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

- Passengers flown a year
- 4.2M
- 4th-largest SkyWest Airlines sub-fleet
- Airframes in the filing
- 46
- Airports served
- 84
- Countries
- 2
- Departures a day
- 203
- Average age
- 15.5 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
74,123
May 2026
Seats flown
5,471,984
Passengers
4.2M
Load factor
78.7%
RPM ÷ ASM
Block hours
107,546
SkyWest Airlines's busiest CRJ-900 routes
Its busiest CRJ-900 routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.
Detroit – Grand Rapids (DTW–GRR)
2,309 departures · 135,355 passengers · 120 mi
81.4%
Load
2,224 departures · 137,816 passengers · 282 mi
81.9%
Load
2,209 departures · 122,553 passengers · 651 mi
77.0%
Load
1,931 departures · 114,614 passengers · 296 mi
81.6%
Load
1,701 departures · 95,311 passengers · 98 mi
79.2%
Load
Appleton – Minneapolis (ATW–MSP)
1,694 departures · 105,745 passengers · 236 mi
82.8%
Load
1,645 departures · 81,700 passengers · 74 mi
69.9%
Load
Atlanta – Shreveport (ATL–SHV)
1,643 departures · 105,060 passengers · 552 mi
84.2%
Load
1,616 departures · 86,762 passengers · 95 mi
74.4%
Load
Detroit – Elmira/Corning (DTW–ELM)
1,575 departures · 92,241 passengers · 332 mi
81.4%
Load
1,544 departures · 91,512 passengers · 262 mi
78.0%
Load
Kalamazoo – Detroit (AZO–DTW)
1,497 departures · 75,419 passengers · 113 mi
71.0%
Load
1,495 departures · 91,390 passengers · 489 mi
84.4%
Load
1,486 departures · 82,630 passengers · 383 mi
76.6%
Load
Detroit – Louisville (DTW–SDF)
1,390 departures · 74,493 passengers · 306 mi
74.7%
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.
Shortest route flown
74 mi
47m block · 1,645 departures · 70% load
Flown by SkyWest Airlines. About 47m 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 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
20,670 departures · 44 routes
29.4%
Share
- MSP
7,311 departures · 27 routes
10.4%
Share
- ATL
3,136 departures · 10 routes
4.5%
Share
- PHX
2,489 departures · 12 routes
3.5%
Share
- OMA
2,217 departures · 2 routes
3.1%
Share
- ATW
1,814 departures · 2 routes
2.6%
Share
- DFW
1,620 departures · 5 routes
2.3%
Share
- GRR
1,615 departures · 2 routes
2.3%
Share
- SBN
1,538 departures · 3 routes
2.2%
Share
- FWA
1,517 departures · 3 routes
2.2%
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 DTW–GRR.
How old are SkyWest Airlines's CRJ-900?
SkyWest Airlines's CRJ-900 fleet averages about 15.5 yr, ranging from 5.5 yr to 20.2 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 IAH–PHX, about 1,009 miles.