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Airline Origin and Destination Survey

The Airline Origin and Destination Survey Databank 1B (DB1B) is a 10% random sample of airline passenger tickets. It consists of three tables: Coupon, Market, and Ticket.

Frequency: Quarterly

Range: 1993–Present

Source: TranStats, US Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics: http://www.transtats.bts.gov/TableInfo.asp?DB_ID=125

The columns listed for each table below reflect the columns available in the prezipped CSV files avaliable at TranStats.

DB1B Coupon

Source: TranStats, US Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics: http://www.transtats.bts.gov/Fields.asp?Table_ID=289.

This table provides coupon-specific information for each domestic itinerary of the Origin and Destination Survey, such as the operating carrier, origin and destination airports, number of passengers, fare class, coupon type, trip break indicator, and distance.

Columns

ColumnDescriptionNotes
ItinIDItinerary IDForeign key to DB1BTicket
MktIDMarket IDForeign key to DB1BMarket
SeqNumCoupon Sequence NumberItinerary-level
CouponsNumber of Coupons in the ItineraryAlso in DB1BTicket
YearYearAlso in DB1BTicket
QuarterQuarter (1-4)Also in DB1BTicket
OriginOrigin Airport CodeIATA Airport Code
OriginAptIndOrigin Airport, Multiple Airports Indicator-
OriginCityNumOrigin Airport, City Code-
OriginCountryOrigin Airport, Country Code-
OriginStateFipsOrigin Airport, State FIPS Code-
OriginStateOrigin Airport, State Code-
OriginStateNameOrigin State Name-
OriginWacOrigin Airport, World Area Code-
DestDestination Airport CodeIATA Airport Code
DestAptIndDestination Airport, Multiple Airports Indicator-
DestCityNumDestination Airport, City Code-
DestCountryDestination Airport, Country Code-
DestStateFipsDestination Airport, State FIPS Code-
DestStateDestination Airport, State Code-
DestStateNameDestination State Name-
DestWacDestination Airport, World Area Code-
BreakTrip Break Code-
CouponTypeCoupon Type Code-
TkCarrierTicketing Carrier Code-
OpCarrierOperating Carrier Code-
RPCarrierReporting Carrier Code-
PassengersNumber of Passengers-
FareClassFare Class Code-
DistanceCoupon Distance-
DistanceGroupDistance Group, in 500 Mile Intervals-
GatewayGateway Indicator (1=Yes)-
ItinGeoTypeItinerary Geography Type-
CouponGeoTypeCoupon Geography Type-

Notes

  1. FareClass does not follow the same coding as the class column of the T100 Domestic Segment table. The US Department of Transportation also warns not to use FareClass for analysis because different carriers treat the categories differently.

DB1B Market

This table contains directional market characteristics of each domestic itinerary of the Origin and Destination Survey, such as the reporting carrier, origin and destination airport, prorated market fare, number of market coupons, market miles flown, and carrier change indicators.

Source: TranStats, US Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics: http://www.transtats.bts.gov/Fields.asp?Table_ID=247

Columns

NumberColumnDescriptionNotes
1ItinIDItinerary IDForeign key to DB1BTicket
2MktIDMarket IDPrimary key
3MktCouponsNumber of Coupons in the Market-
4YearYear-
5QuarterQuarter (1-4)-
6OriginOrigin Airport Code-
7OriginAptIndOrigin Airport, Multiple Airports Indicator-
8OriginCityNumOrigin Airport, City Code-
9OriginCountryOrigin Airport, Country Code-
10OriginStateFipsOrigin Airport, State FIPS Code-
11OriginStateOrigin Airport, State Code-
12OriginStateNameOrigin State Name-
13OriginWacOrigin Airport, World Area Code-
14DestDestination Airport Code-
15DestAptIndDestination Airport, Multiple Airports Indicator-
16DestCityNumDestination Airport, City Code-
17DestCountryDestination Airport, Country Code-
18DestStateFipsDestination Airport, State FIPS Code-
19DestStateDestination Airport, State Code-
20DestStateNameDestination State Name-
21DestWacDestination Airport, World Area Code-
22AirportGroupAirport Group-
23WacGroupWorld Area Code Group-
24TkCarrierChangeTicketing Carrier Change Indicator-
25TkCarrierGroupTicketing Carrier Group-
26OpCarrierChangeOperating Carrier Change Indicator-
27OpCarrierGroupOperating Carrier Group-
28RPCarrierReporting carrier code#1
29TkCarrierTicketing carrier code#2
30OpCarrierOperating carrier code#2
31BulkFareBulk fare indicator-
32PassengersNumber of passengers-
33MktFareMarket fare (ItinYield*MktMilesFlown)-
34MktDistanceMarket distanceIncludes ground transport
35MktDistanceGroupDistance group, in 500 mile intervals-
36MktMilesFlownMarket miles flown (track miles)-
37NonStopMilesNon-Stop Market Miles (Radian Measure)-
38ItinGeoTypeItinerary Geography Type-
39MktGeoTypeMarket geography type-

Notes:

  1. Carriers report complete itineraries so this should be equal for all markets and coupons in an itinerary.
  2. For on-line itineraries (otherwise equal to 99).

DB1B Ticket

This table contains summary characteristics of each domestic itinerary on the Origin and Destination Survey, including the reporting carrier, itinerary fare, number of passengers, originating airport, roundtrip indicator, and miles flown.

Source: TranStats, US Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics: http://www.transtats.bts.gov/Fields.asp?Table_ID=272

Columns

NumberColumnDescriptionNotes
1ItinIDItinerary IDPrimary key
2CouponsNumber of coupons in the itinerary-
3YearYear-
4QuarterQuarter (1-4)-
5OriginOrigin airport code-
6OriginAptIndOrigin airport, multiple airports indicator-
7OriginCityNumOrigin airport, city code-
8OriginCountryOrigin airport, country-
9OriginStateFipsOrigin airport, state FIPS-
10OriginStateOrigin airport, state-
11OriginStateNameOrigin state name-
12OriginWacOrigin airport, world area code-
13RoundTripRound trip indicator-
14OnLineOnLine carrier indicator-
15DollarCredDollar credibility indicator-
16ItinYieldTotal itinerary yield (ItinFare/MilesFlown)-
17RPCarrierReporting carrier-
18PassengersNumber of passengers-
19ItinFareTotal itinerary fare-
20BulkFareBulk fare indicator-
21DistanceItinerary distanceIncluding Ground Transport
22DistanceGroupDistance group, in 500 mile intervals-
23MilesFlownItinerary miles flown (track miles)-
24ItinGeoTypeItinerary geography type-

category: Airline, Data