Atr 72
- Passengers flown a year
- 9.5K
- 54th-most common US type
- Airframes in US fleets
- 12
- US operators
- 1
- Airports served
- 3
- Countries
- 3
- Load factor
- 51.3%
Where the Atr 72 flies
Filed traffic dataThe operators table below counts the registered Atr 72 airframes each airline owns (US DOT Form 41). These figures are how much the type actually flew — departures, seats, and passengers filed with US DOT T-100 over the trailing 12 months, not fleet size.
Departures flown
282
July 2026
Seats flown
19,176
Passengers
9,466
Load factor
51.3%
RPM ÷ ASM
Busiest Atr 72 routes
The Atr 72's busiest US routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.
Beef Island – San Juan (EIS–SJU)
141 departures · 4,581 passengers · 96 mi
47.8%
Load
Marigot – San Juan (DOM–SJU)
125 departures · 4,161 passengers · 369 mi
48.9%
Load
Port of Spain – San Juan (POS–SJU)
15 departures · 708 passengers · 623 mi
69.4%
Load
Bridgetown – San Juan (BGI–SJU)
1 departures · 16 passengers · 569 mi
23.5%
Load
The longest and shortest Atr 72 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
369 mi
Marigot – San Juan (DOM–SJU)
125 departures · 49% load
Flown by Caribbean Airlines.
Shortest route flown
96 mi
Beef Island – San Juan (EIS–SJU)
141 departures · 48% load
Flown by Caribbean Airlines. Also one of the type's busiest routes anywhere in the US — a short hop worked like a bus line.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through July 2026.
Airports the Atr 72 serves
The Atr 72 serves 3 US airports across 3 countries. The busiest, by departures:
- SJU
San Juan
133 departures · 2 routes · 1 operator
50.0%
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- EIS
Beef Island
71 departures · 1 route · 1 operator
26.7%
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- DOM
Marigot
62 departures · 1 route · 1 operator
23.3%
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Who flies the Atr 72
Two questions in one table. Airframes is what each carrier reported owning in its US DOT fleet filing; seats flown is how much of the type it actually operated. They can rank differently, and the gap is the interesting part.
| Operator | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FedEx ExpressFX | 12 | — | — | 14.9 yr |
Airframes are the latest Form 41 filing; seats flown and share are US DOT T-100 for the type's most-flown operators — a dash means a carrier isn't among them (a freighter operator, or one that flies fewer).
How old is the US Atr 72 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.
Monthly Atr 72 capacity
How common is the Atr 72?
The Atr 72 makes up 0.1% of all tracked US airline aircraft — the 54th-most common type in service.
Share of all tracked US airline aircraft · top 12 types shown · 118 others hold the remaining 37.5% · Atr 72 is the ringed slice at 0.1%
- 1
872 aircraft
10.0%
Share
- 2
708 aircraft
8.1%
Share
- 3
526 aircraft
6.1%
Share
- 4
481 aircraft
5.5%
Share
- 5
470 aircraft
5.4%
Share
- +48 more types
- 54
Atr 72#54 · this type
12 aircraft
0.1%
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Frequently asked
How many Atr 72 are in US airline fleets?
US carriers operate about 12 Atr 72 aircraft across 1 airline, 12 of them in service.
Which airline operates the most Atr 72?
FedEx Express operates the largest US Atr 72 fleet, with about 12 aircraft.
What is the busiest Atr 72 route?
The busiest US route flown by the Atr 72 is EIS–SJU, with about 141 departures over the trailing 12 months.
Which airline flies the Atr 72 the most?
Caribbean Airlines flies the most Atr 72 capacity in US service, with about 19.2K seats flown over the trailing 12 months.
How many passengers does the Atr 72 carry?
The Atr 72 carried about 9.5K passengers on US routes over the trailing 12 months.
What is the longest Atr 72 flight?
The longest US route flown by the Atr 72 is DOM–SJU, about 369 miles, flown by Caribbean Airlines.
How many airports does the Atr 72 serve?
The Atr 72 serves about 3 US airports across 3 countries, led by San Juan (SJU).
How old is the average Atr 72?
The US Atr 72 fleet averages about 14.9 yr.
How common is the Atr 72 in US fleets?
The Atr 72 is the 54th-most common aircraft type in tracked US airline fleets, by number of aircraft.
Trip reports on YouTube
Fliers post trip reports from Atr 72 flights to YouTube. These three were matched automatically from public YouTube listings — The Frequent Flier does not host, review, or endorse them.
The Layover Aviation
IndiGo ATR 72-600 : Smallest plane of India’s biggest airline | Kannur to Bengaluru | Trip Report
16:57 · Jul 2025
Simply Aviation
TRIPREPORT | Air New Zealand (ECONOMY) | ATR 72-600 | Queenstown - Christchurch - Wellington
14:15 · Nov 2018
OnBoardHD
TRIP REPORT | The Canary Islands Hopper! ツ | Binter ATR72 | Tenerife to Gran Canaria
19:00 · Mar 2021
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