The Flight Deck · Airlines
US airlines
Who actually carries America — every US airline ranked by its share of passengers flown, alongside fleet size, the routes it operates, and the airports where it dominates. Refreshed monthly, with fleet records current through 2025.
By airline
| Southwest AirlinesWN | 17.4% | 803 | 10.9 yr | 0.6 yr | 24.3 yr |
| American AirlinesAA | 17.2% | 1,016 | 14.7 yr | 0.2 yr | 28.3 yr |
| Delta Air LinesDL | 17.1% | 992 | 14.7 yr | 0.2 yr | 36.2 yr |
| United AirlinesUA | 15.2% | 1,058 | 15.5 yr | 0.1 yr | 35.3 yr |
| Alaska AirlinesAS | 4.1% | 248 | 10.4 yr | 0.6 yr | 27.0 yr |
| JetBlue AirwaysB6 | 4.1% | 303 | 12.5 yr | 0.3 yr | 26.4 yr |
| Frontier AirlinesF9 | 3.5% | 178 | 5.6 yr | 0.6 yr | 10.8 yr |
| Spirit AirlinesNK | 2.9% | 131 | 8.4 yr | 1.2 yr | 16.4 yr |
| Allegiant AirG4 | 1.9% | 129 | 10.1 yr | 1.0 yr | 20.1 yr |
| Hawaiian AirlinesHA | 0.8% | 59 | 14.4 yr | 6.6 yr | 25.4 yr |
| Breeze AirwaysMX | 0.7% | 54 | 3.4 yr | 0.6 yr | 6.7 yr |
| Sun Country AirlinesSY | 0.5% | 70 | 8.2 yr | 0.4 yr | 25.4 yr |
| Avelo AirlinesXP | 0.3% | 22 | 9.7 yr | 1.0 yr | 18.5 yr |
| FedEx ExpressFX | — | 711 | 21.2 yr | 0.3 yr | 39.7 yr |
| UPS Airlines5X | — | 300 | 20.5 yr | 0.7 yr | 38.8 yr |
| Atlas Air5Y | — | 86 | 12.9 yr | 0.3 yr | 27.9 yr |
| Jet Aviation Flight Services27Q | — | 56 | 10.1 yr | 1.4 yr | 22.0 yr |
| Air Wisconsin AirlinesZW | — | 54 | 23.6 yr | 14.7 yr | 27.9 yr |
| Air Transport International8C | — | 50 | 19.4 yr | 5.4 yr | 38.3 yr |
| Kalitta AirKAQ | — | 43 | 8.9 yr | 0.6 yr | 22.8 yr |
| ABX AirABX | — | 29 | 14.9 yr | 0.7 yr | 43.5 yr |
| Everts Air Cargo5V | — | 27 | 26.1 yr | 2.1 yr | 46.9 yr |
| Gulf And Caribbean CargoGFQ | — | 24 | 24.9 yr | 0.2 yr | 69.9 yr |
| Silver Air3EQ | — | 24 | 92.4 yr | 2.6 yr | 29.8 yr |
| Eastern Air Express37Q | — | 18 | 22.3 yr | 10.6 yr | 37.2 yr |
| Global Crossing AirlinesGCA | — | 18 | 8.6 yr | 1.3 yr | 20.0 yr |
| 21 Air2PQ | — | 17 | 17.0 yr | 2.4 yr | 35.0 yr |
| Silver Airways3M | — | 14 | 7.3 yr | 2.9 yr | 6.9 yr |
| National AirlinesN8 | — | 13 | 13.4 yr | 2.1 yr | 25.2 yr |
| Omni Air InternationalX9 | — | 12 | 17.9 yr | 5.7 yr | 34.8 yr |
| USA Jet AirlinesU7 | — | 12 | 27.4 yr | 0.4 yr | 44.9 yr |
| Amerijet InternationalM6 | — | 10 | 13.8 yr | 3.0 yr | 32.9 yr |
| Kalitta Charters IIKLQ | — | 10 | 7.7 yr | 3.6 yr | 13.5 yr |
| Lynden Air CargoL2 | — | 9 | 1.6 yr | 1.5 yr | 1.9 yr |
| Northern Air CargoNC | — | 9 | 13.0 yr | 1.6 yr | 9.1 yr |
| World Atlantic AirlinesWL | — | 7 | 25.0 yr | 9.9 yr | 34.9 yr |
| Eastern Airlines1BQ | — | 6 | 8.1 yr | 3.0 yr | 11.9 yr |
| Aloha Air CargoKH | — | 4 | 7.4 yr | 0.7 yr | 15.7 yr |
| Ameristar Air CargoAMQ | — | 4 | 33.4 yr | 27.5 yr | 48.9 yr |
| Asia PacificPFQ | — | 4 | 8.2 yr | 5.4 yr | 10.9 yr |
| KaiserAir1EQ | — | 3 | 11.2 yr | 5.7 yr | 17.3 yr |
| Sierra Pacific AirlinesSI | — | 3 | 20.9 yr | 8.5 yr | 43.6 yr |
| Polar Air CargoPO | — | 2 | 14.3 yr | 14.2 yr | 14.3 yr |
| Sky Lease CargoWI | — | 2 | 12.0 yr | 11.8 yr | 12.1 yr |
| Polaris Aviation Solutions34Q | — | 1 | 6.1 yr | 6.1 yr | 6.1 yr |
