Where SkyWest Airlines flies
SkyWest Airlines filed 887,282 departures in the twelve months through July 2026, led by Chicago, across 15 of its busiest city pairs.
Departures
887,282
July 2026
Seats flown
59,704,578
Passengers
45.5M
Load factor
78.1%
RPM ÷ ASM
Busiest SkyWest Airlines airports
Where SkyWest Airlines operates the most departures — its hubs and focus cities.
- ORD
78,999 departures · 4,822,684 seats flown
8.9%
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- DEN
77,093 departures · 4,768,580 seats flown
8.7%
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- LAX
42,155 departures · 3,045,329 seats flown
4.8%
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- SLC
38,270 departures · 2,676,854 seats flown
4.3%
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- SFO
32,137 departures · 2,291,410 seats flown
3.6%
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- SEA
32,092 departures · 2,361,659 seats flown
3.6%
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- MSP
30,076 departures · 2,088,215 seats flown
3.4%
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- DTW
29,067 departures · 2,021,838 seats flown
3.3%
Share
Busiest SkyWest Airlines routes
The city pairs SkyWest Airlines flies most, ranked by filed departures.
9,732 departures · 395,973 passengers
68.9%
Load
7,006 departures · 396,030 passengers
78.0%
Load
6,929 departures · 432,227 passengers
82.8%
Load
6,908 departures · 395,278 passengers
77.5%
Load
6,818 departures · 295,443 passengers
79.8%
Load
5,818 departures · 343,528 passengers
80.5%
Load
5,814 departures · 325,489 passengers
76.0%
Load
5,371 departures · 199,008 passengers
72.9%
Load
5,313 departures · 321,168 passengers
82.6%
Load
5,220 departures · 266,415 passengers
72.9%
Load
5,176 departures · 215,827 passengers
76.9%
Load
5,134 departures · 333,633 passengers
86.2%
Load
4,959 departures · 279,245 passengers
80.2%
Load
4,828 departures · 203,918 passengers
77.2%
Load
4,653 departures · 262,270 passengers
82.2%
Load
What SkyWest Airlines flies
Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not fleet count.
471,264 departures · 79.4% load
53.1%
Share
143,984 departures · 77.4% load
16.2%
Share
125,697 departures · 69.1% load
14.2%
Share
77,248 departures · 78.7% load
8.7%
Share
Bombardier CRJ-550
67,425 departures · 74.1% load
7.6%
Share
1,664 departures · 81.8% load
0.2%
Share
Monthly SkyWest Airlines capacity
Monthly SkyWest Airlines departures, trailing 12 months through July 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.
August 2025
77,683 departures · 4,154,581 passengers
81.4%
Load
September 2025
73,060 departures · 3,880,458 passengers
80.7%
Load
October 2025
75,683 departures · 4,012,079 passengers
80.2%
Load
November 2025
68,995 departures · 3,434,320 passengers
75.9%
Load
December 2025
71,440 departures · 3,617,387 passengers
76.9%
Load
January 2026
68,099 departures · 3,243,090 passengers
72.5%
Load
February 2026
64,934 departures · 3,249,528 passengers
75.7%
Load
March 2026
74,878 departures · 3,807,541 passengers
77.2%
Load
April 2026
75,833 departures · 3,763,743 passengers
75.8%
Load
May 2026
79,451 departures · 4,073,024 passengers
78.5%
Load
June 2026
76,889 departures · 4,061,625 passengers
80.7%
Load
July 2026
80,337 departures · 4,230,167 passengers
80.7%
Load
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through July 2026.