Southwest Airlines Aircraft Operating Statistics- Cost Per Block Hour (Unadjusted)
Southwest Airlines
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	Small Narrowbodies	$1,455	$1,583	$1,525	$1,458	$1,550	$1,702	$1,717	$1,705	$1,871	$1,972	$2,091	$2,537	$2,656	$3,141	$3,020	$3,392	$3,872	$4,083	$4,035	$3,960	$3,368	$3,436
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,025	$1,064	$1,041	$1,094	$1,129	$1,069	$1,106	$1,124	$1,259	$1,284	$1,253	$1,406	$1,414	$1,490	$1,589	$1,679	$1,666	$1,824	$1,887	$1,942	$2,054	$2,163
	Pilots	$330	$335	$343	$355	$372	$352	$377	$399	$480	$508	$538	$594	$567	$579	$630	$691	$700	$692	$738	$805	$919	$957
	Salaries and Wages	$254	$256	$261	$269	$278	$280	$300	$320	$348	$377	$407	$425	$435	$452	$491	$529	$546	$530	$554	$591	$661	$703
	Pilot Training	$2	$2	$2	$2	$2	$2	$2	$3	$3	$3	$3	$3	$3	$3	$6	$5	$5	$6	$5	$6	$5	$5
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$51	$52	$54	$57	$63	$42	$43	$47	$101	$100	$102	$138	$99	$95	$102	$125	$118	$121	$143	$171	$215	$210
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$23	$26	$27	$28	$28	$28	$31	$29	$28	$27	$27	$28	$29	$29	$30	$31	$31	$35	$36	$37	$38	$39
	Purchased Goods	$439	$526	$488	$367	$424	$636	$615	$587	$617	$693	$841	$1,229	$1,333	$1,751	$1,517	$1,807	$2,301	$2,358	$2,245	$2,113	$1,394	$1,342
	Fuel/Oil	$430	$519	$483	$364	$421	$633	$611	$581	$612	$688	$837	$1,131	$1,242	$1,651	$1,431	$1,712	$2,206	$2,259	$2,147	$2,018	$1,314	$1,273
	Insurance	$9	$7	$5	$3	$3	$3	$4	$7	$5	$4	$3	$21	$15	$13	$14	$16	$15	$14	$13	$11	$11	$9
	Other (inc. Tax)	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$77	$75	$88	$71	$79	$80	$85	$85	$84	$70	$60
	Maintenance	$324	$351	$335	$374	$414	$385	$392	$379	$432	$422	$385	$390	$436	$485	$511	$534	$537	$618	$627	$613	$634	$651
	Labor	$41	$42	$46	$50	$53	$53	$55	$63	$71	$73	$72	$70	$69	$77	$76	$79	$82	$80	$83	$90	$92	$104
	Materials	$28	$28	$23	$23	$30	$30	$30	$21	$21	$23	$21	$27	$38	$39	$38	$50	$52	$67	$64	$48	$54	$69
	Third Party	$218	$222	$207	$237	$262	$231	$224	$215	$231	$224	$196	$219	$264	$297	$315	$321	$317	$376	$381	$368	$373	$356
	Total Direct	$292	$314	$296	$332	$370	$342	$340	$331	$356	$352	$317	$317	$371	$414	$429	$450	$451	$522	$524	$504	$517	$529
	Burden	$31	$36	$38	$42	$44	$44	$52	$48	$76	$70	$68	$73	$65	$71	$82	$84	$86	$96	$103	$109	$117	$121
	Aircraft Ownership	$360	$371	$358	$361	$343	$329	$333	$340	$342	$344	$327	$324	$320	$325	$362	$298	$94	$160	$170	$152	$135	$144
	Rentals	$217	$216	$204	$195	$177	$157	$146	$139	$135	$123	$105	$96	$91	$89	$110	$109	$92	$159	$168	$148	$125	$119
	Depreciation and Amortization	$144	$154	$154	$166	$166	$172	$187	$200	$208	$221	$222	$228	$230	$236	$252	$189	$2	$2	$2	$4	$11	$25
	Other	$1	$0	$0	$0	-$3	$1	$0	$0	$1	$5	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1	$62	$240	$254	$254	$277	$285	$342
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	251	229	249	261	291	325	354	365	380	404	432	462	500	535	541	543	554	608	559	556	578	586
	Seats Per Departure	132	133	133	133	134	135	135	135	135	136	136	136	136	136	136	136	136	135	138	141	142	143
	Average Stage Length	401	412	427	441	464	492	515	538	559	577	608	622	630	636	639	648	664	684	682	695	707	715
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	773	787	822	793	794	775	778	767	760	747	733	735	730	707	705	712	714	631	584	670	728	731