- Southwest Airlines#1 · WN
- Share
- 17.4%
- Fleet size
- 803
- Avg age
- 10.9 yr
- Youngest
- 0.6 yr
- Oldest
- 24.3 yr
- American Airlines#2 · AA
- Share
- 17.2%
- Fleet size
- 1,016
- Avg age
- 14.7 yr
- Youngest
- 0.2 yr
- Oldest
- 28.3 yr
- Delta Air Lines#3 · DL
- Share
- 17.1%
- Fleet size
- 992
- Avg age
- 14.7 yr
- Youngest
- 0.2 yr
- Oldest
- 36.2 yr
- United Airlines#4 · UA
- Share
- 15.2%
- Fleet size
- 1,058
- Avg age
- 15.5 yr
- Youngest
- 0.1 yr
- Oldest
- 35.3 yr
- Alaska Airlines#5 · AS
- Share
- 4.1%
- Fleet size
- 248
- Avg age
- 10.4 yr
- Youngest
- 0.6 yr
- Oldest
- 27.0 yr
- JetBlue Airways#6 · B6
- Share
- 4.1%
- Fleet size
- 303
- Avg age
- 12.5 yr
- Youngest
- 0.3 yr
- Oldest
- 26.4 yr
- Frontier Airlines#7 · F9
- Share
- 3.5%
- Fleet size
- 178
- Avg age
- 5.6 yr
- Youngest
- 0.6 yr
- Oldest
- 10.8 yr
- Spirit Airlines#8 · NK
- Share
- 2.9%
- Fleet size
- 131
- Avg age
- 8.4 yr
- Youngest
- 1.2 yr
- Oldest
- 16.4 yr
- Allegiant Air#9 · G4
- Share
- 1.9%
- Fleet size
- 129
- Avg age
- 10.1 yr
- Youngest
- 1.0 yr
- Oldest
- 20.1 yr
- Hawaiian Airlines#10 · HA
- Share
- 0.8%
- Fleet size
- 59
- Avg age
- 14.4 yr
- Youngest
- 6.6 yr
- Oldest
- 25.4 yr
- Breeze Airways#11 · MX
- Share
- 0.7%
- Fleet size
- 54
- Avg age
- 3.4 yr
- Youngest
- 0.6 yr
- Oldest
- 6.7 yr
- Sun Country Airlines#12 · SY
- Share
- 0.5%
- Fleet size
- 70
- Avg age
- 8.2 yr
- Youngest
- 0.4 yr
- Oldest
- 25.4 yr
- Avelo Airlines#13 · XP
- Share
- 0.3%
- Fleet size
- 22
- Avg age
- 9.7 yr
- Youngest
- 1.0 yr
- Oldest
- 18.5 yr
- FedEx Express#14 · FX
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 711
- Avg age
- 21.2 yr
- Youngest
- 0.3 yr
- Oldest
- 39.7 yr
- UPS Airlines#15 · 5X
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 300
- Avg age
- 20.5 yr
- Youngest
- 0.7 yr
- Oldest
- 38.8 yr
- Atlas Air#16 · 5Y
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 86
- Avg age
- 12.9 yr
- Youngest
- 0.3 yr
- Oldest
- 27.9 yr
- Jet Aviation Flight Services#17 · 27Q
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 56
- Avg age
- 10.1 yr
- Youngest
- 1.4 yr
- Oldest
- 22.0 yr
- Air Wisconsin Airlines#18 · ZW
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 54
- Avg age
- 23.6 yr
- Youngest
- 14.7 yr
- Oldest
- 27.9 yr
- Air Transport International#19 · 8C
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 50
- Avg age
- 19.4 yr
- Youngest
- 5.4 yr
- Oldest
- 38.3 yr
- Kalitta Air#20 · KAQ
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 43
- Avg age
- 8.9 yr
- Youngest
- 0.6 yr
- Oldest
- 22.8 yr
- ABX Air#21 · ABX
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 29
- Avg age
- 14.9 yr
- Youngest
- 0.7 yr
- Oldest
- 43.5 yr
- Everts Air Cargo#22 · 5V
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 27
- Avg age
- 26.1 yr
- Youngest
- 2.1 yr
- Oldest
- 46.9 yr
- Gulf And Caribbean Cargo#23 · GFQ
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 24
- Avg age
- 24.9 yr
- Youngest
- 0.2 yr
- Oldest
- 69.9 yr
- Silver Air#24 · 3EQ
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 24
