List of airlines of the United States
This is a list of airlines which have an air operator's certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States.
Note: Destinations in bold indicate primary hubs, those in italic indicate secondary hubs, and those with regular font indicate focus cities. For legacy carriers American, Delta, and United, the most strategic/well connected hubs are shown as Primary Hubs.
Passenger airlines
Mainline
Airline | Image | IATA
|
ICAO
|
Callsign | Primary hubs, secondary hubs |
Founded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska Airlines | AS | ASA | ALASKA | 1932 | Founded as McGee Airways and commenced operations in 1944 as Alaska Airlines. | ||
Allegiant Air | G4 | AAY | ALLEGIANT | 1997 | Founded as WestJet Express and began operations in 1998 as Allegiant Air. | ||
American Airlines | AA | AAL | AMERICAN | 1926 | Founded as American Airways and commenced operations in 1936 as American Air Lines; largest airline in the world based on airline company revenue, scheduled passenger miles flown (per year), and fleet size. | ||
Avelo Airlines | XP | VXP | AVELO | Raleigh/Durham
Wilmington Airport (Delaware) |
1987 | First did business as Casino Express Airlines and commenced operations in 1989. Started scheduled service in Burbank, CA, April 28, 2021. | |
Breeze Airways | MX | MXY | MOXY | Charleston Hartford New Orleans Norfolk Providence Provo Tampa |
2018 | Founded as Moxy Airways but was renamed due to trademark issues | |
Delta Air Lines | DL | DAL | DELTA | Seattle/Tacoma
|
1924 | Founded as Huff Daland Dusters and commenced operations in 1929 as Delta Air Service. | |
Eastern Airlines | 2D | EAL | EASTERN | Miami | 2010 | ||
Frontier Airlines | F9 | FFT | FRONTIER FLIGHT | 1994 | |||
Hawaiian Airlines | HA | HAL | HAWAIIAN | Honolulu Kahului |
1929 | Founded as Inter-Island Airways in early 1929 and commenced operations in late 1929 as Hawaiian Airlines | |
JetBlue | B6 | JBU | JETBLUE | New York-JFK Boston Los Angeles Fort Lauderdale Orlando |
1998 | Founded as New Air and commenced operations in 2000 as JetBlue Airways. | |
New Pacific Airlines | 7H | RVF | RAVN FLIGHT | Ontario | 2021 | Founded as Northern Pacific Airways. | |
Southwest Airlines | WN | SWA | SOUTHWEST | 1967 | Founded as Air Southwest and commenced operations in 1971 as Southwest Airlines; largest airline in the world based on number of passengers served per year. | ||
Spirit Airlines | NK | NKS | SPIRIT WINGS | 1980 | Founded as Charter One. | ||
Sun Country Airlines | SY | SCX | SUN COUNTRY | Las Vegas
|
1982 | Commenced operations in 1983. Operates some Amazon Air cargo flights. | |
United Airlines | UA | UAL | UNITED | Washington-Dulles
|
1926 | Founded as Varney Air Lines and commenced operations in 1931 as United Air Lines. |
Regional
Airline | Image | IATA
|
ICAO
|
Callsign | Primary hubs, secondary hubs |
Founded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Air Wisconsin | ZW | AWI | WISCONSIN | Washington-Dulles
|
1965 | Operates as American Eagle[1] | |
Cape Air | 9K | KAP | CAIR | 1988 | |||
CommutAir
|
C5 | UCA | COMMUTAIR | Washington-Dulles
|
1989 | Operates as United Express. | |
Contour Airlines | LF | VTE | VOLUNTEER | Smyrna (TN) | 1982 | ||
Elite Airways | 7Q | MNU | MAINER | Melbourne/Orlando Newark Portland (Maine) |
2006 | Commenced operations in 2014. | |
Endeavor Air | 9E | EDV | ENDEAVOR | 1985 | Founded as Express Airlines I. Operates as Delta Connection. | ||