	Load Factor	64.5%	66.6%	63.8%	64.8%	69.0%	70.5%	68.1%	65.9%	66.8%	69.5%	70.7%	73.1%	72.6%	71.2%	76.0%	79.3%	80.8%	80.1%	79.4%	81.7%	82.6%	83.2%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	9.32	11.17	11.26	11.19	11.01	10.98	10.81	10.92	10.83	10.88	11.13	11.22	11.19	10.95	10.26	10.20	10.46	11.45	11.65	11.01	10.36	10.26
	Airborne Hours	7.87	9.38	9.51	9.45	9.32	9.33	9.28	9.37	9.32	9.34	9.58	9.68	9.59	9.39	8.83	8.76	9.00	7.47	7.05	8.78	8.77	8.67
	Departures	7.61	8.93	8.65	8.47	7.98	7.59	7.30	7.11	6.85	6.65	6.53	6.49	6.37	6.11	5.71	5.63	5.67	6.04	6.12	5.68	5.30	5.21
	Large Narrowbodies																		$3,971	$4,054	$3,805	$3,178	$3,197
	(Ex Fuel)																		$1,495	$1,607	$1,662	$1,775	$1,833
	Pilots																		$972	$809	$828	$953	$991
	Salaries and Wages																		$762	$608	$608	$686	$731
	Pilot Training																		$8	$6	$6	$6	$6
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes																		$154	$156	$175	$223	$215
	Per Diem/ Personnel																		$49	$39	$38	$39	$40
	Purchased Goods																		$2,612	$2,554	$2,241	$1,485	$1,436
	Fuel/Oil																		$2,476	$2,447	$2,143	$1,402	$1,364
	Insurance																		$19	$14	$11	$11	$9
	Other (inc. Tax)																		$117	$93	$86	$72	$63
	Maintenance																		$5	$330	$385	$410	$447
	Labor																		$0	$72	$91	$93	$107
	Materials																		$0	$49	$50	$56	$71
	Third Party																		$5	$121	$132	$144	$145
	Total Direct																		$5	$239	$272	$288	$321
	Burden																		$0	$91	$113	$122	$125
	Aircraft Ownership																		$138	$99	$74	$53	$46
	Rentals																		$138	$97	$74	$53	$46
	Depreciation and Amortization																		$0	$2	$0	$0	$0
	Other																		$244	$262	$278	$277	$277
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	43	66	95	120
	Seats Per Departure	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	175	175	175	175	175
	Average Stage Length	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,254	1,106	1,011	1,070	1,014
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	767	765	767	780	781
	Load Factor																		1	1	1	1	1
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	11	12	11
	Airborne Hours	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	10	10	10
	Departures	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4
	Widebodies
	(Ex Fuel)
	Pilots
	Salaries and Wages
	Pilot Training
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes
	Per Diem/ Personnel
	Purchased Goods
	Fuel/Oil
	Insurance
	Other (inc. Tax)
	Maintenance
	Labor
	Materials
	Third Party
	Total Direct
	Burden
	Aircraft Ownership
	Rentals
	Depreciation and Amortization
	Other
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Seats Per Departure	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Average Stage Length	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Load Factor
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Airborne Hours	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Departures	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Total Fleet	$1,455	$1,583	$1,525	$1,458	$1,550	$1,702	$1,717	$1,705	$1,871	$1,972	$2,091	$2,537	$2,656	$3,141	$3,020	$3,392	$3,872	$4,080	$4,036	$3,944	$3,338	$3,392
	(Ex Fuel)	$1,025	$1,064	$1,041	$1,094	$1,129	$1,069	$1,106	$1,124	$1,259	$1,284	$1,253	$1,406	$1,414	$1,490	$1,589	$1,679	$1,666	$1,816	$1,868	$1,912	$2,011	$2,102