- Avg age
- 92.4 yr
- Youngest
- 2.6 yr
- Oldest
- 29.8 yr
- Eastern Air Express#25 · 37Q
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 18
- Avg age
- 22.3 yr
- Youngest
- 10.6 yr
- Oldest
- 37.2 yr
- Global Crossing Airlines#26 · GCA
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 18
- Avg age
- 8.6 yr
- Youngest
- 1.3 yr
- Oldest
- 20.0 yr
- 21 Air#27 · 2PQ
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 17
- Avg age
- 17.0 yr
- Youngest
- 2.4 yr
- Oldest
- 35.0 yr
- Silver Airways#28 · 3M
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 14
- Avg age
- 7.3 yr
- Youngest
- 2.9 yr
- Oldest
- 6.9 yr
- National Airlines#29 · N8
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 13
- Avg age
- 13.4 yr
- Youngest
- 2.1 yr
- Oldest
- 25.2 yr
- Omni Air International#30 · X9
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 12
- Avg age
- 17.9 yr
- Youngest
- 5.7 yr
- Oldest
- 34.8 yr
- USA Jet Airlines#31 · U7
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 12
- Avg age
- 27.4 yr
- Youngest
- 0.4 yr
- Oldest
- 44.9 yr
- Amerijet International#32 · M6
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 10
- Avg age
- 13.8 yr
- Youngest
- 3.0 yr
- Oldest
- 32.9 yr
- Kalitta Charters II#33 · KLQ
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 10
- Avg age
- 7.7 yr
- Youngest
- 3.6 yr
- Oldest
- 13.5 yr
- Lynden Air Cargo#34 · L2
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 9
- Avg age
- 1.6 yr
- Youngest
- 1.5 yr
- Oldest
- 1.9 yr
- Northern Air Cargo#35 · NC
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 9
- Avg age
- 13.0 yr
- Youngest
- 1.6 yr
- Oldest
- 9.1 yr
- World Atlantic Airlines#36 · WL
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 7
- Avg age
- 25.0 yr
- Youngest
- 9.9 yr
- Oldest
- 34.9 yr
- Eastern Airlines#37 · 1BQ
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 6
- Avg age
- 8.1 yr
- Youngest
- 3.0 yr
- Oldest
- 11.9 yr
- Aloha Air Cargo#38 · KH
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 4
- Avg age
- 7.4 yr
- Youngest
- 0.7 yr
- Oldest
- 15.7 yr
- Ameristar Air Cargo#39 · AMQ
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 4
- Avg age
- 33.4 yr
- Youngest
- 27.5 yr
- Oldest
- 48.9 yr
- Asia Pacific#40 · PFQ
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 4
- Avg age
- 8.2 yr
- Youngest
- 5.4 yr
- Oldest
- 10.9 yr
- KaiserAir#41 · 1EQ
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 3
- Avg age
- 11.2 yr
- Youngest
- 5.7 yr
- Oldest
- 17.3 yr
- Sierra Pacific Airlines#42 · SI
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 3
- Avg age
- 20.9 yr
- Youngest
- 8.5 yr
- Oldest
- 43.6 yr
- Polar Air Cargo#43 · PO
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 2
- Avg age
- 14.3 yr
- Youngest
- 14.2 yr
- Oldest
- 14.3 yr
- Sky Lease Cargo#44 · WI
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 2
- Avg age
- 12.0 yr
- Youngest
- 11.8 yr
- Oldest
- 12.1 yr
- Polaris Aviation Solutions#45 · 34Q
- Share
- —
- Fleet size
- 1
- Avg age
- 6.1 yr
- Youngest
- 6.1 yr
- Oldest
- 6.1 yr
