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Table 12: Ranked by Second Quarter 2008 Average Domestic Fare

Fares based on U.S. domestic itinerary fares, round-trip or one-way for which no return is purchased. Averages do not include frequent flyer fares.
Top 100 airports* (based on 2007 U.S. originating domestic passengers) ranked by average domestic itinerary fare in 2Q 2008

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Rank Airport U.S. Average Domestic Itinerary Fares Pct. Change
2Q 2000 2Q 2005 2Q 2006 2Q 2007 2Q 2008 2000-2008 2007-2008
1 Cincinnati, OH 452.47 363.19 526.94 562.23 594.99 31.5 5.8
2 Greenville/Spartanburg, SC 499.18 379.08 490.65 469.35 568.25 13.8 21.1
3 Knoxville TN 394.24 362.05 483.74 442.18 524.11 32.9 18.5
4 Madison, WI 420.63 374.63 414.46 422.72 468.37 11.4 10.8
5 Grand Rapids, MI 422.16 372.29 427.07 417.35 461.23 9.3 10.5
6 Fresno, CA 400.06 413.08 402.71 398.96 460.48 15.1 15.4
7 Des Moines, IA 431.55 381.02 415.30 396.45 454.40 5.3 14.6
8 Harrisburgh, PA 452.80 414.20 479.33 436.45 448.24 -1.0 2.7
9 San Francisco, CA 451.79 416.52 457.18 433.76 439.34 -2.8 1.3
10 Newark-Liberty, NJ 449.83 397.77 399.04 375.06 436.53 -3.0 16.4
11 Washington Dulles, VA 434.55 289.42 407.16 374.42 434.67 0.0 16.1
12 Memphis, TN 364.48 381.09 425.53 386.35 427.15 17.2 10.6
13 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 396.08 348.01 379.66 360.79 424.69 7.2 17.7
14 Houston Bush, TX 412.50 361.15 380.57 376.46 423.25 2.6 12.4
15 Washington Reagan National 352.73 307.38 366.92 358.21 419.18 18.8 17.0
16 Charleston, SC 453.96 363.87 509.06 433.31 416.99 -8.1 -3.8
17 Colorado Springs, CO 414.37 389.03 394.40 378.89 416.45 0.5 9.9
18 Greensboro/High Point, NC 372.14 339.10 426.80 387.35 410.81 10.4 6.1
19 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 438.49 371.14 406.52 368.99 409.14 -6.7 10.9
20 Charlotte, NC 485.98 382.08 402.66 373.09 407.00 -16.3 9.1
21 Pensacola, FL 408.13 333.37 408.92 379.80 404.61 -0.9 6.5
22 Wichita, KS 430.10 346.48 404.69 378.01 399.02 -7.2 5.6
23 Boston, MA 402.11 315.75 357.24 351.08 398.23 -1.0 13.4
24 Los Angeles, CA 355.88 339.82 374.55 370.72 397.53 11.7 7.2
25 Syracuse, NY 401.49 319.88 376.04 358.02 395.16 -1.6 10.4
26 Savannah, GA 324.53 313.97 429.57 385.54 395.10 21.7 2.5
27 Portland, ME 449.76 349.71 421.26 373.69 387.84 -13.8 3.8
28 Hartford, CT 334.65 298.94 350.75 368.78 385.15 15.1 4.4
29 Richmond, VA 479.72 388.63 378.89 361.79 381.13 -20.6 5.3
30 Jackson, MS 328.44 321.33 378.15 366.96 380.01 15.7 3.6
31 Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA 381.95 311.61 365.53 365.71 375.10 -1.8 2.6
32 Burlington, VT 459.93 314.98 374.66 366.69 373.92 -18.7 2.0
