Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 8
ASNarrow-body jet
Fleet as reported in the 2025 annual filing · Registry & ages refreshed Sep 1, 2026
- Passengers flown a year
- 1.6M
- 5th-largest Alaska Airlines sub-fleet
- Airframes in the filing
- 14
- Airports served
- 19
- Countries
- 4
- Departures a day
- 34
- Average age
- 1.5 yr
How Alaska Airlines flies its 737 MAX 8
Filed traffic dataThe count above is the 737 MAX 8 airframes Alaska Airlines owns (US DOT Form 41). This is how it actually flew them to 19 airports across 4 countries — the capacity and busiest routes filed with US DOT T-100 over the trailing 12 months.
Departures flown
12,268
May 2026
Seats flown
1,964,940
Passengers
1.6M
Load factor
83.5%
RPM ÷ ASM
Block hours
44,877
Alaska Airlines's busiest 737 MAX 8 routes
Its busiest 737 MAX 8 routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.
Guatemala City – Los Angeles (GUA–LAX)
712 departures · 104,369 passengers · 2,194 mi
91.8%
Load
Los Angeles – Seattle (LAX–SEA)
621 departures · 78,836 passengers · 954 mi
79.4%
Load
578 departures · 78,054 passengers · 978 mi
84.3%
Load
Los Angeles – Portland (LAX–PDX)
417 departures · 50,039 passengers · 834 mi
75.2%
Load
Portland – Santa Ana (PDX–SNA)
355 departures · 47,192 passengers · 859 mi
83.0%
Load
Lihue, Kauai – Seattle (LIH–SEA)
334 departures · 45,284 passengers · 2,701 mi
84.5%
Load
Los Angeles – San José (LAX–SJO)
328 departures · 47,855 passengers · 2,722 mi
91.2%
Load
259 departures · 33,666 passengers · 1,448 mi
81.2%
Load
Seattle – San Francisco (SEA–SFO)
214 departures · 29,091 passengers · 679 mi
84.9%
Load
Washington – Seattle (DCA–SEA)
211 departures · 29,903 passengers · 2,329 mi
88.4%
Load
195 departures · 26,608 passengers · 2,640 mi
85.2%
Load
165 departures · 20,610 passengers · 696 mi
77.9%
Load
164 departures · 22,074 passengers · 1,050 mi
83.9%
Load
Kailua-Kona – Seattle (KOA–SEA)
164 departures · 22,462 passengers · 2,688 mi
85.5%
Load
Lihue, Kauai – San Diego (LIH–SAN)
161 departures · 20,963 passengers · 2,676 mi
81.1%
Load
The longest and shortest Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 8 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
3,386 mi
Anchorage – New York (ANC–JFK)
7h 30m block · 134 departures · 81% 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
129 mi
58m block · 137 departures · 78% load
Flown by Alaska Airlines. About 58m 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 MAX 8 from
Alaska Airlines flies its 737 MAX 8 from 19 US airports in 4 countries. The busiest, by departures:
- SEA
1,710 departures · 14 routes
26.4%
Share
- LAX
1,226 departures · 7 routes
18.9%
Share
- PDX
735 departures · 8 routes
11.3%
Share
- SNA
466 departures · 2 routes
7.2%
Share
- GUA
Guatemala City
355 departures · 1 route
5.5%
Share
- LIH
302 departures · 3 routes
4.7%
Share
- SAN
221 departures · 3 routes
3.4%
Share
- SFO
206 departures · 3 routes
3.2%
Share
- ANC
202 departures · 2 routes
3.1%
Share
- KOA
196 departures · 3 routes
3.0%
Share
Where the 737 MAX 8 sits in Alaska Airlines's fleet
The 737 MAX 8 is 5.4% of Alaska Airlines's 260 tracked mainline aircraft.
Share of Alaska Airlines's mainline fleet · each type a slice · the 737 MAX 8 is the ringed slice at 5.4%
Other Alaska Airlines types
How old is the Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 8 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 14 737 MAX 8 tail numbers in Alaska Airlines's fleet →
Monthly Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 8 capacity
Frequently asked
How many 737 MAX 8 does Alaska Airlines have?
Alaska Airlines operates about 14 737 MAX 8 aircraft — 14 in service and 0 stored in its latest US DOT fleet filing.
Where does Alaska Airlines fly the 737 MAX 8?
Alaska Airlines flies its 737 MAX 8 to about 19 US airports across 4 countries, its busiest route being GUA–LAX.
How old are Alaska Airlines's 737 MAX 8?
Alaska Airlines's 737 MAX 8 fleet averages about 1.5 yr, ranging from 0.8 yr to 2.8 yr.
What is the longest 737 MAX 8 route Alaska Airlines flies?
The longest 737 MAX 8 route Alaska Airlines flew over the trailing 12 months is ANC–JFK, about 3,386 miles.