Envoy Air | MQ | ENY | ENVOY | 1984 | Founded as American Eagle Airlines. Operates as American Eagle. | ||
GoJet Airlines | G7 | GJS | LINDBERGH | Chicago-O'Hare Denver |
2004 | Commenced operations in 2005. Operates as United Express. | |
Horizon Air | QX | QXE | HORIZON | Seattle/Tacoma
Portland (OR) |
1981 | Operates as Alaska Airlines. | |
Mesa Airlines | YV | ASH | AIR SHUTTLE | Washington-Dulles
|
1980 | Founded as Mesa Air Shuttle. All but one aircraft operated as United Express. | |
Piedmont Airlines | PT | PDT | PIEDMONT | Charlotte Philadelphia Washington-National |
1961 | Founded as Henson Aviation and commenced operations in 1962. Operates as American Eagle. | |
PSA Airlines | OH | JIA | BLUE STREAK | Charlotte Philadelphia Washington-National |
1979 | Founded as Vee Neal Airlines. Operates as American Eagle. | |
Republic Airways | YX | RPA | BRICKYARD | As American Eagle: Indianapolis Columbus (OH) Kansas City Miami New York-LaGuardia Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington-National As United Express: Indianapolis Chicago-O'Hare Columbus (OH) Kansas City Newark New York-LaGuardia Pittsburgh Washington-National As Delta Connection: Indianapolis Chicago-O'Hare Columbus (OH) New York-LaGuardia |
1998 | Commenced operations in 2005. Operates as American Eagle, United Express and Delta Connection. | |
Silver Airways | 3M | SIL | SILVER WINGS | 2011 | |||
SkyWest Airlines | OO | SKW | SKYWEST | As Delta Connection: Seattle/Tacoma
|
1972 | Operates as Delta Connection, United Express, American Eagle and Alaska Airlines. |
Commuter
Airline | Image | IATA
|
ICAO
|
Callsign | Primary hubs, secondary hubs |
Founded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Advanced Air | AN | WSN | WINGSPAN | Hawthorne | 2005 | Has the EAS contract to serve Grant County Airport (New Mexico). | |
Air Sunshine | YI | RSI | AIR SUNSHINE | San Juan | 1982 | ||
Bering Air | 8E | BRG | BERING AIR | Nome Kotzebue Unalakleet |
1979 | ||
Boutique Air | 4B | BTQ | BOUTIQUE | 2007 | |||
Everts Air | 5V | VTS | EVERTS | Fairbanks Anchorage |
1978 | Founded as Tatonduk Flying Service. | |
Gem Air | Salmon | 2014 | |||||
Grand Canyon Airlines | YR | CVU | CANYON VIEW | Boulder City Grand Canyon Page |
1927 | Founded as Scenic Airways. | |
Grand Canyon Scenic Airlines | YR | SCE | SCENIC | Grand Canyon | 1967 | Founded as Scenic Airlines. | |
Grant Aviation | GV | GUN | HOOT | Anchorage Bethel Cold Bay Dillingham Emmonak Kenai King Salmon Unalaska/Dutch Harbor |
1971 | Founded as Delta Air Services. | |
Griffing Flying Service | Port Clinton
|
1937 | |||||
Island Airways | Charlevoix | 1945 | Founded as McPhillips Flying Service. | ||||
JSX | XE | JSX | BIGSTRIPE | 2016 | Operator of Taos Air flights from 2022. | ||
Kenmore Air | M5 | KEN | KENMORE | Kenmore Seattle-Lake Union Seattle-Boeing |
1946 | Founded as Mines Collins Munro. | |
Key Lime Air | KG | LYM | KEY LIME | Denver-Centennial Denver Denver-Rocky Mountain Grand Junction |
1997 | Operates as Denver Air Connection. | |
Mokulele Airlines | MW | MHO | MAHALO | Kailua-Kona Kahului |
1994 | Founded as Mokulele Flight Service. | |
New England Airlines | EJ | NEA | NEW ENGLAND | Westerly | 1970 | ||
Penobscot Island Air | Rockland | 2004 | |||||
Reliant Air | RLI | RELIANT | Danbury | 1988 | |||
San Juan Airlines | SKYFERRY | Bellingham | 2002 | ||||
Servant Air | 8D | Kodiak | 2003 | ||||
