Table 10: 2000-2012 Change in 3rd Quarter Average Domestic Fare

Fares are based on domestic itinerary fares. Itinerary fares consist of round-trip fares unless the customer does not purchase a return trip. In that case, the one-way fare is included. 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 2011 U.S originating domestic passengers) ranked by percent change in average domestic itinerary fare from 3Q 2000 to 3Q 2012

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Rank Airport Average Domestic Itinerary Fares Pct. Change
3Q 2000 3Q 2009 3Q 2010 3Q 2011 3Q 2012 2000-2012 2011-2012
1 Newport News/Williamsburg, VA 233 251 289 321 428 83.7 33.1
2 El Paso, TX 260 300 340 378 384 47.9 1.6
3 Houston Hobby, TX 219 259 289 308 324 47.6 5.2
4 Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena, CA 189 250 269 299 277 46.1 -7.3
5 Reno, NV 232 290 306 335 334 43.9 -0.2
6 Dallas Love, TX 192 228 258 276 276 43.2 -0.1
7 Boise, ID 275 295 320 340 390 41.9 14.9
8 Spokane, WA 260 303 311 343 365 40.6 6.4
9 Tulsa, OK 308 321 370 415 431 39.8 3.7
10 Islip, NY 213 246 268 280 290 36.3 3.4
11 Chicago Midway, Il 212 238 271 288 289 36.2 0.1
12 Memphis, TN 362 376 422 473 485 34.2 2.5
13 New Orleans, LA 260 279 303 327 349 34.2 6.7
14 Louisville, KY 283 315 350 386 380 34.0 -1.6
15 Little Rock, AR 300 330 367 396 394 31.4 -0.3
16 Albany, NY 316 336 384 416 414 31.3 -0.4
17 Cleveland, OH 341 336 390 423 443 29.8 4.7
18 Salt Lake City, UT 296 306 352 366 384 29.8 4.9
19 Jacksonville, FL 278 279 306 345 359 29.3 4.0
20 Jackson, MS 330 359 388 429 427 29.1 -0.5
21 Oklahoma City, OK 311 340 379 401 402 29.0 0.2
22 Ontario/San Bernardino, CA 262 287 316 337 333 27.1 -1.4
23 Sacramento, CA 272 293 322 348 346 27.1 -0.4
24 Albuquerque, NM 282 293 335 345 352 24.9 1.9
25 San Antonio, TX 301 301 326 349 375 24.5 7.5
26 Kansas City, MO 279 272 310 321 346 24.0 7.8
27 Tucson, AZ 285 309 335 352 353 23.9 0.3
28 Nashville, TN 292 293 330 356 360 23.5 1.3
29 Birmingham, AL 312 325 354 389 383 22.5 -1.6
30 Houston Bush, TX 412 378 439 469 503 21.9 7.2
31 Greensboro/High Point, NC 353 347 363 383 426 20.8 11.4
32 Oakland, CA 240 251 278 307 289 20.4 -5.7
33 Phoenix, AZ 269 276 310 317 323 20.4 2.1
34 Flint, MI 300 252 302 329 360 20.0 9.4
35 Indianapolis, IN 315 282 314 357 376 19.4 5.3
36 Hartford, CT 337 349 378 378 402 19.2 6.2
37 Omaha, NE 302 297 331 339 358 18.6 5.7
38 Detroit, MI 332 313 356 379 393 18.3 3.6
39 Las Vegas, NV 223 232 257 268 262 17.3 -2.4
40 Providence, RI 304 285 325 325 355 16.8 9.3
41 Huntsville, AL 449 490 449 473 522 16.2 10.4
42 Columbus, OH 315 278 314 345 366 16.0 6.0
43 San Diego, CA 304 293 328 352 353 15.9 0.0
44 Cincinnati, OH 454 367 436 488 519 14.3 6.4
45 Knoxville TN 402 391 435 422 460 14.3 8.9
46 Tampa, FL 266 253 285 305 304 14.1 -0.5
47 Baltimore, MD 279 250 285 314 316 13.2 0.7
48 Los Angeles, CA 352 349 380 391 398 13.0 1.7
49 Raleigh/Durham, NC 304 277 306 335 344 12.9 2.4
50 Seattle/Tacoma, WA 342 323 354 368 386 12.9 4.9
51 Akron/Canton, OH 276 241 284 306 311 12.8 1.6
52 Portland, OR 317 330 358 372 357 12.7 -4.2
53 Manchester, NH 323 283 327 332 361 12.0 8.7
54 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 379 322 392 407 421 11.2 3.5
