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, while those with regular font indicate focus cities.

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Passenger airlines

Mainline

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hubs, Secondary hubs and Focus cities	Founded	Notes
Alaska Airlines		AS	ASA	ALASKA	Seattle/Tacoma Anchorage Los Angeles Portland (OR) San Francisco San Diego San Jose (CA)	1932	Founded as McGee Airways and commenced operations in 1944 as Alaska Airlines.
Allegiant Air		G4	AAY	ALLEGIANT	Las Vegas Bellingham Cincinnati Fort Lauderdale Fort Walton Beach Knoxville Los Angeles Myrtle Beach Oakland Orlando/Sanford Phoenix/Mesa Pittsburgh Punta Gorda (FL) St. Petersburg/Clearwater	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-Sky Harbor 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 Detroit Los Angeles Minneapolis/St. Paul New York-JFK New York-LaGuardia Salt Lake City Seattle/Tacoma Boston Cincinnati Raleigh/Durham	1924	Founded as Huff Daland Dusters and commenced operations in 1929 as Delta Air Service; largest airline in the world based on number of passengers served per year.
Frontier Airlines		F9	FFT	FRONTIER FLIGHT	Denver Atlanta Austin Chicago-O'Hare Cincinnati Cleveland Las Vegas Miami Orlando Philadelphia Raleigh/Durham San Antonio Trenton	1994
Hawaiian Airlines		HA	HAL	HAWAIIAN	Honolulu Kahului Kailua-Kona Lihue	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 Boston Fort Lauderdale Long Beach Orlando San Juan	1998	Founded as New Air and commenced operations in 2000 as JetBlue Airways.
Southwest Airlines		WN	SWA	SOUTHWEST	Dallas-Love Atlanta Baltimore Chicago-Midway Denver Houston-Hobby Las Vegas Oakland Orlando Phoenix-Sky Harbor Austin Fort Lauderdale Los Angeles Nashville Sacramento San Diego San Jose (CA) St. Louis Tampa	1967	Founded as Air Southwest and commenced operations in 1971 as Southwest Airlines.
Spirit Airlines		NK	NKS	SPIRIT WINGS	Fort Lauderdale Detroit Las Vegas Atlantic City Chicago-O'Hare Dallas/Fort Worth	1980	Founded as Charter One.
Sun Country Airlines		SY	SCX	SUN COUNTRY	Minneapolis/St. Paul Dallas/Fort Worth	1982	Commenced operations in 1983.
United Airlines		UA	UAL	UNITED	Chicago-O'Hare Denver Guam Houston-Intercontinental Los Angeles Newark San Francisco Washington-Dulles Cleveland	1926	Founded as Varney Air Lines and commenced operations in 1931 as United Air Lines.

