Where can I find data on average fares using the Airline Origin and Destination Survey (DB1B)?

Answer

Office of Aviation Analysis

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Office of Aviation Analysis
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Washington, DC 20590
United States


Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

  • Airline Origin and Destination Survey (DB1B) - click on "Aviation" then "Airline Origin & Destination Survey" - a 10% sample of airline tickets from reporting carriers including origin, destination and other itinerary details of passengers transported

  • Origin and Destination Survey: DB1BMarket (click "Download"): average fares by airport pairs (or city pairs) 

  1. Select the following fields:

    • Origin

    • OriginCityMarketID

    • Dest

    • ​DestCityMarketID

    • Passengers

    • MktFare

  2. Filter:

    • Geography (by either origin or destination state),

    • Year

    • Quarter (Note: you can only download one quarter at a time)

  3. Download data and multiply Passengers x Market Fare for each row to get Total Fare

  4. Sum the Passengers column and sum your newly created Total Fare column

  5. Divide the Total Fare by the total number of Passengers

  6. Tip: You may want to filter out fares below a certain value (e.g. $50) to eliminate flights that just contain taxes and fees but no actual base fare.

  • Last Updated Aug 29, 2022
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  • Answered By Victoria Milam

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