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continued on page 62 60 m SOURCE: Air Transport Association (www.airlines.org) Product (Unit)

College tuition: public (year) College tuition: private (year) Prescription drugs (index) New vehicle

Unleaded gasoline (gallon) New single-family home Movie ticket

Consumer Price Index (all items) First-class domestic stamp Whole milk (index)

Grade A large eggs (dozen) Air travel: domestic (fare) 1978 $688

$2,958 61.6

$6,470 $0.67

$55,700 $2.34 65.2

$0.15 81.0

$0.82 $186 op10U.S.Airports

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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 O / Atlanta

Chicago O’Hare Dallas/Ft.Worth Denver

Los Angeles Phoenix Charlotte Las Vegas

Houston Bush San Francisco

Passengers /

May 2011 Enplaned

3.97 2.62 2.29 2.18 2.10 1.73 1.70 1.64 1.62 1.50

2010 %Change $7,605

$27,293 407.8

$29,793 $2.79

$222,600 $7.89 218.1 $0.44 191.2 $1.66

$316 T l

(ranked by May 2011 scheduled enplanements on U.S. airlines**) Passenger numbers in millions

May 2011 Airport Rank

May 2010 May 2010 Rank

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Passengers /

Enplaned

3.73 2.64 2.28 2.11 1.91 1.61 1.59 1.56 1.59 1.42

Numbers include domestic plus international flights, but not international enplanements on foreign carriers. SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (www.bts.gov)

% Change 2010–2011

/

6.4% -0.9% 0.4% 3.6% 9.8% 7.4% 6.7% 4.8% 1.7% 5.5%

1,005% 823% 562% 360% 316% 300% 237% 234% 193% 136% 102%

70%

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