The least expensive airport to fly from in Texas: Data

(NEXSTAR) — Though the Lone Star State has dozens of major airports across its wide expanse, one Texas airport was recently found to be the cheapest to fly out of in the state. With air travel growing more expensive with inflation, it’s not a bad time to shop around when buying tickets.

To determine America’s most inexpensive airports, personal finance outlet FinanceBuzz combed through 2024 U.S. Department of Transportation airfare data for the country’s busiest airports. Overall, FinanceBuzz found the least expensive airport to fly from in the U.S is Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport in Florida, which had an average airfare cost of $265.32.

Here in Texas, Dallas Love Field (DAL) was found to be the most cost-effective airport to fly from. The smaller of the two airports located in Dallas, Love Field has an average airfare cost of $337.15 — a $7.07 decrease from the previous year, says FinanceBuzz.

Dallas Love Field was ranked as the 10th least-expensive airport nationally — the only Texas airport to rank quite so high.

Here’s how Texas’ other airports fared (no pun intended):

Cost rank	Airport	Average airfare	$ change over previous year
32.	San Antonio International Airport (SAT)	$398.90	+$16.22
33.	Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)	$398.98	+$28.68
35.	Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)	$406.23	-$3.11
38.	Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)	$415.35	-$5.87

Earlier this year, Dallas Love Field and Dallas Forth Worth International were both named among the Best Airports by the Airports Council International. The council’s annual Airport Service Quality report aims to recognize excellent customer experience from over 400 participating airports in 110 countries, according to the organization.

Dallas Love Field was one of two airports recognized as “best” in the 15-25 million passengers-per-year category, while DFW was among three airports recognized as “best” that serve over 40 million passengers per year.

Moreover, J.D. Power‘s 2024 North America Airport Satisfaction Survey ranked DFW fifth nationally for overall customer satisfaction (in the “mega airport” category). Bush Intercontinental, meanwhile, ranked 14th nationally, though it ranked below the national average for customer satisfaction.

Alternatively, Dallas Love Field ranked fourth nationally for “large airports” for overall customer satisfaction. Houston’s Hobby Airport was also ranked sixth nationally, several spots ahead of Austin-Bergstrom International, which came in 11th nationally.