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 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | ||
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 | 1,287 | 1,303 | 1,302 | 1,308 | 1,325 | 1,226 | 1,230 | 1,240 | 1,236 | 1,202 | 1,132 | |
Continental | 817 | 882 | 959 | 1,034 | 1,107 | 1,154 | 1,178 | 1,216 | 1,266 | 1,320 | 1,381 | 1,424 | 1,443 | 1,492 | 1,549 | 1,613 | 1,606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Delta | 761 | 783 | 795 | 823 | 849 | 871 | 885 | 893 | 948 | 984 | 1,039 | 1,170 | 1,237 | 1,282 | 1,290 | 1,240 | 1,239 | 1,221 | 1,196 | 1,184 | 1,147 | 1,125 | 1,141 | 1,149 | 1,152 | 1,078 | |
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 | 1,541 | 1,614 | 1,661 | 1,702 | 1,720 | 1,684 | 1,633 | 1,589 | 1,582 | 1,597 | 1,594 | |
US Airways | 563 | 580 | 592 | 597 | 616 | 639 | 667 | 685 | 762 | 782 | 777 | 730 | 733 | 955 | 972 | 981 | 990 | 1,004 | 1,015 | 1,025 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
America West | 686 | 733 | 781 | 823 | 862 | 878 | 894 | 949 | 1,006 | 1,052 | 1,028 | 1,026 | 1,043 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
--sub Network | 885 | 914 | 935 | 964 | 985 | 996 | 1,024 | 1,030 | 1,077 | 1,120 | 1,149 | 1,116 | 1,134 | 1,253 | 1,279 | 1,312 | 1,330 | 1,341 | 1,348 | 1,353 | 1,332 | 1,314 | 1,310 | 1,298 | 1,306 | 1,273 | |
Southwest | 401 | 412 | 427 | 441 | 464 | 492 | 515 | 538 | 559 | 577 | 608 | 622 | 630 | 636 | 639 | 648 | 664 | 692 | 703 | 721 | 750 | 760 | 754 | 757 | 748 | 744 | |
AirTran | 913 | 862 | 732 | 551 | 524 | 534 | 539 | 557 | 597 | 627 | 655 | 652 | 695 | 728 | 738 | 758 | 774 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
jetBlue | - | - | - | - | - | 831 | 986 | 1,151 | 1,274 | 1,338 | 1,358 | 1,185 | 1,132 | 1,118 | 1,075 | 1,098 | 1,088 | 1,083 | 1,087 | 1,085 | 1,092 | 1,095 | 1,070 | 1,093 | 1,137 | 1,220 | |
Alaska | 729 | 730 | 729 | 752 | 766 | 789 | 797 | 829 | 866 | 886 | 898 | 919 | 926 | 979 | 1,035 | 1,085 | 1,114 | 1,161 | 1,178 | 1,182 | 1,195 | 1,220 | 1,236 | 1,298 | 1,299 | 1,272 | |
Virgin America | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,447 | 1,278 | 1,392 | 1,546 | 1,571 | 1,567 | 1,475 | 1,466 | 1,413 | 1,448 | 1,493 | - | - | - | |
Hawaiian | 319 | 345 | 385 | 381 | 1,095 | 444 | 510 | 498 | 601 | 619 | 657 | 639 | 675 | 614 | 562 | 614 | 700 | 744 | 838 | 818 | 825 | 844 | 849 | 901 | 961 | 870 | |
-- sub Hybrid | 448 | 475 | 475 | 490 | 502 | 525 | 575 | 600 | 640 | 678 | 715 | 721 | 738 | 770 | 767 | 792 | 814 | 834 | 847 | 860 | 872 | 891 | 891 | 882 | 893 | 881 | |
Allegiant | - | - | - | - | - | 256 | 271 | 587 | 879 | 1,004 | 1,055 | 1,005 | 942 | 881 | 875 | 914 | 901 | 913 | 963 | 946 | 927 | 908 | 893 | 884 | 871 | 875 | |
Frontier | 447 | 611 | 691 | 779 | 812 | 835 | 863 | 849 | 863 | 953 | 939 | 904 | 926 | 911 | 885 | 965 | 949 | 966 | 906 | 904 | 1,006 | 1,066 | 1,106 | 1,052 | 1,050 | 998 | |
Spirit | 780 | 745 | 711 | 744 | 870 | 856 | 950 | 1,044 | 1,059 | 1,007 | 934 | 884 | 957 | 925 | 931 | 941 | 921 | 909 | 958 | 982 | 993 | 985 | 1,006 | 1,038 | 1,009 | 1,036 | |
-- sub ULCC | 643 | 687 | 701 | 760 | 843 | 833 | 889 | 958 | 947 | 979 | 953 | 909 | 939 | 907 | 893 | 939 | 923 | 932 | 943 | 945 | 972 | 979 | 992 | 992 | 983 | 980 | |
Total All Sectors | 837 | 867 | 884 | 906 | 923 | 931 | 951 | 964 | 1,001 | 1,034 | 1,056 | 1,030 | 1,041 | 1,111 | 1,122 | 1,149 | 1,163 | 1,178 | 1,187 | 1,191 | 1,178 | 1,165 | 1,162 | 1,147 | 1,152 | 1,123 | |
Source: US DOT Form 41 via BTS, schedule T2. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||