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

Air Travel Price Index Percent Change, 2nd Quarter 1995 to 2nd Quarter 2009
First Quarter 1995 = 100

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Rank Origin 2nd Quarter 1995 2nd Quarter 2009 Pct Change from 1995
  ATPI for All U.S. Origins 101.1 112.5 11.3
1 Lihue (Kauai), HI 103.1 195.2 89.2
2 Anchorage, AK 107.3 193.1 80.0
3 Long Beach, CA 88.8 153.6 72.9
4 Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena, CA 101.4 171.0 68.6
5 Islip, NY 104.8 169.3 61.6
6 Kona, HI 102.4 158.1 54.4
7 Honolulu, HI 101.5 149.3 47.1
8 Ft. Myers, FL 97.6 139.9 43.4
9 Las Vegas, NV 101.0 140.4 39.1
10 San Juan, PR 93.1 129.0 38.5
11 Reno, NV 100.1 138.6 38.5
12 Oakland, CA 100.8 137.9 36.8
13 Tucson, AZ 99.6 130.7 31.2
14 New Orleans, LA 104.1 135.3 29.9
15 Sacramento, CA 99.4 128.3 29.1
16 Ontario/San Bernardino, CA 98.7 123.8 25.4
17 Louisville, KY 106.8 133.6 25.1
18 Oklahoma City, OK 104.8 130.3 24.4
19 Salt Lake City, UT 101.1 125.2 23.8
20 El Paso, TX 101.3 125.4 23.8
21 Omaha, NE 94.9 116.4 22.7
22 San Diego, CA 100.9 123.4 22.4
23 Albuquerque, NM 101.4 124.0 22.3
24 Phoenix, AZ 98.2 119.9 22.0
25 San Jose, CA 100.1 122.0 21.9
26 Albany, NY 101.3 122.6 21.0
27 Greensboro/High Point, NC 103.7 125.3 20.8
28 Kansas City, MO 102.3 123.6 20.8
29 Providence, RI 102.3 123.6 20.8
30 San Francisco, CA 99.6 118.3 18.8
31 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 100.7 119.6 18.8
32 Greater Los Angeles Area, CA 100.7 119.4 18.6
33 Cleveland, OH 101.0 118.8 17.7
34 Jacksonville, FL 101.3 118.8 17.3
35 Birmingham, AL 102.9 120.4 17.0
36 Kahului (Maui), HI 102.1 119.4 16.9
38 Nashville, TN 100.8 117.3 16.3
38 Tulsa, OK 103.3 120.1 16.3
39 Houston, TX 102.5 119.0 16.1
40 Savannah, GA 102.9 118.7 15.4
41 Los Angeles, CA 100.5 115.3 14.7
42 Washington, DC 98.0 112.3 14.7
43 Charleston, SC 102.5 117.1 14.3
44 San Antonio, TX 102.9 116.1 12.9
45 Hartford, CT 99.8 112.0 12.2
46 Syracuse, NY 101.1 113.5 12.2
47 Tampa, FL 99.8 111.8 12.0
48 Columbus, OH 102.9 114.5 11.3
US ATPI for All U.S. Origins 101.1 112.5 11.3
49 New York, NY/Newark, NJ 103.2 114.7 11.2
50 Austin, TX 100.3 111.4 11.1
51 Colorado Springs, CO 95.5 105.9 10.9
52 Little Rock, AR 103.5 114.4 10.5
53 West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL 100.2 110.4 10.2
54 Cincinnati, OH 102.7 112.8 9.9
55 Spokane, WA 102.3 111.9 9.5
56 Miami, FL 95.7 104.6 9.3
57 Santa Ana (Orange County), CA 102.9 111.4 8.3
58 Orlando, FL 100.2 107.9 7.7
59 Portland, OR 101.0 108.5 7.4
60 St. Louis, MO 103.6 110.9 7.1
61 Seattle/Tacoma, WA 102.1 109.0 6.7
62 Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX 100.0 106.7 6.7
63 Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA 103.4 110.0 6.4
64 Charlotte, NC 103.9 110.5 6.4
65 Chicago, IL 104.7 111.3 6.3
66 Buffalo/Niagara, NY 102.7 108.7 5.9
67 Memphis, TN 99.0 104.3 5.3
68 Indianapolis, IN 104.0 109.4 5.2
69 Dayton, OH 102.3 107.1 4.7
70 Baltimore, MD 104.6 109.5 4.6
71 Atlanta, GA 103.2 107.9 4.6
72 Boston, MA 102.7 106.3 3.5
73 Grand Rapids, MI 102.0 105.3 3.3
74 Pittsburgh, PA 102.1 105.3 3.2
75 Boise, ID 101.3 104.3 3.0
76 Philadelphia, PA 102.5 104.6 2.1
77 Manchester, NH 99.4 101.2 1.8
78 Detroit, MI 100.5 102.0 1.6
79 Raleigh/Durham, NC 99.8 99.0 -0.8
80 Rochester, NY 102.7 101.4 -1.3
81 Milwaukee, WI 103.8 102.0 -1.7
82 Des Moines, IA 102.5 98.4 -4.0
83 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 103.6 94.5 -8.8
84 Richmond, VA 101.7 92.5 -9.0
85 Denver, CO 104.5 93.8 -10.2

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