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Table 13: One-Year Change in Average Domestic Fare 2008-2009 (Revised Oct. 29, 2009)

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, such as baggage 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 2nd quarter 2008 to 2nd quarter 2009

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Rank Airport U.S. Average Domestic Itinerary Fares Pct. Change
2Q 2000 2Q 2006 2Q 2007 2Q 2008 2Q 2009 2000-2009 2008-2009
1 Savannah, GA 324.53 429.57 385.30 391.80 401.73 23.8 2.5
2 Dallas Love, TX 174.46 186.63 195.11 218.56 222.59 27.6 1.8
3 Reno, NV 223.59 280.79 268.33 284.32 284.22 27.1 0.0
4 Islip, NY 222.08 241.46 227.85 255.19 254.00 14.4 -0.5
5 Atlantic City, NJ 223.75 246.67 226.82 186.90 185.34 -17.2 -0.8
6 Houston Hobby, TX 219.12 242.08 234.15 255.58 253.37 15.6 -0.9
7 Oklahoma City, OK 310.39 350.46 348.11 344.50 335.74 8.2 -2.5
8 El Paso, TX 260.45 303.63 297.06 311.19 299.40 15.0 -3.8
9 Sacramento, CA 268.29 304.93 294.21 300.07 284.10 5.9 -5.3
10 Tulsa, OK 304.07 335.53 333.53 340.22 321.00 5.6 -5.6
11 Spokane, WA 255.66 312.05 301.01 308.82 291.00 13.8 -5.8
12 Tucson, AZ 295.10 327.80 311.81 332.87 313.05 6.1 -6.0
13 Pensacola, FL 408.13 408.92 379.80 398.97 371.86 -8.9 -6.8
14 Little Rock, AR 302.27 348.54 336.21 348.42 323.16 6.9 -7.2
15 Ontario/San Bernardino, CA 255.45 292.83 286.75 293.86 271.21 6.2 -7.7
16 Birmingham, AL 315.01 360.17 339.98 342.12 315.73 0.2 -7.7
17 Detroit, MI 328.98 335.96 308.02 333.46 306.91 -6.7 -8.0
18 Boise, ID 274.94 305.06 298.58 309.97 284.94 3.6 -8.1
19 Chicago Midway, Il 216.74 228.43 219.25 256.72 235.84 8.8 -8.1
20 Jackson, MS 328.44 378.15 366.96 378.55 345.96 5.3 -8.6
21 Nashville, TN 293.07 311.41 293.37 310.18 283.18 -3.4 -8.7
22 Louisville, KY 290.12 331.95 328.62 337.70 308.06 6.2 -8.8
23 Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena, CA 186.20 258.52 245.87 255.47 232.85 25.1 -8.9
24 Oakland, CA 239.42 275.20 263.52 257.47 234.63 -2.0 -8.9
25 Albuquerque, NM 274.50 322.21 313.07 317.79 288.38 5.1 -9.3
26 Tampa, FL 280.54 289.37 266.59 279.31 253.09 -9.8 -9.4
27 Cleveland, OH 340.95 331.36 334.70 360.24 326.19 -4.3 -9.5
28 Jacksonville, FL 288.78 319.43 298.62 308.34 279.13 -3.3 -9.5
29 Portland, OR 305.37 343.55 331.81 341.79 309.35 1.3 -9.5
30 Phoenix, AZ 270.27 296.07 283.90 298.68 269.93 -0.1 -9.6
31 Ft. Myers, FL 302.80 283.03 258.83 269.84 243.40 -19.6 -9.8
32 Miami, FL 366.44 331.51 326.30 347.87 313.15 -14.5 -10.0
33 San Antonio, TX 300.54 334.80 332.74 331.36 298.10 -0.8 -10.0
34 Flint, MI 294.55 319.33 291.00 319.84 287.69 -2.3 -10.1
35 Newport News/Williamsburg, VA 235.81 284.64 266.64 300.89 270.52 14.7 -10.1
36 Salt Lake City, UT 292.91 331.59 338.55 326.42 293.38 0.2 -10.1
37 New Orleans, LA 270.95 313.09 309.11 310.22 278.65 2.8 -10.2
38 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 259.84 264.83 249.85 255.22 229.12 -11.8 -10.2
