AUSTIN (KXAN) — On a list of the 74 largest U.S. airports by passenger volume, the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) ranked No. 10 for the highest change in domestic airfare costs.
SmartAsset, a financial technology company, said AUS’s one-year change in domestic airfare was 6.2%, with domestic airfare costs during Q1 of 2024 at $387.58 and Q1 of 2023 at $365.06.
However, the change over two years was 22.11%, according to SmartAsset. In 2022, the average domestic airfare was $317.41.
Other airports with the highest increases in domestic airfare include:
- 10.04% – OAK: Metro Oakland International (Oakland, CA)
- 9.55% – BOI: Boise Air Terminal (Boise, ID)
- 8.36% – SNA: John Wayne Airport-Orange County (Santa Ana, CA)
- 8.20% – LAS: Harry Reid International (Las Vegas, NV)
- 8.12% – BUR: Bob Hope (Burbank, CA)
- 8.04% – EWR: Newark Liberty International (Newark, NJ)
- 7.61% – SJC: Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (San Jose, CA)
- 6.82% – ANC: Ted Stevens Anchorage International (Anchorage, AK)
- 6.78% – HNL: Daniel K. Inouye International (Honolulu, HI)
SmartAsset said it gathered its data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.