| 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. | ||||||||||||||