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Capital Region International Airport competes with nearby متروپولیتن شهرستان وین دیترویت (DTW), Grand Rapids جرالد فورد (GRR), and the recent growth of Flint بیشاپ (FNT). In addition, the Michigan Flyer provides motorcoach service roundtrip from nearby East Lansing to Detroit Metro Airport 12 times daily. In 2006 the Capital Region Airport Authority estimated that the airport lost approximately 162,000 passengers that year to nearby competing airports. The airport lost about $53 million in annual revenue as a result of the passenger losses. According to the Airport Authority, a January 2010 leakage study found that 550,000 of the 873,000 airline tickets sold from mid-Michigan in 2009 were to travelers using other Michigan airports: 45% of travelers flew (originated) from Detroit Metro Airport, 37% from Lansing, 8% from Grand Rapids, and 7.6% from Flint. This resulted in an economic loss of $108 million to the Mid-Michigan region. The lost revenue to Lansing's airport was approximately $17 million.
In March 2009 the Lansing State Journal cited a 2008 دانشگاه ایالتی میشیگان study finding that passengers out of Capital Region International Airport feel the airport is convenient to use, but more than two-thirds of those surveyed also flew from other Michigan airports during the previous year. This is despite 84% of passengers being satisfied with the airline service offered at Lansing's airport, a drop from 93% passenger satisfaction in 2002. The 2008 study noted that 49% of travelers thought Lansing's airport was more expensive to fly out of than Detroit Metropolitan Airport; 13% of travelers thought Lansing was less expensive. The same study in 2002 found that 41% of travelers thought that Lansing was more expensive to fly out of than Detroit, and 14% thought Lansing was less expensive.
فوربز in February 2009 ranked Capital Region International Airport tied for the 18th most expensive airport to fly from in the United States, with an average fare of 35¢ per mile. The magazine ranked two other Michigan airports as more expensive. چری کپیتل (TVC) in تراوس سیتی، میشیگان was ranked second (41¢ per mile), and ام‌بی‌اس (MBS) northwest of سگینو، میشیگان was tied for the 11th most expensive airport in the country (36¢ per mile).
An April 2011 a نیویورک تایمز study determined that the average fare from Capital Region International Airport was overpriced by $117. The تحلیل رگرسیون, based on third quarter 2010 data from the وزارت ترابری ایالات متحده آمریکا Bureau of Transportation Statistics, considered factors such as market size and average distance to destination. Fares at other Michigan airports were overpriced to a lesser extent: MBS airport by $114, Detroit Metro by $25, and Grand Rapids by $9; Flint airport was underpriced by $42. Kalamazoo airport fares were overpriced by $187.
| Year | Lansing (LAN) | Detroit (DTW) | Grand Rapids (GRR) | Flint (FNT) | Kalamazoo (AZO) | Saginaw (MBS) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2006 | $370.61 | $322.83 | $413.74 | $298.89 | $472.93 | $441.26 |
| 2007 | $364.39 | $307.29 | $420.68 | $281.37 | $471.01 | $441.08 |
| 2008 | $397.75 | $334.18 | $463.96 | $314.89 | $517.32 | $481.39 |
| 2009 | $434.59 | $313.67 | $409.85 | $275.23 | $500.55 | $434.69 |
| 2010 | $482.76 | $353.75 | $377.29 | $298.40 | $563.92 | $470.47 |
| 2011 | $433.59 | $378.55 | $400.11 | $334.90 | $579.23 | $474.77 |
| 2012 | $417.92 | $404.96 | $445.80 | $372.96 | $599.39 | $465.86 |
| 2013 | $391.67 | $422.25 | $442.34 | $367.80 | $575.49 | $546.03 |
| 2014 | $427.38 | $429.93 | $439.54 | $376.15 | $570.32 | $537.51 |
| 2015 | $473.93 | $416.23 | $421.46 | $387.89 | $576.16 | $550.78 |
Airports included are within ۱۰۰ مایل (۱۶۰ کیلومتر) or a 100-minute drive of LAN. Source: Airline Origin & Destination Survey, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology، Bureau of Transportation Statistics، وزارت ترابری ایالات متحده آمریکا