33 Atlanta, GA 327.24 312.82 367.06 357.30 368.48 12.6 3.1
34 Seattle/Tacoma, WA 333.62 333.47 360.35 352.67 367.19 10.1 4.1
35 Cleveland, OH 340.95 306.34 331.36 334.70 367.00 7.6 9.7
36 New York JFK, NY 460.03 292.06 341.80 335.57 363.10 -21.1 8.2
37 Albany, NY 347.20 306.73 348.01 339.45 362.19 4.3 6.7
38 New York LaGuardia, NY 366.18 292.13 328.41 315.80 361.83 -1.2 14.6
39 Chicago O'Hare, IL 406.74 310.97 342.94 324.45 360.02 -11.5 11.0
40 Dayton, OH 341.82 309.62 350.89 336.61 354.13 3.6 5.2
  Average Domestic Itinerary Fare 339.23 306.72 341.61 325.41 351.86 3.7 8.1
41 Little Rock, AR 302.27 303.25 348.54 336.21 350.21 15.9 4.2
42 Portland, OR 305.39 317.90 343.55 331.85 349.94 14.6 5.5
43 Oklahoma City, OK 310.39 316.56 350.46 348.20 349.55 12.6 0.4
44 Detroit, MI 328.98 311.20 335.96 308.03 348.96 6.1 13.3
45 Birmingham, AL 315.01 305.21 360.17 339.98 346.88 10.1 2.0
46 Miami, FL 366.44 306.78 331.51 326.30 346.14 -5.5 6.1
47 Tulsa, OK 304.07 308.68 335.53 333.53 343.25 12.9 2.9
48 Rochester, NY 413.80 286.65 321.79 307.99 342.50 -17.2 11.2
49 Louisville, KY 290.12 292.25 331.95 328.62 340.49 17.4 3.6
50 Philadelphia, PA 421.74 289.64 331.74 311.70 338.15 -19.8 8.5
51 Omaha, NE 305.86 302.84 332.43 320.83 336.81 10.1 5.0
52 Santa Ana (Orange County), CA 366.98 315.41 345.86 328.78 335.67 -8.5 2.1
53 Austin, TX 345.78 332.23 356.52 344.07 334.59 -3.2 -2.8
54 San Antonio, TX 300.54 320.59 334.80 332.74 334.05 11.1 0.4
55 Tucson, AZ 295.10 298.69 327.80 311.81 333.58 13.0 7.0
56 Providence, RI 304.13 267.38 303.97 304.97 329.68 8.4 8.1
57 Salt Lake City, UT 292.91 290.97 331.62 338.59 327.32 11.7 -3.3
58 Columbus, OH 307.19 299.20 339.78 298.98 326.19 6.2 9.1
59 Milwaukee, WI 364.04 311.01 335.47 327.78 325.58 -10.6 -0.7
60 San Diego, CA 301.11 300.92 329.93 316.90 323.13 7.3 2.0
61 Manchester, NH 313.64 269.83 310.22 302.95 321.39 2.5 6.1
62 Albuquerque, NM 274.50 292.97 322.21 313.07 320.45 16.7 2.4
63 Denver, CO 442.37 335.82 334.19 311.75 320.44 -27.6 2.8
64 Flint, MI 294.55 290.96 319.33 291.00 320.32 8.8 10.1
65 St. Louis, MO 345.49 309.83 328.80 315.32 319.15 -7.6 1.2
66 Raleigh/Durham, NC 303.59 280.26 343.88 309.12 317.93 4.7 2.8
67 Pittsburgh, PA 417.99 319.96 333.91 299.12 314.91 -24.7 5.3
68 Indianapolis, IN 309.52 278.14 317.23 305.90 314.75 1.7 2.9
69 Nashville, TN 293.07 280.81 311.41 293.39 312.34 6.6 6.5
70 El Paso, TX 260.45 274.93 303.83 297.06 312.34 19.9 5.1
71 Jacksonville, FL 288.78 278.75 319.43 298.62 311.12 7.7 4.2
72 New Orleans, LA 270.95 269.34 313.09 309.11 310.64 14.6 0.5
73 Boise, ID 274.94 278.55 305.06 298.58 310.27 12.8 3.9
74 Spokane, WA 255.66 281.90 312.05 301.01 309.41 21.0 2.8
75 White Plains, NY 570.54 367.96 370.73 285.85 306.47 -46.3 7.2
