Average airfare for domestic flights from airports in Northwest Arkansas and Little Rock last year were $492.34 and $451.41, respectively, up from $483.73 and $436.09, in 2022, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
The average price for flights in 2019 from Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field was $416.44 and $485.03 at Northwest Arkansas National.
The national average domestic airfare was $382 in 2023, up from $378 in 2022, down 3.1% when adjusted for inflation. Data looked at round trips and one-way trips based on 10% of tickets sold. Baggage fees and other fees were not included.
Northwest Arkansas was the nation's 99th busiest passenger airport in 2023 and Clinton National was 93rd. Fort Smith Regional Airport ranked 251st with an average airfare of $678.22, Texarkana Regional Airport 265th and $540.84, South Arkansas Regional Airport at Goodwin Field in El Dorado and Boone County Regional Airport in Harrison tied for 420th at $584.02 and $491.25, respectively, and Jonesboro Municipal Airport 434th and $355.
The average 2023 fare from Memphis International Airport was $396.54, and from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport was $421.22.