Regional

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hubs and focus cities	Founded	Notes
Air Wisconsin		ZW	AWI	WISCONSIN	Appleton Chicago-O'Hare Milwaukee Washington-Dulles	1965	Operates as United Express
Cape Air		9K	KAP	CAIR	Hyannis Billings Boston Nantucket St. Louis San Juan Albany Martha's Vineyard	1988
CommutAir		C5	UCA	COMMUTAIR	Newark Washington-Dulles	1989	Operates as United Express.
Compass Airlines		CP	CPZ	COMPASS ROSE	As Delta Connection: Minneapolis/St. Paul Los Angeles Seattle/Tacoma As American Eagle: Los Angeles	2006	Commenced operations in 2007. Operates as Delta Connection and American Eagle.
Contour Aviation		LF	VTE	VOLUNTEER	Smyrna (TN)	1982
Elite Airways		7Q	MNU	MAINER	Orlando/Melbourne Newark Portland (ME)	2006	Commenced operations in 2014.
Endeavor Air		9E	EDV	ENDEAVOR	Minneapolis/St. Paul Atlanta Detroit New York-JFK New York-LaGuardia	1985	Founded as Express Airlines I. Operates as Delta Connection.
Envoy Air		MQ	ENY	ENVOY	Dallas/Fort Worth Chicago-O'Hare New York-LaGuardia Miami New York-JFK	1984	Founded as American Eagle Airlines. Operates as American Eagle.
ExpressJet		EV	ASQ	ACEY	As United Express: Houston Chicago-O'Hare Newark As Delta Connection: Atlanta Detroit As American Eagle: Dallas/Fort Worth	1986	Commenced operations in 1987. Operates as United Express, Delta Connection and American Eagle.
GoJet Airlines		G7	GJS	LINDBERGH	As United Express: Chicago-O'Hare Denver As Delta Connection: Cincinnati Detroit	2004	Commenced operations in 2005. Operates as United Express and Delta Connection.
Great Lakes Airlines		ZK	GLA	LAKES AIR	Denver	1977
Horizon Air		QX	QXE	HORIZON	Seattle/Tacoma Portland (OR)	1981	Operates as Alaska Airlines.
Mesa Airlines		YV	ASH	AIR SHUTTLE	As American Eagle: Phoenix-Sky Harbor Dallas/Fort Worth As United Express: Houston-Intercontinental Washington-Dulles	1980	Founded as Mesa Air Shuttle. All but one aircraft operated as American Eagle and United Express.
PenAir		KS	PEN	PENINSULA	Anchorage Boston Portland (OR)	1955	Founded as Peninsula Airways. Operates as Alaska Airlines.
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.
Colgan Air	[[]]	9L	CJC	Colgan
Republic Airline		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	Fort Lauderdale Orlando Tampa	2011
SkyWest Airlines		OO	SKW	SKYWEST	As Delta Connection: Atlanta Cincinnati Detroit Los Angeles Minneapolis/St. Paul Salt Lake City Seattle/Tacoma As United Express: Chicago-O'Hare Denver Houston-Intercontinental Los Angeles San Francisco As American Eagle: Chicago-O'Hare Los Angeles Phoenix-Sky Harbor As Alaska Airlines: Portland (OR) Seattle/Tacoma	1972	Operates as Delta Connection, United Express, American Eagle and Alaska Airlines.
Trans States Airlines		AX	LOF	WATERSKI	As United Express: Chicago-O'Hare Denver Washington-Dulles As American Eagle: New York-JFK New York-LaGuardia	1982	Founded as Resort Air. Operates as United Express and American Eagle.
ViaAir		VC	SRY	STINGRAY	Orlando Austin Charlotte	1997

Commuter

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hubs and focus cities	Founded	Notes
Advanced Air LLC.			WSN		Hawthorne Municipal Airport (California)		Has applied for the EAS contract to serve Grant County Airport (New Mexico), currently held by Boutique Air.
Aerodynamics Inc.			DYN	AERODYNAMICS	Denver	1959	Operates as Great Lakes Jet Express.
Air Choice One		3E	WBR	WEBER	St. Louis Chicago-O'Hare Minneapolis/St. Paul	1979	Founded as Multi-Aero Corporation.
Air Sunshine		YI	RSI	AIR SUNSHINE	San Juan	1982
Bering Air		8E	BRG	BERING AIR	Nome Kotzebue Unalakleet	1979
Boutique Air		4B	BTQ	BOUTIQUE	Dallas/Fort Worth Denver Phoenix-Sky Harbor	2007
Everts Air		5V	VTS	EVERTS	Fairbanks Anchorage	1978	Founded as Tatonduk Flying Service.
Frontier Flying Service		2F	FTA	FRONTIER-AIR	Fairbanks Anchorage Barrow Kotzubue	1950	Operates as Ravn Connect.
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
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
Hageland Aviation Services		H6	HAG	HAGELAND	Anchorage Aniak Barrow Bethel Emmonak Kotzubue Nome St. Mary's (AK) Unalakleet	1981	Operates as Ravn Connect.
Island Airways					Charlevoix	1945	Founded as McPhillips Flying Service.
JetSuiteX		XE	JSX	BIGSTRIPE	Burbank	2016
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.
Makani Kai Air					Honolulu	1998
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	Memphis Destin Pittsburgh Washington-Dulles	2013
Surf Air			UF	SURFAIR		2012
Taquan Air		K3	TQN	TAQUAN	Ketchikan Harbor	1977
Tradewind Aviation		TJ	GPD	GOODSPEED	Oxford (CT) San Juan White Plains	2001
Ultimate Air Shuttle		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	Hubs and focus cities	Founded	Notes
Air Charter Bahamas
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
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
Miami Air International		LL	BSK	BISCAYNE	Miami	1990	Commenced operations in 1991.
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
Swift Air		WQ	SWQ	SWIFTFLIGHT	Phoenix-Sky Harbor	1997
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