55 Washington Dulles 457 392 419 468 499 9.2 6.6
Avg U.S. Average Domestic Itinerary Fare 337 307 340 361 367 9.1 1.8
56 San Jose, CA 312 267 303 333 337 8.1 1.1
57 Austin, TX 350 308 343 363 377 7.6 3.9
58 Ft. Myers, FL 277 232 251 291 298 7.3 2.2
59 Dayton, OH 337 292 327 356 362 7.3 1.7
60 Fresno, CA 383 375 420 413 410 7.1 -0.7
61 Newark-Liberty, NJ 440 380 469 467 472 7.1 1.0
62 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 243 228 245 257 261 7.1 1.6
63 Atlanta, GA 328 299 328 360 348 6.2 -3.4
64 Grand Rapids, MI 425 406 368 397 446 5.0 12.4
65 West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL 294 257 281 300 307 4.3 2.3
66 Buffalo/Niagara, NY 293 237 281 313 304 3.8 -2.8
67 Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA 381 348 358 395 394 3.3 -0.2
68 Madison, WI 423 358 396 442 435 2.8 -1.7
69 Syracuse, NY 402 346 377 423 412 2.4 -2.6
70 Washington Reagan National 351 360 374 370 359 2.1 -3.1
71 Orlando, FL 266 225 242 263 268 0.9 1.9
72 St. Louis, MO 346 287 321 337 347 0.3 2.8
73 Pensacola, FL 420 360 367 410 416 -1.0 1.4
74 Miami, FL 363 310 328 345 359 -1.1 4.1
75 Santa Ana (Orange County), CA 367 288 339 366 360 -1.9 -1.6
76 Harrisburg, PA 460 350 380 444 446 -3.2 0.5
77 Charleston, SC 447 354 451 405 428 -4.1 5.8
78 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 441 358 403 407 419 -4.8 3.1
79 New York LaGuardia, NY 351 291 317 341 334 -5.0 -2.1
80 Des Moines, IA 435 378 393 409 408 -6.2 -0.3
81 Philadelphia, PA 421 303 345 383 391 -7.3 1.8
82 Chicago O'Hare, IL 416 327 361 371 379 -8.7 2.3
83 Colorado Springs, CO 418 355 393 418 380 -9.0 -9.0
84 Wichita, KS 422 314 347 378 379 -10.1 0.4
85 Burlington, VT 481 316 391 408 432 -10.1 5.9
86 New York JFK, NY 433 318 359 387 388 -10.3 0.3
87 San Francisco, CA 446 342 379 401 400 -10.4 -0.1
88 Boston, MA 414 319 335 343 364 -12.2 6.0
89 Richmond, VA 458 310 340 391 401 -12.4 2.6
90 Milwaukee, WI 366 249 263 285 317 -13.5 11.1
91 Portland, ME 476 312 366 376 405 -14.8 7.8
92 Rochester, NY 395 272 311 349 335 -15.2 -4.1
93 Pittsburgh, PA 430 282 308 337 362 -15.8 7.5
94 Greenville/Spartanburg, SC 471 392 415 374 396 -15.8 5.9
95 Charlotte, NC 498 320 358 394 401 -19.6 1.8
96 Long Beach, CA 316 229 238 240 230 -27.1 -4.1
97 Denver, CO 436 284 298 316 316 -27.5 0.1
98 Atlantic City, NJ 188 165 153 166 133 -29.4 -19.7
99 Bellingham, WA 379 221 215 253 246 -35.2 -2.9
100 White Plains, NY 555 257 292 316 326 -41.4 3.2
Rank Metropolitan areas ranked by percent change in average domestic itinerary fare from 3Q 2000 to 3Q 2012 Average Domestic Itinerary Fares Pct. Change
3Q 2000 3Q 2009 3Q 2010 3Q 2011 3Q 2012 2000-2012 2011-2012
1 Greater Houston 342 339 385 411 433 26.7 5.5
2 Greater Los Angeles 326 317 350 366 368 12.8 0.6
3 Greater Washington DC 340 315 344 367 367 7.8 0.1
4 Greater Dallas/Fort Worth 380 331 372 381 389 2.4 2.0
5 Greater San Francisco 358 304 339 366 362 1.1 -1.0
6 Greater Chicago 347 297 332 345 351 0.9 1.5
7 Greater New York City 398 323 368 388 387 -2.8 -0.3
8 Greater Boston 381 310 333 340 362 -4.9 6.7

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: 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.

Note: Percent change based on unrounded numbers


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