76 Kansas City, MO 282.42 285.00 299.63 285.44 306.26 8.4 7.3
77 Sarasota/Bradenton, FL 330.42 300.91 318.03 287.70 302.99 -8.3 5.3
78 Sacramento, CA 268.29 273.92 304.93 294.21 300.16 11.9 2.0
79 Phoenix, AZ 270.27 269.26 296.07 283.92 298.38 10.4 5.1
80 Ontario/San Bernardino, CA 255.45 266.93 292.83 286.75 293.22 14.8 2.3
81 Akron/Canton, OH 276.29 269.20 285.19 279.90 291.62 5.5 4.2
82 Lubbock, TX 229.61 255.91 280.79 266.85 291.32 26.9 9.2
83 Baltimore, MD 283.81 258.09 281.43 265.23 289.92 2.2 9.3
84 San Jose, CA 306.85 263.50 297.35 280.73 287.31 -6.4 2.3
85 West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL 321.65 243.54 274.56 266.21 287.07 -10.7 7.8
86 Reno, NV 223.59 245.47 280.79 268.33 284.95 27.4 6.2
87 Tampa, FL 280.56 249.92 289.37 266.59 282.16 0.6 5.8
88 Buffalo/Niagara, NY 297.36 254.13 276.16 260.38 281.85 -5.2 8.2
89 Ft. Myers, FL 302.80 247.90 283.03 258.87 278.40 -8.1 7.5
90 Newburgh, NY 413.83 320.62 359.30 251.40 277.60 -32.9 10.4
91 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 259.86 224.82 264.86 249.85 273.17 5.1 9.3
92 Las Vegas, NV 225.29 237.48 258.25 246.65 266.34 18.2 8.0
93 Long Beach, CA 327.04 256.02 280.35 264.22 263.13 -19.5 -0.4
94 Orlando, FL 284.10 245.32 266.72 252.11 262.63 -7.6 4.2
95 Islip, NY 222.08 228.70 241.46 227.85 259.23 16.7 13.8
96 Oakland, CA 239.42 245.68 275.22 263.52 257.30 7.5 -2.4
97 Chicago Midway, Il 216.74 213.77 228.43 219.25 256.73 18.4 17.1
98 Houston Hobby, TX 219.12 225.40 242.08 234.15 255.58 16.6 9.2
99 Burbank/Glendale/Pasadena, CA 186.20 223.53 258.52 245.87 252.01 35.3 2.5
100 Dallas Love, TX 174.46 173.80 186.63 195.11 220.81 26.6 13.2
  Metropolitan areas ranked by average domestic itinerary fare in 2Q 2008              
1 Metro New York Area 412.55 322.30 353.75 335.25 379.23 -8.1 13.1
2 Metro Boston Area 372.77 299.33 341.03 337.23 375.13 0.6 11.2
3 Metro Houston Area 339.99 317.35 339.16 326.30 364.99 7.4 11.9
4 Metro Dallas/Ft Worth Area 376.39 332.73 361.11 330.17 364.95 -3.0 10.5
5 Metro Washington DC Area 341.25 282.48 338.92 322.15 363.37 6.5 12.8
6 Metro Los Angeles Area 326.71 308.74 341.84 334.04 352.45 7.9 5.5
7 Metro San Francisco Area 361.47 313.44 349.02 335.13 347.66 -3.8 3.7
8 Metro Chicago Area 345.98 280.96 306.25 291.09 329.21 -4.8 13.1

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 City: 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 is not included for second quarter 2008 because of incorrect submissions. Atlantic City, NJ, is not included because Spirit operates more than 90 percent of the flights. The Atlantic City average fares in the July 23 press release were based on incorrect data.
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