Southern Airways Express | 9X | FDY | FRIENDLY | Washington-Dulles
|
2013 | ||
Surf Air | UF | SURFAIR | Santa Barbara
Truckee |
2012 | |||
Tailwind Air | TQ | PGN | PEREGRINE | 2014 | |||
Taquan Air | K3 | TQN | TAQUAN | Ketchikan Harbor | 1977 | ||
Tradewind Aviation | TJ | GPD | GOODSPEED | 2001 | |||
Ultimate Jet | UE | UJC | ULTIMATE | Cincinnati-Lunken
|
2009 | ||
Utah Airways | Ogden | 2015 | |||||
Warbelow's Air Ventures | 4W | WAV | WARBELOW | Fairbanks | 1958 | ||
Wright Air Service | 8V | WRF | WRIGHT FLYER | Fairbanks | 1966 |
Charter
Airline | Image | IATA
|
ICAO
|
Callsign | Primary hubs, secondary hubs |
Founded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Air Charter Bahamas | |||||||
Air Charter Express | FRG | FREIGHT RUNNERS | Milwaukee | 1985 | |||
Air Flight Charters | FLL | Fort Lauderdale | 1987 | ||||
Airshare | XSR | AIRSHARE | 2000 | Founded as Executive Flight Services | |||
Berry Aviation | BYA | BERRY | San Marcos
|
1983 | |||
Bighorn Airways | BHR | BIGHORN AIR | Sheridan | 1947 | |||
Choice Airways | CSX | CHOICE AIR | Fort Lauderdale-Executive | 2009 | |||
ExcelAire | XLS | EXCELAIRE | Long Island/Islip | 1993 | |||
Global Crossing Airlines | G6 | GXA | GEMINI | Atlantic City Las Vegas Miami |
2018 | ||
Gryphon Airlines | Y3 | VOS | |||||
IBC Airways | II | CSQ | CHASQUI | Fort Lauderdale
|
1991 | ||
L-3 Flight International Aviation | RTD | RIPTIDE | Newport News | 1972 | |||
Liberty Jet Management | LRT | LIBERTY JET | Long Island/Islip | 2006 | |||
NetJets | 1I | EJA | EXECJET | Columbus | 1964 | Founded as Executive Jets Aviation. | |
Omni Air International | X9 | OAE | OMNI-EXPRESS | Tulsa | 1993 | ||
Omni Air Transport | DRL | DRILLER | Tulsa | ||||
Pacific Coast Jet | PXT | PACK COAST | 2006 | ||||
Pentastar Aviation | DCX | TANGO | Waterford | 1964 | Founded as Chrysler Air Transportation. | ||
Phoenix Air | PHA | GRAY BIRD | Cartersville | 1978 | |||
PlaneSense | CNS | CHRONOS | Portsmouth (NH) | 1992 | |||
Presidential Airways | PRD | PRESIDENTIAL | Melbourne/Orlando | ||||
Sierra Pacific Airlines | SI | SPA | SIERRA PACIFIC | Tucson | 1970 | Commenced operations in 1971. | |
Skymax | SMX | SKYMAX | Fort Lauderdale | 1997 | Commenced operations in 2013. | ||
Stampede Aviation | Healy/Denali NP | 2011 | |||||
Superior Air Charter | RSP | REDSTRIPE | 2006 | ||||
Superior Aviation | SO | HKA | SPEND AIR | Lansing | 1979 | ||
Talkeetna Air Taxi | Talkeetna | 1947 | Founded as Talkeetna Flying Service. | ||||
Tropic Ocean Airways | Fort Lauderdale
|
2009 | |||||
World Atlantic Airlines | K8 | WAL | WORLD ATLANTIC | Miami | 2002 | Founded as Caribbean Sun Airlines and commenced operations in 2003. | |
XOJET Aviation LLC | XOJ | XOJET | Sacramento-McClellan
|
2006 |
Cargo airlines
Airline | Image | IATA
|
ICAO
|
Callsign | Primary hubs, secondary hubs |
Founded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
21 Air | 2I | CSB | CARGO SOUTH | Greensboro | 2014 | ||
ABX Air | GB | ABX | ABEX | Wilmington (OH) Cincinnati Miami |
1980 | Founded as Airborne Express. Operates some Amazon Air flights. | |
Air Cargo Carriers | 2Q | SNC | NIGHT CARGO | Milwaukee
Cincinnati |
1986 | Commenced operations in 1980. | |
AirNet Express | USC | STAR CHECK | Columbus-Rickenbacker | 1974 | Founded as Financial Air Express. | ||
Air Transport International | 8C | ATN | AIR TRANSPORT | Wilmington (OH) Cincinnati |
1978 | Founded as US Airways and commenced operations in 1980.
