| Average Stage Length Flown of Total Operating Fleet | ||||||||||||||||
| All Aircraft | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | ||
| 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 | 1,254 | 1,263 | |
| Continental | 817 | 882 | 959 | 1,034 | 1,107 | 1,154 | 1,178 | 1,216 | 1,266 | 1,320 | 1,381 | 1,423 | 1,443 | 1,492 | 1,549 | |
| Delta | 761 | 783 | 795 | 823 | 849 | 871 | 885 | 893 | 948 | 984 | 1,039 | 1,170 | 1,237 | 1,282 | 1,290 | |
| Northwest | 846 | 862 | 882 | 899 | 905 | 914 | 928 | 921 | 915 | 925 | 961 | 978 | 1,003 | 1,085 | 1,142 | |
| 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 | 1,402 | 1,446 | |
| US Airways | 563 | 580 | 592 | 597 | 616 | 639 | 667 | 685 | 762 | 782 | 777 | 920 | 924 | 955 | 972 | |
| 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 | 1,253 | 1,279 | |
| Southwest | 401 | 412 | 427 | 441 | 464 | 492 | 515 | 538 | 559 | 577 | 608 | 622 | 630 | 636 | 639 | |
| jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | 831 | 986 | 1,151 | 1,274 | 1,338 | 1,358 | 1,185 | 1,132 | 1,119 | 1,073 | |
| AirTran | 913 | 862 | 732 | 551 | 524 | 534 | 539 | 557 | 597 | 627 | 655 | 652 | 695 | 728 | 738 | |
| Frontier | 447 | 611 | 691 | 779 | 812 | 835 | 863 | 849 | 863 | 953 | 939 | 904 | 926 | 911 | 884 | |
| Virgin America | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,458 | 1,278 | 1,392 | |
| -- sub LCC | 404 | 445 | 450 | 471 | 490 | 517 | 551 | 587 | 642 | 689 | 728 | 728 | 739 | 758 | 770 | |
| Alaska | 729 | 730 | 729 | 752 | 766 | 789 | 797 | 829 | 866 | 886 | 898 | 919 | 926 | 979 | 1,035 | |
| Hawaiian | 319 | 345 | 385 | 381 | 1,095 | 444 | 510 | 498 | 601 | 619 | 657 | 639 | 675 | 614 | 562 | |
| Allegiant | - | - | - | - | - | 256 | 271 | 587 | 879 | 1,004 | 1,055 | 1,005 | 942 | 881 | 875 | |
| -- sub Other | 640 | 643 | 655 | 671 | 840 | 701 | 744 | 767 | 813 | 846 | 869 | 877 | 887 | 897 | 917 | |
| Total All Sectors | 839 | 869 | 887 | 910 | 931 | 935 | 955 | 966 | 1,005 | 1,039 | 1,061 | 1,087 | 1,093 | 1,115 | 1,127 | |
| Source: US DOT Form 41 via BTS, schedule T2. | ||||||||||||||||