39 St. Louis, MO 345.49 328.80 315.32 318.13 285.40 -17.4 -10.3
40 White Plains, NY 570.54 370.73 285.85 306.10 274.57 -51.9 -10.3
41 Las Vegas, NV 225.29 258.25 246.65 259.39 232.56 3.2 -10.3
42 Manchester, NH 313.64 310.22 302.95 317.28 284.41 -9.3 -10.4
43 Houston Bush, TX 412.47 380.57 376.38 424.23 378.85 -8.1 -10.7
44 Kansas City, MO 282.42 299.63 285.44 302.00 269.32 -4.6 -10.8
45 Austin, TX 345.78 356.52 344.07 333.90 297.52 -14.0 -10.9
46 Washington Dulles, VA 434.55 407.16 374.40 430.26 383.22 -11.8 -10.9
47 San Diego, CA 301.11 329.93 316.90 320.80 285.60 -5.1 -11.0
48 Charleston, SC 453.96 509.06 433.31 417.08 370.68 -18.3 -11.1
49 West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL 321.65 274.56 266.21 284.11 252.01 -21.7 -11.3
50 Indianapolis, IN 309.52 317.23 305.90 312.00 276.73 -10.6 -11.3
51 Albany, NY 347.20 348.01 339.45 360.21 318.53 -8.3 -11.6
52 Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA 381.95 365.53 365.71 371.51 328.50 -14.0 -11.6
53 Akron/Canton, OH 276.29 285.19 279.90 291.62 257.50 -6.8 -11.7
54 Huntsville, AL 473.34 524.39 493.88 533.98 471.10 -0.5 -11.8
55 San Jose, CA 306.85 297.35 280.73 286.19 252.42 -17.7 -11.8
56 Chicago O'Hare, IL 406.74 342.94 324.45 359.37 316.58 -22.2 -11.9
57 Orlando, FL 284.10 266.72 252.11 258.57 227.78 -19.8 -11.9
58 Philadelphia, PA 421.74 331.74 311.70 338.05 297.16 -29.5 -12.1
59 Baltimore, MD 283.80 281.43 265.23 289.97 254.44 -10.3 -12.3
60 Grand Rapids, MI 422.16 427.07 417.35 460.15 403.01 -4.5 -12.4
61 Memphis, TN 364.45 425.53 386.35 422.28 368.59 1.1 -12.7
62 Omaha, NE 305.81 332.43 320.83 332.69 290.27 -5.1 -12.8
63 Providence, RI 304.13 303.97 304.97 328.73 286.68 -5.7 -12.8
Avg Average Domestic Itinerary Fare 339.21 341.58 325.39 346.10 301.26 -11.2 -13.0
64 Hartford, CT 334.65 350.75 368.78 385.17 335.11 0.1 -13.0
65 Sarasota/Bradenton, FL 330.42 318.03 287.70 302.77 263.00 -20.4 -13.1
66 Colorado Springs, CO 414.37 394.40 378.89 403.56 350.23 -15.5 -13.2
67 Newark-Liberty, NJ 449.78 399.03 375.05 429.99 372.81 -17.1 -13.3
68 Pittsburgh, PA 417.99 333.91 299.09 313.88 272.07 -34.9 -13.3
69 Seattle/Tacoma, WA 333.60 360.23 352.64 352.05 303.04 -9.2 -13.9
70 Denver, CO 442.37 334.19 311.75 320.78 276.00 -37.6 -14.0
71 Raleigh/Durham, NC 303.58 343.88 309.12 316.37 272.14 -10.4 -14.0
72 Los Angeles, CA 355.78 374.44 370.62 388.53 333.31 -6.3 -14.2
73 Burlington, VT 459.93 374.66 366.69 370.17 317.09 -31.1 -14.3
74 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 438.47 406.48 368.93 409.72 350.39 -20.1 -14.5
75 Buffalo/Niagara, NY 297.36 276.16 260.38 280.42 239.73 -19.4 -14.5
76 Washington Reagan National 352.68 366.86 358.14 417.47 355.57 0.8 -14.8
77 New York JFK, NY 460.03 341.80 335.56 363.82 309.66 -32.7 -14.9
78 Greensboro/High Point, NC 372.14 426.80 387.35 391.03 332.58 -10.6 -14.9
