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.

Filed traffic data

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

    Chicago

    78,999 departures · 4,822,684 seats flown

    8.9%

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  • DEN

    Denver

    77,093 departures · 4,768,580 seats flown

    8.7%

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  • LAX

    Los Angeles

    42,155 departures · 3,045,329 seats flown

    4.8%

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  • SLC

    Salt Lake City

    38,270 departures · 2,676,854 seats flown

    4.3%

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  • SFO

    San Francisco

    32,137 departures · 2,291,410 seats flown

    3.6%

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  • SEA

    Seattle

    32,092 departures · 2,361,659 seats flown

    3.6%

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  • MSP

    Minneapolis

    30,076 departures · 2,088,215 seats flown

    3.4%

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  • DTW

    Detroit

    29,067 departures · 2,021,838 seats flown

    3.3%

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Busiest SkyWest Airlines routes

The city pairs SkyWest Airlines flies most, ranked by filed departures.

  • MKE–ORD

    9,732 departures · 395,973 passengers

    68.9%

    Load

  • LAX–SMF

    7,006 departures · 396,030 passengers

    78.0%

    Load

  • SFO–SNA

    6,929 departures · 432,227 passengers

    82.8%

    Load

  • PDX–SEA

    6,908 departures · 395,278 passengers

    77.5%

    Load

  • COS–DEN

    6,818 departures · 295,443 passengers

    79.8%

    Load

  • GEG–SEA

    5,818 departures · 343,528 passengers

    80.5%

    Load

  • BOI–SEA

    5,814 departures · 325,489 passengers

    76.0%

    Load

  • ORD–SBN

    5,371 departures · 199,008 passengers

    72.9%

    Load

  • LAX–PHX

    5,313 departures · 321,168 passengers

    82.6%

    Load

  • ASE–DEN

    5,220 departures · 266,415 passengers

    72.9%

    Load

  • CPR–DEN

    5,176 departures · 215,827 passengers

    76.9%

    Load

  • LAX–SFO

    5,134 departures · 333,633 passengers

    86.2%

    Load

  • DTW–ORD

    4,959 departures · 279,245 passengers

    80.2%

    Load

  • FWA–ORD

    4,828 departures · 203,918 passengers

    77.2%

    Load

  • OKC–ORD

    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.

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.