SkyWest Airlines CRJ-900
OORegional jet
Fleet as reported in the 2025 annual filing · Registry & ages refreshed Nov 1, 2026

- Passengers flown a year
- 4.4M
- 4th-largest SkyWest Airlines sub-fleet
- Airframes in the filing
- 46
- Airports served
- 84
- Countries
- 2
- Departures a day
- 212
- Average age
- 15.6 yr
How SkyWest Airlines flies its CRJ-900
Filed traffic dataThe count above is the CRJ-900 airframes SkyWest Airlines owns (US DOT Form 41). This is how it actually flew them to 84 airports across 2 countries — the capacity and busiest routes filed with US DOT T-100 over the trailing 12 months.
Departures flown
77,248
July 2026
Seats flown
5,707,996
Passengers
4.4M
Load factor
78.7%
seat-miles filled
Block hours
112,611
SkyWest Airlines's busiest CRJ-900 routes
Its busiest CRJ-900 routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.
2,326 departures · 143,684 passengers · 282 mi
81.6%
Load
Detroit – Grand Rapids (DTW–GRR)
2,299 departures · 135,691 passengers · 120 mi
81.9%
Load
2,240 departures · 123,894 passengers · 650 mi
76.9%
Load
1,948 departures · 113,336 passengers · 296 mi
80.3%
Load
1,848 departures · 99,885 passengers · 95 mi
74.9%
Load
1,616 departures · 90,535 passengers · 98 mi
79.0%
Load
Detroit – Elmira/Corning (DTW–ELM)
1,610 departures · 91,976 passengers · 331 mi
79.7%
Load
Appleton – Minneapolis (ATW–MSP)
1,601 departures · 99,584 passengers · 236 mi
82.5%
Load
1,586 departures · 95,700 passengers · 262 mi
79.4%
Load
Green Bay – Minneapolis (GRB–MSP)
1,512 departures · 97,177 passengers · 252 mi
85.2%
Load
1,505 departures · 73,941 passengers · 74 mi
69.0%
Load
Kalamazoo – Detroit (AZO–DTW)
1,480 departures · 73,804 passengers · 113 mi
70.2%
Load
1,460 departures · 84,393 passengers · 241 mi
79.9%
Load
1,460 departures · 88,727 passengers · 489 mi
84.1%
Load
Detroit – Providence/Warwick (DTW–PVD)
1,400 departures · 85,115 passengers · 615 mi
82.5%
Load
The longest and shortest SkyWest Airlines CRJ-900 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
1,081 mi
Sioux Falls – Phoenix (FSD–PHX)
2h 52m block · 261 departures · 83% load
Flown by SkyWest Airlines.
Shortest route flown
74 mi
48m block · 1,505 departures · 69% load
Flown by SkyWest Airlines. About 48m of block time, most of it connecting traffic feeding the hub.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through July 2026. Load factor is RPM ÷ ASM (revenue passenger-miles ÷ available seat-miles).
Where SkyWest Airlines flies the CRJ-900 from
SkyWest Airlines flies its CRJ-900 from 84 US airports in 2 countries. The busiest, by departures:
- DTW
20,651 departures · 43 routes
28.1%
Share
- MSP
8,714 departures · 28 routes
11.9%
Share
- PHX
3,390 departures · 15 routes
4.6%
Share
- OMA
2,284 departures · 2 routes
3.1%
Share
- ATL
2,207 departures · 9 routes
3.0%
Share
- ATW
1,776 departures · 2 routes
2.4%
Share
- DFW
1,768 departures · 5 routes
2.4%
Share
- GRR
1,639 departures · 2 routes
2.2%
Share
- SBN
1,434 departures · 3 routes
2.0%
Share
- SGU
1,409 departures · 2 routes
1.9%
Share
Where the CRJ-900 sits in SkyWest Airlines's fleet
The CRJ-900 is 7.8% of SkyWest Airlines's 586 tracked mainline aircraft.
Share of SkyWest Airlines's mainline fleet · each type a slice · the CRJ-900 is the ringed slice at 7.8%
Other SkyWest Airlines types
How old is the SkyWest Airlines CRJ-900 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 46 CRJ-900 tail numbers in SkyWest Airlines's fleet →
Monthly SkyWest Airlines CRJ-900 capacity
Frequently asked
How many CRJ-900 does SkyWest Airlines have?
SkyWest Airlines operates about 46 CRJ-900 aircraft — 46 in service and 0 stored in its latest US DOT fleet filing.
Where does SkyWest Airlines fly the CRJ-900?
SkyWest Airlines flies its CRJ-900 to about 84 US airports across 2 countries, its busiest route being MSP–OMA.
How old are SkyWest Airlines's CRJ-900?
SkyWest Airlines's CRJ-900 fleet averages about 15.6 yr, ranging from 5.7 yr to 20.4 yr.
What is the longest CRJ-900 route SkyWest Airlines flies?
The longest CRJ-900 route SkyWest Airlines flew over the trailing 12 months is FSD–PHX, about 1,081 miles.