{
  "query": {
    "country": "US",
    "from": "Boston",
    "to": null,
    "quarters": 4
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "USD",
    "unit": "per passenger, each way",
    "value": 256.5976677,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-01-01",
    "to": "2026-03-31"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2026-Q1",
    "note": "This is an average over many routes to and from the city, not the fare for one route; give a destination for a route."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-14T21:16:25.229Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "us-dot-airfares",
    "name": "Consumer Airfare Report: Table 1a (airport pairs), Table 6 (city pairs) and Table 2 (city summary)",
    "publisher": "U.S. Department of Transportation (Office of the Secretary, Office of Aviation Analysis), from airline data submitted to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics",
    "licence": "Public Domain U.S. Government (the licence stated on the datasets at data.transportation.gov; each dataset also carries licenseId USGOV_WORKS and points to http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/). USA.gov: \"Government work is something created by a U.S. government officer or employee as part of their official duties.\"",
    "licence_url": "https://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/",
    "attribution": "Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Consumer Airfare Report (Table 1a, Table 6 and Table 2), data.transportation.gov. Average fares are passed on as published; ProofPrice calculates the year-on-year change. Not endorsed by the Department of Transportation.",
    "url": "https://data.transportation.gov/d/yj5y-b2ir"
  },
  "method": "DOT publishes, every quarter, the average fare paid in each market: its report defines average fares as 'the each-way prices paid by all passengers on domestic commercial airlines', including first-class tickets, taxes and airport fees, built from the ticket data airlines report to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (the DB1B 10 percent ticket sample). ProofPrice returns the published figure for the latest quarter DOT holds for the market, unchanged, with the passengers per day behind it and recent quarters. No range is calculated: DOT gives one average per market and quarter. Fares are per direction; free tickets (such as frequent-flyer awards) and extras such as baggage and seat fees are not included, and no airline's own fare is quoted. With no destination given, the figure is DOT's city summary (Table 2): the average each-way fare over the city's markets among the 1,000 busiest city pairs, to and from the city.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "Across its busiest routes, passengers travelling to or from Boston, MA paid an average of US$257 each way in the first quarter of 2026 (49 city-pair markets among DOT's 1,000 busiest). That is 11.6% higher than a year earlier. Official average published by U.S. Department of Transportation (Office of the Secretary, Office of Aviation Analysis), from airline data submitted to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics for 2026-Q1.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "market": {
      "type": "city_summary",
      "city": "Boston, MA",
      "dot_market": "Boston, MA (Metropolitan Area)",
      "markets_counted": 49,
      "average_miles": 1275
    },
    "fare_basis": "average fare per passenger for one direction of travel (each-way price), USD, taxes and airport fees included",
    "passengers_in_quarter": 5431222,
    "year_ago": {
      "reference_period": "2025-Q1",
      "average_fare": 229.84,
      "change_percent": 11.6
    },
    "trend": [
      {
        "reference_period": "2026-Q1",
        "average_fare": 256.6
      },
      {
        "reference_period": "2025-Q4",
        "average_fare": 246.97
      },
      {
        "reference_period": "2025-Q3",
        "average_fare": 230.99
      },
      {
        "reference_period": "2025-Q2",
        "average_fare": 242.1
      }
    ],
    "dataset": {
      "id": "wqw2-rjgd",
      "name": "Consumer Airfare Report: Table 2 - Top 1,000 City-Pair Markets (summarised by city)",
      "url": "https://data.transportation.gov/d/wqw2-rjgd",
      "publisher_page": "https://www.transportation.gov/policy/aviation-policy/air-fare-information-consumers"
    },
    "notes": [
      "This is an average over many routes to and from the city, not the fare for one route; give a destination for a route."
    ]
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_59829ab25b17078b2329",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-14T21:16:25.229Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published average",
    "meaning": "One average or median that a statistics office or regulator publishes for a reference period: it describes a group, not a distribution, and says nothing about any single price."
  }
}