79 Milwaukee, WI 364.04 335.43 327.72 322.01 272.93 -25.0 -15.2
80 Columbus, OH 307.19 339.76 298.98 324.83 275.01 -10.5 -15.3
81 Syracuse, NY 401.49 376.04 358.02 394.48 333.31 -17.0 -15.5
82 New York LaGuardia, NY 366.18 328.41 315.80 353.81 298.86 -18.4 -15.5
83 Fresno, CA 400.06 402.71 398.96 440.88 372.03 -7.0 -15.6
84 Wichita, KS 430.10 404.69 378.01 373.96 314.30 -26.9 -16.0
85 Portland, ME 449.76 421.26 373.69 386.63 321.78 -28.5 -16.8
86 Des Moines, IA 431.55 415.30 396.45 426.43 354.83 -17.8 -16.8
87 Dayton, OH 341.82 350.89 336.61 351.21 291.85 -14.6 -16.9
88 Atlanta, GA 327.24 367.06 357.30 366.45 302.98 -7.4 -17.3
89 Long Beach, CA 327.04 280.35 264.22 262.89 216.14 -33.9 -17.8
90 Santa Ana (Orange County), CA 366.98 345.86 328.78 335.99 276.03 -24.8 -17.8
91 Richmond, VA 479.72 378.89 361.79 376.33 309.08 -35.6 -17.9
92 Rochester, NY 413.80 321.79 307.99 340.25 277.96 -32.8 -18.3
93 San Francisco, CA 451.79 457.14 433.73 409.52 332.79 -26.3 -18.7
94 Boston, MA 402.11 357.22 351.08 396.81 318.03 -20.9 -19.9
95 Knoxville TN 394.24 483.74 442.18 466.41 368.84 -6.4 -20.9
96 Harrisburg, PA 452.80 479.33 436.45 449.69 346.51 -23.5 -22.9
97 Charlotte, NC 485.94 402.60 373.07 408.50 312.94 -35.6 -23.4
98 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 396.08 379.66 360.79 423.70 318.52 -19.6 -24.8
99 Madison, WI 420.63 414.46 422.72 469.04 348.53 -17.1 -25.7
100 Cincinnati, OH 452.47 526.94 562.23 593.32 363.69 -19.6 -38.7
  Metropolitan areas ranked by 2008 originating domestic passengers              
1 Greater Houston 339.97 339.16 326.25 357.42 329.94 -3.0 -7.7
2 Greater Dallas/Ft Worth 376.38 361.08 330.12 365.77 322.98 -14.2 -11.7
3 Greater Chicago 345.98 306.25 291.09 329.02 290.04 -16.2 -11.8
4 Greater Washington DC 341.23 338.90 322.12 362.75 314.90 -7.7 -13.2
5 Greater Los Angeles 326.65 341.77 333.99 348.76 301.43 -7.7 -13.6
6 Greater San Francisco 361.47 348.99 335.12 337.64 291.26 -19.4 -13.7
7 Greater New York 412.53 353.75 335.25 372.33 321.15 -22.2 -13.7
8 Greater Boston 372.77 341.02 337.23 374.38 308.32 -17.3 -17.6

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 have been revised and are included for all years. The addition of Spirit's data resulted in changes to the list of top 100 airports based on 2008 originating passengers. Atlantic City, NJ, which was not included because Spirit operates more than 90 percent of the flights there, is now added to the Top 100 listings. It replaces Lubbock, TX. The changes in the top 100 list were described mistakenly in the first version of this release. Tables 11-14 were revised on Oct. 28, 2009 to correct the error in the first version. Data for Lubbock is available on the BTS Air Fare web page. Atlantic City average fares in the July 23, 2008 press release were based on incorrect data.

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