List of airlines of the United States
Appearance
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.
Passenger airlines
Mainline
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hubs, secondary hubs | Founded | Notes |
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Alaska Airlines | ![]() |
AS | ASA | ALASKA | Seattle Anchorage Portland San Francisco Los Angeles |
1932 | Founded as McGee Airways and commenced operations in 1944 as Alaska Airlines. |
Allegiant Air | ![]() |
G4 | AAY | ALLEGIANT | Las Vegas Cincinnati Fort Walton Beach Indianapolis Orlando/Sanford Memphis Pittsburgh Albuquerque |
1997 | Founded as WestJet Express and commenced operations in 1998 as Allegiant Air. |
American Airlines | ![]() |
AA | AAL | AMERICAN | Dallas/Fort Worth Charlotte Chicago-O'Hare Los Angeles Miami New York-JFK New York-LaGuardia Philadelphia Phoenix Washington-National |
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. |
Delta Air Lines | ![]() |
DL | DAL | DELTA | Atlanta Boston Detroit Los Angeles Minneapolis/St. Paul New York-JFK New York-LaGuardia Salt Lake City Seattle/Tacoma |
1924 | Founded as Huff Daland Dusters and commenced operations in 1929 as Delta Air Service. |
Frontier Airlines | ![]() |
F9 | FFT | FRONTIER FLIGHT | Denver | 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 Airways | ![]() |
B6 | JBU | JETBLUE | New York-JFK | 1998 | Founded as New Air and commenced operations in 2000 as JetBlue Airways. |
Southwest Airlines | ![]() |
WN | SWA | SOUTHWEST | Dallas-Love Field Denver Sacramento Baltimore Chicago-Midway Houston-Hobby San Diego |
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 | Atlantic City Detroit Las Vegas Fort Lauderdale Chicago-O'Hare Dallas/Fort Worth Baltimore Orlando |
1980 | Founded as Charter One. |
Sun Country Airlines | ![]() |
SY | SCX | SUN COUNTRY | Minneapolis/St. Paul Dallas/Fort Worth Las Vegas Portland |
1982 | Commenced operations in 1983. |
United Airlines | ![]() |
UA | UAL | UNITED | Chicago-O'Hare Denver Houston-Bush Los Angeles New Jersey-Liberty San Francisco Washington-Dulles |
1926 | Founded as Varney Air Lines and commenced operations in 1931 as United Air Lines. |
Regional
Commuter
Charter
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hubs and focus cities | Founded | Notes |
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Air Charter Bahamas | |||||||
Air Flight Charters | FLL | Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Bahamas | 1987 | airflightcharters.com | |||
Airshare | XSR | AIRSHARE | 2000 | Founded as Executive Flight Services | |||
Berry Aviation | BYA | BERRY | San Marcos | 1983 | |||
Bighorn Airways | BHR | BIGHORN AIR | Sheridan | 1947 | |||
Charter Air Transport | VC | SRY | STINGRAY | Cleveland-Lakefront | 1997 | ||
Choice Airways | CSX | CHOICE AIR | Fort Lauderdale-Executive | 2009 | |||
Delta Private Jets | ![]() |
DPJ | JET CARD | Cincinnati | 1984 | ||
Eastern Airlines, LLC | 2D | DYA | DYNAMIC AIR | 2010 | |||
ExcelAire | XLS | EXCELAIRE | Long Island/Islip | 1993 | |||
Great Lakes Air | St. Ignace | ||||||
Gryphon Airlines | Y3 | VOS | |||||
IAero Airways | ![]() |
WQ | SWQ | SWIFTFLIGHT | Miami | 1997 | Founded as Swift Air |
IBC Airways | II | CSQ | CHASQUI | Fort Lauderdale | 1991 | ||
JetSuite | RSP | REDSTRIPE | 2006 | ||||
L-3 Flight International Aviation | RTD | RIPTIDE | Newport News | ||||
Liberty Jet Management | LRT | LIBERTY JET | Long Island/Islip | 2006 | |||
NetJets | 1I | EJA | EXECJET | 1964 | Founded as Executive Jets Aviation. | ||
Omni Air International | X9 | OAE | OMNI-EXPRESS | Tulsa | 1993 | ||
Orange Air | ORN | ORANGE JET | Orlando/Sanford | 2011 | Commenced operations in 2014. | ||
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 | Orlando/Melbourne | ||||||
Rediske Air | Soldotna | 1991 | |||||
Sierra Pacific Airlines | ![]() |
SI | SPA | SIERRA PACIFIC | Tucson | 1970 | Commenced operations in 1971. |
Skymax | ![]() |
SMX | SKYMAX | Fort Lauderdale | 1997 | Commenced operations in 2013. | |
Songbird Airways | ![]() |
SK | SGB | SONGBIRD | Miami | 1990 | |
Stampede Aviation | Healy/Denali NP | 2011 | |||||
Superior Aviation | SO | HKA | SPEND AIR | Lansing | 1979 | ||
Talkeetna Air Taxi | Talkeetna | 1947 | Founded as Talkeetna Flying Service. | ||||
Tropic Ocean Airways | Fort Lauderdale | 2009 | |||||
Twin Cities Air Service | TCY | TWIN CITY | Auburn/Lewiston Portland (ME) |
1992 | |||
World Atlantic Airlines | ![]() |
K8 | WAL | WORLD ATLANTIC | Miami | 2002 | Founded as Caribbean Sun Airlines and commenced operations in 2003. |
XOJET | XOJ | EXOJET | Sacramento-McClellan | 2006 | |||
Xtra Airways | ![]() |
XP | CXP | CASINO EXPRESS | Miami San Antonio |
1987 | Founded as Casino Express Airlines and commenced operations in 1989. |
Cargo airlines
Air ambulances
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hubs and focus cities | Founded | Notes |
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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 | Hubs and focus cities | Founded | Notes |
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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