Alaska Airlines 737-800
ASNarrow-body jet
Fleet as reported in the 2025 annual filing · Registry & ages refreshed Sep 1, 2026
- Passengers flown a year
- 7.8M
- 3rd-largest Alaska Airlines sub-fleet
- Airframes in the filing
- 61
- Airports served
- 70
- Countries
- 3
- Departures a day
- 170
- Average age
- 18.3 yr
How Alaska Airlines flies its 737-800
Filed traffic dataThe count above is the 737-800 airframes Alaska Airlines owns (US DOT Form 41). This is how it actually flew them to 70 airports across 3 countries — the capacity and busiest routes filed with US DOT T-100 over the trailing 12 months.
Departures flown
62,080
May 2026
Seats flown
9,914,090
Passengers
7.8M
Load factor
82.5%
RPM ÷ ASM
Block hours
197,660
Alaska Airlines's busiest 737-800 routes
Its busiest 737-800 routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.
4,458 departures · 605,193 passengers · 978 mi
85.0%
Load
Portland – Santa Ana (PDX–SNA)
2,676 departures · 357,825 passengers · 859 mi
83.7%
Load
2,071 departures · 269,165 passengers · 1,448 mi
81.4%
Load
Los Angeles – Seattle (LAX–SEA)
1,549 departures · 194,586 passengers · 954 mi
78.6%
Load
1,270 departures · 121,081 passengers · 253 mi
59.7%
Load
Seattle – San Francisco (SEA–SFO)
1,263 departures · 171,582 passengers · 679 mi
85.0%
Load
Washington – Seattle (DCA–SEA)
1,213 departures · 172,727 passengers · 2,329 mi
89.2%
Load
1,159 departures · 157,313 passengers · 867 mi
84.9%
Load
1,111 departures · 151,102 passengers · 1,050 mi
85.2%
Load
Lihue, Kauai – Seattle (LIH–SEA)
1,095 departures · 148,596 passengers · 2,701 mi
85.1%
Load
955 departures · 130,514 passengers · 1,107 mi
85.5%
Load
Los Angeles – Portland (LAX–PDX)
883 departures · 111,276 passengers · 834 mi
78.9%
Load
876 departures · 108,506 passengers · 696 mi
77.5%
Load
818 departures · 89,324 passengers · 399 mi
68.4%
Load
Kailua-Kona – Seattle (KOA–SEA)
773 departures · 104,500 passengers · 2,688 mi
85.0%
Load
The longest and shortest Alaska Airlines 737-800 flights
The two ends of the type's working envelope, from the routes it actually flew — not what the airframe is certified to do.
Longest route flown
2,722 mi
Los Angeles – San José (LAX–SJO)
6h 1m block · 262 departures · 91% load
Flown by Alaska Airlines. A long leg for a narrow-body twin — far enough from a diversion airport that the type carries an ETOPS rating.
Shortest route flown
95 mi
42m block · 181 departures · 55% load
Flown by Alaska Airlines. About 42m of block time, most of it connecting traffic feeding the hub.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through May 2026.
Where Alaska Airlines flies the 737-800 from
Alaska Airlines flies its 737-800 from 70 US airports in 3 countries. The busiest, by departures:
- SEA
15,655 departures · 54 routes
27.5%
Share
- PDX
5,781 departures · 22 routes
10.2%
Share
- ANC
3,881 departures · 14 routes
6.8%
Share
- SNA
3,763 departures · 4 routes
6.6%
Share
- SAN
2,589 departures · 17 routes
4.5%
Share
- SFO
2,511 departures · 14 routes
4.4%
Share
- LAX
2,387 departures · 11 routes
4.2%
Share
- DCA
1,855 departures · 5 routes
3.3%
Share
- LAS
1,208 departures · 3 routes
2.1%
Share
- LIH
1,141 departures · 5 routes
2.0%
Share
Where the 737-800 sits in Alaska Airlines's fleet
The 737-800 is 23.5% of Alaska Airlines's 260 tracked mainline aircraft.
Share of Alaska Airlines's mainline fleet · each type a slice
Other Alaska Airlines types
How old is the Alaska Airlines 737-800 fleet?
Age is measured from each airframe's delivery date — the FAA airworthiness date where available, otherwise the manufacturer's. Bars share a fixed scale across every fleet page, so two carriers can be compared directly.
See all 61 737-800 tail numbers in Alaska Airlines's fleet →
Monthly Alaska Airlines 737-800 capacity
Frequently asked
How many 737-800 does Alaska Airlines have?
Alaska Airlines operates about 61 737-800 aircraft — 61 in service and 0 stored in its latest US DOT fleet filing.
Where does Alaska Airlines fly the 737-800?
Alaska Airlines flies its 737-800 to about 70 US airports across 3 countries, its busiest route being SEA–SNA.
How old are Alaska Airlines's 737-800?
Alaska Airlines's 737-800 fleet averages about 18.3 yr, ranging from 10.9 yr to 21.6 yr.
What is the longest 737-800 route Alaska Airlines flies?
The longest 737-800 route Alaska Airlines flew over the trailing 12 months is LAX–SJO, about 2,722 miles.