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| Data Profile: Airline Origin and Destination Survey (DB1B) |  Print | |
| Airline Origin and Destination Survey (DB1B) | | Overview | | The Airline Origin and Destination Survey (DB1B) is a 10% sample of airline tickets from reporting carriers collected by the Office of Airline Information of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Data includes origin, destination and other itinerary details of passengers transported. This database is used to determine air traffic patterns, air carrier market shares and passenger flows. | | Coverage | | The survey covers a 10% sample of airline tickets from reporting carriers. | | Availability | | | | First Year | 1993 | | Last Year | 2009 | | Frequency | Quarterly | | | | Summary Tables | | | | National Transportation Statistics | | | | Air Carrier Profile | | General Aviation Profile | | | | Related Links | | | | Air Carrier Financial Reports | | Air Carrier Summary Data | | Large Air Carrier Statistics | | |
| Terms and Definitions | | | | Airport Code | A three character alpha-numeric code issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation which is the official designation of the airport. | | City Code | A three character alpha-numeric code issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation to designate the city where the origin or destination airport is located. | | Codeshare | An arrangement whereby a marketing carrier's code is used to identify a flight operated by another carrier. The marketing carrier may make reservations and issue tickets for the operating carrier's flights. | | Coupon | A piece of paper or series of papers indicating the itinerary of a passenger. An airline ticket includes an auditor's coupon, flight coupons, and a passenger receipt. | | FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standards. Usually referring to a code assigned to any of a variety of geographic entities (e.g. counties, states, metropolitan areas, etc). FIPS codes are intended to simplify the collection, processing, and dissemination of data and resources of the Federal Government. | | Gateway | In international travel, the port where customs clearance takes place. | | Market (Using DB1B Data) | A Market in DB1B data is created by a trip break. Trip Breaks are points in the itinerary at which a passenger is assumed to have stopped for a reason other than changing planes. For example: an itinerary BOS-LAS-BOS would have two markets BOS-LAS and LAS-BOS. The trip break occurred at LAS. | | Marketing Carrier | An air carrier that issued a flight reservation or ticket under a codeshare agreement. | | Operating Carrier | An air carrier engaged directly in the operation of aircraft in passenger air transportation. | | Reporting Carrier | The carrier that submitted data to the Office of Airline Information for a given passenger segment. | | Total Itinerary Yield | Itinerary fare per itinerary miles flown. The itinerary includes all segements of a journey from origin to destination. | | Track | The actual flight path of an aircraft over the surface of the earth. | | Trip Break | Trip Breaks are points in the itinerary at which a passenger is assumed to have stopped for a reason other than changing planes. A break in the passenger's trip creates a market. For example: An itinerary BOS-LAS-BOS would have two markets BOS-LAS and LAS-BOS. The trip break occurred at LAS. | | World Area Code (WAC) | Numeric codes used to identify geopolitical areas such as countries, states (U.S.), provinces (Canada), and territories or possessions of certain countries. The codes are used within the various data banks maintained by the Office of Airline Information (OAI) and are created by OAI. |
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