Operates some Amazon Air flights. | |
Alaska Central Express | KO | AER | ACE AIR | Anchorage | 1996 | ||
Aloha Air Cargo | KH | AAH | ALOHA | Honolulu
|
1946 | Founded as Trans-Pacific Airlines and separated from now-defunct Aloha Airlines in 2008. | |
Alpine Air Express | 5A | AIP | ALPINE AIR | Provo Billings Sioux Falls |
1971 | ||
Amazon Air | AFW | KAFW | AMAZON AIR | 2015 | Formerly Amazon Prime Air | ||
Ameriflight | A8 | AMF | AMFLIGHT | Dallas/Fort Worth
Burbank |
1968 | Founded as California Air Charter. | |
Amerijet International | M6 | AJT | AMERIJET | Miami Port of Spain |
1974 | ||
Ameristar Jet Charter | 7Z | AJI | AMERISTAR | Dallas-Addison El Paso Willow Run |
2000 | ||
Asia Pacific Airlines
|
P9 | MGE | MAGELLAN | Honolulu
|
1998 | ||
Atlas Air | 5Y | GTI | GIANT | New York-JFK Anchorage Cincinnati Houston Huntsville Los Angeles Miami |
1992 | Commenced operations in 1993. Operates some Amazon Air flights. | |
Bemidji Airlines | CH | BMJ | BEMIDJI | Minneapolis/St. Paul
|
1946 | Commenced operations in 1947. | |
Castle Aviation | CSJ | CASTLE | Akron/Canton
|
1986 | |||
Corporate Air | CPT | AIRSPUR | Billings | 1981 | |||
CSA Air | IRO | IRON AIR | Iron Mountain | 1998 | |||
Empire Airlines | EM | CFS | EMPIRE | Coeur d' Alene Spokane |
1977 | ||
Everts Air Cargo | 5V | VTS | EVERTS | Fairbanks Anchorage |
1995 | ||
FedEx Express | FX | FDX | FEDEX | 1971 | Founded as Federal Express and commenced operations in 1973. | ||
Freight Runners Express | FRG | FREIGHT RUNNERS | Milwaukee
|
1985 | |||
IFL Group | IF | IFL | EIFFEL | Waterford Miami |
1983 | Founded as Air Contract Cargo. | |
Kalitta Air | K4 | CKS | CONNIE | Ypsilanti Anchorage Bahrain Cincinnati Hong Kong New York-JFK |
1967 | Founded as American International Airways. | |
Kalitta Charters | CB | KFS | KALITTA | Ypsilanti | |||
Lynden Air Cargo | L2 | LYC | LYNDEN | Anchorage | 1995 | ||
Martinaire | MRA | MARTEX | Addison | 1978 | |||
Merlin Airways | MEI | AVALON | Billings Miami San Juan |
1983 | |||
Mountain Air Cargo | C2 | MTN | MOUNTAIN | Kinston | 1974 | ||
National Airlines | N8 | NCR | NATIONAL CARGO | Orlando/Sanford | 1985 | Commenced operations in 1986. | |
Northern Air Cargo | NC | NAC | YUKON | Anchorage Miami |
1956 | ||
Polar Air Cargo | PO | PAC | POLAR | Anchorage Cincinnati Hong Kong Honolulu Los Angeles Leipzig/Halle Seoul-Incheon Shanghai-Pudong Sharjah Sydney |
1993 | ||
Royal Air Freight | RAX | AIR ROYAL | Waterford | 1961 | |||
Ryan Air Services | 7S | RYA | RYAN AIR | Anchorage Aniak Bethel Emmonak Kotzebue Nome St. Mary's Unalakleet |
1953 | Founded as Unalakleet Air Taxi. | |
Sky Lease Cargo | GG | KYE | SKY CUBE | Miami | 1969 | Founded as Wrangler Aviation and commenced operations in 1973. | |
Skyway Enterprises | KI | SKZ | SKYWAY-INC | 1981 | Commenced operations in 1983. | ||
StratAir | Miami | 2018 | Virtual airline on behalf of Northern Air Cargo. | ||||
Trans Executive Airlines | KH | MUI | RHOADES EXPRESS | Honolulu
|
1982 | ||
UPS Airlines | 5X | UPS | UPS | 1988 | |||
USA Jet Airlines | UJ | JUS | JET USA | Ypsilanti Laredo |
1994 | ||
West Air | PCM | PAC VALLEY | 1988 | ||||
Western Global Airlines | KD | WGN | WESTERN GLOBAL | Miami Liege, Belgium; Anchorage Fort Myers, FL |
2013 | ||
Wiggins Airways | WG | WIG | WIGGINS AIRWAYS | Manchester
|
1929 |
Air ambulances
Airline | Image | IATA
|
ICAO
|
Callsign | Primary hubs, secondary hubs |
Founded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AirMed International | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth
|
1987 | Founded as MEDjet International. | ||||
Air Methods | Denver-Centennial | 1980 | |||||
Critical Air Medicine | 1984 | ||||||
Lifestar | |||||||
Life Lion |
State-run airlines
Airline | Image | IATA
|
ICAO
|
Callsign | Primary hubs, secondary hubs |
Founded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Comco | 2002 | ||||||
Janet | WWW | JANET | Las Vegas
|
1972 | |||
Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System | JUD | JUSTICE | Oklahoma City | 1980 | Commenced operations in 1995. |
See also
- Lists of airlines
- List of airlines of Puerto Rico
- List of airports in the United States
- List of largest airlines in North America
- List of defunct airlines of the United States
- Major airlines of the United States
- Proposed airlines of the United States
References
- ^ "American Airlines Restores CRJ200 Through Partnership With Air Wisconsin". aeroxplorer.com. Retrieved 2023-04-21.