Average Stage Length Flown of Total Operating Fleet
All Aircraft
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
American         1,118         1,162         1,170         1,193         1,200         1,164         1,179         1,117         1,173         1,251         1,248         1,262         1,251
Continental            817            882            959         1,034         1,107         1,154         1,178         1,216         1,266         1,320         1,381         1,423         1,443
Delta            761            783            795            823            849            871            885            893            948            984         1,039         1,170         1,237
Northwest            846            862            882            899            905            914            928            921            915            925            961            978         1,003
United         1,046         1,068         1,088         1,115         1,121         1,145         1,181         1,224         1,255         1,293         1,368         1,364         1,371
US Airways            563            580            592            597            616            639            667            685            762            782            777            920            924
America West            686            733            781            823            862            878            894            949         1,006         1,052         1,028              -                -  
 --sub Network            885            914            935            964            985            996         1,024         1,030         1,077         1,120         1,149         1,199         1,216
Southwest            401            412            427            441            464            492            515            538            559            577            608            622            630
jetBlue              -                -                -                -                -              831            986         1,151         1,274         1,338         1,358         1,185         1,132
AirTran            913            862            732            551            524            534            539            557            597            627            655            652            695
Frontier            447            611            691            779            812            835            863            849            863            953            939            904            926
ATA         1,213         1,199         1,251         1,046            963         1,061         1,208         1,206         1,232         1,208         1,233         1,574         1,651
 -- sub LCC            531            577            578            555            549            579            617            655            706            739            758            753            753
Alaska            729            730            729            752            766            789            797            829            866            886            898            919            926
Hawaiian            319            345            385            381         1,095            444            510            498            601            619            657            639            675
Midwest            691            731            707            737            770            778            780            782            802            879            879            885            944
 -- sub Other            649            658            665            683            826            721            753            772            810            843            858            871            891
Total All Sectors            844            874            891            910            930            936            957            968         1,007         1,041         1,062         1,088         1,095
Source:  US DOT Form 41 via BTS, schedule T2.
Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable.