2.4
56 Buffalo/Niagara, NY 116.0 109.3 -5.8
57 Memphis, TN 115.9 112.5 -2.9
58 Manchester, NH 101.3 97.2 -4.0
59 Omaha, NE 125.2 118.5 -5.4
60 Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA 116.6 110.1 -5.5
61 Tucson, AZ 131.4 133.1 1.3
62 Louisville, KY 136.7 132.9 -2.8
63 Anchorage, AK 155.9 194.1 24.5
64 Oklahoma City, OK 130.1 131.5 1.1
65 Albany, NY 126.2 121.9 -3.4
66 Long Beach, CA 165.9 151.9 -8.5
67 Spokane, WA 114.9 114.3 -0.4
68 El Paso, TX 131.8 130.0 -1.4
69 Birmingham, AL 119.9 119.4 -0.5
70 Dayton, OH 121.6 107.9 -11.3
71 Tulsa, OK 126.2 125.4 -0.7
72 Greensboro/High Point, NC 143.6 131.5 -8.4
73 Boise, ID 113.7 106.5 -6.4
74 Rochester, NY 112.8 101.0 -10.5
75 Lihue (Kauai), HI 202.5 206.8 2.1
76 Richmond, VA 105.8 90.4 -14.5
77 Kona, HI 166.9 171.8 3.0
78 Little Rock, AR 121.1 115.0 -5.1
79 Colorado Springs, CO 116.6 110.0 -5.6
80 Grand Rapids, MI 112.8 111.2 -1.4
81 Long Island, NY 114.4 118.6 3.7
82 Syracuse, NY 125.9 117.2 -6.9
83 Des Moines, IA 114.5 109.5 -4.3
84 Savannah, GA 124.4 118.5 -4.7
85 Charleston, SC 120.7 117.4 -2.7

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