Air Fares
In the third quarter of 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) transitioned to a new collection of passenger tickets, and launched the Origin-Destination Survey of Airline Passengers (OD40) program. Prior to the third quarter (Q3) of 2025, the ticket sampling collection was performed on a 10% basis. Beginning July 1, 2025, the ticket sampling collection changed to a 40% basis of all U.S. air carriers that operate scheduled passenger service. The Domestic Average Fares in this report and data tables are based on the 40% sampling. Fares prior to Q3 2025 will remain based on the 10% ticket sampling. Learn more about DOT's transition to the OD40 program.
Average 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 fees for optional services, such as baggage fees. Averages do not include frequent-flyer or “zero fares.” The inflation adjustment is calculated using dollars for the most recent year of air fare data.
The most recent data are from the 3rd Quarter of 2025.
Air Fare Press Releases (Tables 1-6)
National Level Fares since 1995
Average Fares – Top 100 Airports and eight Metropolitan Areas
- Table 7. Fares at Airports with 2,000,000+ Originating Passengers 3rd Quarter 2025
- Table 8. Fares at Airports with 1.5M-1.99M Originating Passengers 3rd Quarter 2025
- Table 9. Fares at Airports with 1M-1.49M Originating Passengers 3rd Quarter 2025
- Table 10. Fares at Airports with 500K-999,999K Originating Passengers 3rd Quarter 2025
- Table 11. Fares at Airports with 100K-499,999K Originating Passengers 3rd Quarter 2025
- Table 12. Fares at Metropolitan Areas 3rd Quarter 2025
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