Do you ever feel like you're paying too much for an airline ticket out of Newark Liberty? The New York Times' electoral statistician, Nate Silver, recently looked at what comparably priced airline tickets cost for travelers leaving out of different airports around the country. Silver found that the average passenger flying round-trip out of Newark should have paid $382 based on what tickets covering similar distances cost at other airports - but actually paid $454.
The other New York-area airports were much more reasonable. If you're flying to Los Angeles, you can expect to pay an average of 12 percent more for a trip to L.A. out of Newark than if you flew out of J.F.K., 49 percent more for a trip to Chicago, and 118 percent more for a trip to Washington, D.C.
All told, Newark suffers the second-highest markup of any airport in America, according to Silver's analysis. Only Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston has more inflated prices, tacking on an additional $85 to each ticket. Silver's full report can be found here.
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