3Q 2017 Air Fare by Airport

Annual Fare 1995-2017, 3Q 2017

BTS Releases Updated National Transit Map

Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released version two of the National Transit Map, a geospatial database containing information from hundreds of transit agencies that provides open, machine-readable data about their stops, routes, and schedules.

3rd-Quarter 2017 Air Fare Data

The average domestic air fare decreased to $336 in the third quarter of 2017, the lowest inflation-adjusted quarterly fare in 23 years of air fare records (Table 1), the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. The previous low quarter since BTS began collecting air fare data in 1995 was $346 in the second quarter of 2009.

3Q 2017 Air Fare Tables (1-6)

Figure 2. Fares by Airport Group based on Number of Originating Domestic Passengers 3Q 2017

Figure 1. U.S. Average Domestic Fares, 3rd Quarter 1995-2017

Table 6. Fares at Airports Grouped by Originating Passengers, 3Q 2017

Table 5. Unadjusted Average Domestic Airline Fares by Quarter, 3Q 2017

Table 4. Unadjusted 3rd Quarter Average Fares, 1995-2017, 3Q 2017