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hubs and focus cities	Founded	Notes
21 Air		2I	CSB	CARGO SOUTH	Miami	2014
ABX Air		GB	ABX	ABEX	Wilmington (OH) Cincinnati Miami	1980	Founded as Airborne Express.
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 .
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					Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky	2016	Flights operated by Air Transport International, ABX Air, and Atlas Air.
Ameriflight		A8	AMF	AMFLIGHT	Dallas/Fort Worth	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	Guam Honolulu	1998
Atlas Air		5Y	GTI	GIANT	New York-JFK Anchorage Cincinnati Houston Huntsville Los Angeles Miami	1992	Commenced operations in 1993.
Bemidji Airlines		CH	BMJ	BEMIDJI	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
Express One International		EO	LHN	LONGHORN	Orlando/Sanford	1983	Founded as Jet East International.
FedEx Express		FX	FDX	FEDEX	Memphis Anchorage Cologne/Bonn Dubai Fort Worth Greensboro Guangzhou Indianapolis Miami Milan-Malpensa Newark Oakland Osaka-Kansai Paris-Charles de Gaulle Seoul-Incheon Toronto-Pearson	1971	Founded as Federal Express and commenced operations in 1973.
Flight Express			FLX	FLIGHT EXPRESS	Addison	1978	Founded as Chapman Air.
Freight Runners Express			FRG	FREIGHT RUNNERS	Milwaukee	1985
IFL Group		IF	IFL	EIFFEL	Waterford	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
Mid-Atlantic Freight			MDC	NIGHT SHIP	Greensboro	1990
Mountain Air Cargo		C2	MTN	MOUNTAIN	Kinston	1974
National Airlines		N8	NCR	NATIONAL CARGO	Orlando/Sanford	1985	Commenced opeartions in 1986.
Northern Air Cargo		NC	NAC	YUKON	Anchorage Fairbanks	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.
Southern Air		9S	SOO	SOUTHERN AIR	Cincinnati Anchorage Leipzig/Halle	1999
Tepper Aviation					Crestview	1987
Transair		KH	MUI	MAUI	Honolulu	1982
UPS Airlines		5X	UPS	UPS	Louisville Chicago/Rockford Cologne/Bonn Columbia (SC) Dallas/Fort Worth Hamilton Hong Kong Kuala Lumpur Miami Ontario Philadelphia Shanghai-Pudong Shenzhen	1988
USA Jet Airlines		UJ	JUS	JET USA	Ypsilanti Laredo	1994
West Air			PCM	PAC VALLEY	Las Vegas Oakland Ontario Sacramento San Diego	1988
Western Global Airlines		KD	WGN	WESTERN GLOBAL	Miami, Florida; Liege, Belgium; Anchorage, Alaska; Ft. Myers, Florida	2013
Wiggins Airways		WG	WIG	WIGGINS AIRWAYS	Manchester	1929

Air ambulances

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hubs and focus cities	Founded	Notes
AirMed International						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
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 defunct airlines of the United States
• Proposed airlines of the United States