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Table 3-4: Average Travel Times by Air for Top 10 City Pairs, 1990 v. 2012

Wednesday, August 20, 2014
2012 Rank City Pair Average flight time (in hours)
1990 2012
1 Los Angeles - San Francisco 0.92 0.93
2 Los Angeles - New York JFK 4.98 5.15
3 Chicago O'Hare - New York LaGuardia 1.75 1.80
4 Atlanta - Orlando 1.05 1.04
5 Chicago O'Hare - Los Angeles 3.61 3.67
6 Atlanta - Fort Lauderdale 1.43 1.41
7 Atlanta - New York LaGuardia 1.81 1.79
8 Chicago O'Hare - San Francisco 3.82 3.85
9 New York JFK - San Francisco 5.26 5.37
10 Dallas-Fort Worth - Los Angeles 2.64 2.67

NOTE: Top 10 city pairs determined by enplaned passengers in 2012

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information, T-100 Domestic and Market Segment Data, refer to http://www.transtats.bts.gov/, as of November 2013