Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9
ASNarrow-body jet
Fleet as reported in the 2025 annual filing · Registry & ages refreshed Sep 1, 2026
- Passengers flown a year
- 12.8M
- 1st-largest Alaska Airlines sub-fleet
- Airframes in the filing
- 80
- Airports served
- 77
- Countries
- 5
- Departures a day
- 244
- Average age
- 3.6 yr
How Alaska Airlines flies its 737 MAX 9
Filed traffic dataThe count above is the 737 MAX 9 airframes Alaska Airlines owns (US DOT Form 41). This is how it actually flew them to 77 airports across 5 countries — the capacity and busiest routes filed with US DOT T-100 over the trailing 12 months.
Departures flown
89,158
May 2026
Seats flown
15,870,124
Passengers
12.8M
Load factor
82.7%
RPM ÷ ASM
Block hours
342,158
Alaska Airlines's busiest 737 MAX 9 routes
Its busiest 737 MAX 9 routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.
2,844 departures · 410,302 passengers · 1,448 mi
81.0%
Load
2,125 departures · 320,480 passengers · 1,107 mi
84.7%
Load
Los Angeles – Seattle (LAX–SEA)
2,097 departures · 293,182 passengers · 954 mi
78.5%
Load
1,948 departures · 289,426 passengers · 1,050 mi
83.5%
Load
Seattle – San Francisco (SEA–SFO)
1,824 departures · 274,026 passengers · 679 mi
84.4%
Load
1,792 departures · 269,661 passengers · 867 mi
84.5%
Load
1,481 departures · 228,259 passengers · 1,721 mi
86.6%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Seattle (DFW–SEA)
1,348 departures · 211,663 passengers · 1,660 mi
88.2%
Load
1,308 departures · 183,117 passengers · 696 mi
78.6%
Load
Portland – San Diego (PDX–SAN)
1,245 departures · 184,842 passengers · 933 mi
83.4%
Load
1,235 departures · 190,417 passengers · 2,422 mi
86.6%
Load
Los Angeles – Portland (LAX–PDX)
1,223 departures · 170,189 passengers · 834 mi
78.2%
Load
1,191 departures · 164,408 passengers · 1,533 mi
77.5%
Load
1,166 departures · 183,419 passengers · 1,024 mi
88.4%
Load
1,152 departures · 181,800 passengers · 2,496 mi
88.7%
Load
The longest and shortest Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 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
2,846 mi
6h 28m block · 181 departures · 82% 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.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through May 2026.
Where Alaska Airlines flies the 737 MAX 9 from
Alaska Airlines flies its 737 MAX 9 from 77 US airports in 5 countries. The busiest, by departures:
- SEA
26,230 departures · 69 routes
30.6%
Share
- PDX
7,245 departures · 31 routes
8.5%
Share
- SAN
4,861 departures · 21 routes
5.7%
Share
- LAX
3,974 departures · 15 routes
4.6%
Share
- SFO
3,798 departures · 16 routes
4.4%
Share
- ANC
2,796 departures · 9 routes
3.3%
Share
- PHX
2,027 departures · 5 routes
2.4%
Share
- LAS
1,899 departures · 4 routes
2.2%
Share
- JFK
1,606 departures · 5 routes
1.9%
Share
- HNL
1,504 departures · 7 routes
1.8%
Share
Where the 737 MAX 9 sits in Alaska Airlines's fleet
The 737 MAX 9 is 30.8% 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 MAX 9 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 80 737 MAX 9 tail numbers in Alaska Airlines's fleet →
Monthly Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 capacity
Frequently asked
How many 737 MAX 9 does Alaska Airlines have?
Alaska Airlines operates about 80 737 MAX 9 aircraft — 80 in service and 0 stored in its latest US DOT fleet filing.
Where does Alaska Airlines fly the 737 MAX 9?
Alaska Airlines flies its 737 MAX 9 to about 77 US airports across 5 countries, its busiest route being ANC–SEA.
How old are Alaska Airlines's 737 MAX 9?
Alaska Airlines's 737 MAX 9 fleet averages about 3.6 yr, ranging from 1.3 yr to 5.7 yr.
What is the longest 737 MAX 9 route Alaska Airlines flies?
The longest 737 MAX 9 route Alaska Airlines flew over the trailing 12 months is ANC–ORD, about 2,846 miles.