Where SkyWest Airlines flies

SkyWest Airlines filed 887,098 departures in the twelve months through May 2026, led by Denver, across 15 of its busiest city pairs.

Filed traffic data

Departures

887,098

May 2026

Seats flown

59,727,418

Passengers

45.8M

Load factor

78.5%

RPM ÷ ASM

Busiest SkyWest Airlines airports

Where SkyWest Airlines operates the most departures — its hubs and focus cities.

  • DEN

    Denver

    77,156 departures · 4,778,248 seats flown

    8.7%

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  • ORD

    Chicago

    76,777 departures · 4,669,477 seats flown

    8.7%

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  • LAX

    Los Angeles

    41,836 departures · 3,022,246 seats flown

    4.7%

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  • SLC

    Salt Lake City

    38,227 departures · 2,673,506 seats flown

    4.3%

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  • SFO

    San Francisco

    32,986 departures · 2,358,028 seats flown

    3.7%

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  • SEA

    Seattle

    32,775 departures · 2,406,203 seats flown

    3.7%

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  • DTW

    Detroit

    29,214 departures · 2,034,466 seats flown

    3.3%

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  • MSP

    Minneapolis

    29,094 departures · 2,022,102 seats flown

    3.3%

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Busiest SkyWest Airlines routes

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

  • MKEORD

    9,574 departures · 398,785 passengers

    70.6%

    Load

  • LAXSMF

    6,970 departures · 392,240 passengers

    77.3%

    Load

  • SFOSNA

    6,936 departures · 441,372 passengers

    84.4%

    Load

  • PDXSEA

    6,826 departures · 390,096 passengers

    77.6%

    Load

  • COSDEN

    6,745 departures · 293,889 passengers

    80.0%

    Load

  • BOISEA

    6,174 departures · 347,546 passengers

    76.6%

    Load

  • GEGSEA

    6,161 departures · 361,384 passengers

    80.4%

    Load

  • ORDSBN

    5,272 departures · 199,402 passengers

    74.4%

    Load

  • LAXSFO

    5,217 departures · 346,458 passengers

    88.1%

    Load

  • LAXPHX

    5,202 departures · 313,908 passengers

    82.3%

    Load

  • ASEDEN

    5,199 departures · 265,742 passengers

    73.0%

    Load

  • CPRDEN

    5,060 departures · 211,457 passengers

    78.0%

    Load

  • DTWORD

    4,687 departures · 260,126 passengers

    79.4%

    Load

  • SEAYVR

    4,620 departures · 263,687 passengers

    79.0%

    Load

  • PHXTUS

    4,604 departures · 244,547 passengers

    76.9%

    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 May 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.

  • June 2025

    77,434 departures · 4,201,042 passengers

    82.7%

    Load

  • July 2025

    79,608 departures · 4,352,189 passengers

    83.5%

    Load

  • 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

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through May 2026.