Are Average Michigan Airfare Prices Competitive Nationally?

Where Michigan Ranks Nationally For Airfare Prices

Our window for summer vacations is nearing and end, but flying somewhere is often on the minds of Americans year-round.

Folks in Michigan are no exception.

National Cheap Flight Day is Aug. 23, so BetMichigan.com took a break from our continuing Michigan online casinos analysis to check out which cities have the most affordable outbound flights, on average.

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

BetMichigan.com – your source for the best Michigan casino bonuses – averaged the airfares out of each city, using numbers from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics website. Then we averaged the cities in each state to come up with the cheapest (and most expensive) states to fly out of.

We ranked the states based on total average airfare at every airport in each state for the year 2022 and the first quarter of 2023.

Where Michigan Ranks For Airfare

Michigan is one of the most expensive states on our list, No. 40 out of 51 (the 50 states plus Washington D.C. were calculated) with an average of $515.44. The cheapest state was Delaware (average per airport of just over $139) and the most expensive was Alaska at $655.85.

The Great Lakes State has 17 cities with airports listed. The Michigan airport with the lowest figure for average flight cost is Flint, at $282.92 for Q1 (January through March) in 2023 and $257.29 in the 2022 calendar year.

The priciest Michigan departure point on the list is Pellston Regional Airport in the far north of “The Mitten,” at $704.81 for Q1 2023 and $698.50 in 2022.

Nationally, the cheapest airport to fly out of was San Bernardino, California, at an average fare of $92.17 for the first three months of 2023, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics website. The priciest average belonged to Cold Bay, Alaska, at $1,853.

The website also sorts airports by total number of domestic passengers for any period. In Michigan, no surprise, the busiest airport is Detroit Metro Airport (or DTW), ranking No. 19 in the country by 2022 passenger count.

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