	Pilots	$330	$335	$343	$355	$372	$352	$377	$399	$480	$508	$538	$594	$567	$579	$630	$691	$700	$698	$743	$807	$924	$963
	Salaries and Wages	$254	$256	$261	$269	$278	$280	$300	$320	$348	$377	$407	$425	$435	$452	$491	$529	$546	$535	$558	$593	$665	$708
	Pilot Training	$2	$2	$2	$2	$2	$2	$2	$3	$3	$3	$3	$3	$3	$3	$6	$5	$5	$6	$5	$6	$5	$6
	Benefits and Payroll Taxes	$51	$52	$54	$57	$63	$42	$43	$47	$101	$100	$102	$138	$99	$95	$102	$125	$118	$122	$143	$172	$216	$211
	Per Diem/ Personnel	$23	$26	$27	$28	$28	$28	$31	$29	$28	$27	$27	$28	$29	$29	$30	$31	$31	$35	$36	$37	$38	$39
	Purchased Goods	$439	$526	$488	$367	$424	$636	$615	$587	$617	$693	$841	$1,229	$1,333	$1,751	$1,517	$1,807	$2,301	$2,364	$2,267	$2,127	$1,408	$1,360
	Fuel/Oil	$430	$519	$483	$364	$421	$633	$611	$581	$612	$688	$837	$1,131	$1,242	$1,651	$1,431	$1,712	$2,206	$2,264	$2,169	$2,032	$1,328	$1,290
	Insurance	$9	$7	$5	$3	$3	$3	$4	$7	$5	$4	$3	$21	$15	$13	$14	$16	$15	$14	$13	$11	$11	$9
	Other (inc. Tax)	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$77	$75	$88	$71	$79	$80	$86	$85	$84	$70	$61
	Maintenance	$324	$351	$335	$374	$414	$385	$392	$379	$432	$422	$385	$390	$436	$485	$511	$534	$537	$604	$606	$589	$600	$613
	Labor	$41	$42	$46	$50	$53	$53	$55	$63	$71	$73	$72	$70	$69	$77	$76	$79	$82	$78	$82	$90	$92	$104
	Materials	$28	$28	$23	$23	$30	$30	$30	$21	$21	$23	$21	$27	$38	$39	$38	$50	$52	$65	$63	$48	$54	$69
	Third Party	$218	$222	$207	$237	$262	$231	$224	$215	$231	$224	$196	$219	$264	$297	$315	$321	$317	$367	$362	$342	$337	$317
	Total Direct	$292	$314	$296	$332	$370	$342	$340	$331	$356	$352	$317	$317	$371	$414	$429	$450	$451	$511	$504	$479	$482	$491
	Burden	$31	$36	$38	$42	$44	$44	$52	$48	$76	$70	$68	$73	$65	$71	$82	$84	$86	$94	$102	$109	$118	$122
	Aircraft Ownership	$360	$371	$358	$361	$343	$329	$333	$340	$342	$344	$327	$324	$320	$325	$362	$298	$94	$160	$165	$144	$123	$126
	Rentals	$217	$216	$204	$195	$177	$157	$146	$139	$135	$123	$105	$96	$91	$89	$110	$109	$92	$158	$163	$140	$113	$105
	Depreciation and Amortization	$144	$154	$154	$166	$166	$172	$187	$200	$208	$221	$222	$228	$230	$236	$252	$189	$2	$2	$2	$4	$9	$20
	Other	$1	$0	$0	$0	-$3	$1	$0	$0	$1	$5	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1	$62	$240	$254	$255	$277	$284	$330
	Indicies
	Aircraft In Fleet	251	229	249	261	291	325	354	365	380	404	432	462	500	535	541	543	554	621	601	623	673	705
	Seats Per Departure	132	133	133	133	134	135	135	135	135	136	136	136	136	136	136	136	136	136	141	145	148	149
	Average Stage Length	401	412	427	441	464	492	515	538	559	577	608	622	630	636	639	648	664	692	703	721	750	760
	Gallons of Fuel Per Block Hour	773	787	822	793	794	775	778	767	760	747	733	735	730	707	705	712	714	634	597	680	736	740
	Load Factor	64.5%	66.6%	63.8%	64.8%	69.0%	70.5%	68.1%	65.9%	66.8%	69.5%	70.7%	73.1%	72.6%	71.2%	76.0%	79.3%	80.8%	80.3%	80.0%	82.4%	83.6%	84.0%
	Daily Utilization per Aircraft
	Block Hours	9.32	11.17	11.26	11.19	11.01	10.98	10.81	10.92	10.83	10.88	11.13	11.22	11.19	10.95	10.26	10.20	10.46	11.46	11.65	11.01	10.53	10.46
	Airborne Hours	7.87	9.38	9.51	9.45	9.32	9.33	9.28	9.37	9.32	9.34	9.58	9.68	9.59	9.39	8.83	8.76	9.00	7.54	7.28	8.87	8.95	8.90
	Departures	7.61	8.93	8.65	8.47	7.98	7.59	7.30	7.11	6.85	6.65	6.53	6.49	6.37	6.11	5.71	5.63	5.67	6.00	5.99	5.53	5.16	5.08
	Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable.