How Fares At Maryland Airports Rank Nationally

Where Maryland Ranks Nationally For Airfare Prices

August 22, 2023 04:48pm

Fact Checked by Jim Tomlin

The one thing that has become constant about airfares is that they are constantly changing.

The COVID-19 pandemic, consumer demand for travel and fuel prices are just some factors that consistently impact the cost of air travel. That makes it a challenge for passengers to anticipate how much it’ll cost to take a vacation, visit friends and relatives, or make a business trip.

Using data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, BetMaryland.com – your source for the best Maryland sports betting promos – ranked the states and the District of Columbia based on approximate average domestic airline itinerary fares by origin city for 2022 and the first quarter of 2023.

The airfares at the Bureau of Transportation website are reported based on individual cities, and obviously the cities within a given state are of varying sizes. We averaged out the fares by city, then ranked the states accordingly.

Here are the results:

Cheapest States For Flying

Rank	State	Avg. Fare ($)
1	DE	139.245
2	NJ	238.195
3	CT	272.265
4	SD	315.15
5	OH	326.92
6	NH	355.985
7	FL	358.575
8	RI	360.565
9	CA	362.7
10	NY	372.375
11	MD	387.39
12	UT	390.72
13	IL	394.24
14	KY	397.03
15	SC	418.84
16	NV	421.3
17	DC	438.195
18	WA	438.36
19	PA	438.735
20	IA	438.78
21	MA	446.035
22	NC	449.675
23	MO	450.08
24	IN	450.39
25	WV	454.235
26	VT	458.44
27	HI	459.84
28	TN	469.455
29	OK	470.185
30	AZ	473.65
31	OR	475.22
32	TX	480.365
33	ME	483.09
34	KS	490.8
35	VA	491.47
36	NE	497.845
37	NM	504.39
38	MS	509.34
39	CO	515.085
40	MI	515.44
41	WI	522.45
42	MN	522.76
43	MT	528.605
44	GA	529.315
45	ND	534.745
46	LA	537.815
47	AR	542.76
48	AL	570.91
49	ID	582.275
50	WY	598.86
51	AK	655.85

Where Maryland Ranks

Given those parameters, BetMaryland.com calculations ranked Maryland No. 11 in lowest airfare among the 50 states and D.C., for the time period examined. The average fare per airport in the home of Maryland sports betting was $387.39.

The state with the lowest approximate average airfare for the period measured was Delaware. With limited service at its one airport, in Wilmington, the figure there was $139.25.

At the other end of the airfare spectrum was Alaska, with an approximate average airfare of $655.85.

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics included three cities in Maryland for the purpose of airfare statistics: Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI airport code), Salisbury Regional Airport (SBY) and Hagerstown Regional Airport (HGR).

Hagerstown had the state’s lowest average airfare at just over $150 for the first quarter of 2023; Salisbury was highest at $702.52 and BWI was in the middle at $352.31. The fares were similar for 2022.

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Author

Bill Ordine

@wordine

A longtime reporter and editor who began writing on casinos and gaming shortly after Atlantic City’s first gambling halls opened, Bill covered the World Series of Poker and wrote a syndicated column on travel to casino destinations for a decade.