Boeing 737-500
Narrow-body jet
- Passengers flown a year
- 564
- 83rd-most common US type
- Airframes in US fleets
- 2
- US operators
- 1
- Airports served
- 0
- Load factor
- 78.5%
Where the Boeing 737-500 flies
Filed traffic dataThe operators table below counts the registered Boeing 737-500 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
6
May 2026
Seats flown
714
Passengers
564
Load factor
78.5%
RPM ÷ ASM
Busiest Boeing 737-500 routes
The Boeing 737-500's busiest US routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.
Allentown/Bethlehem – Vancouver (ABE–YVR)
1 departures · 83 passengers · 2,373 mi
69.8%
Load
Baltimore – Winnipeg (BWI–YWG)
1 departures · 80 passengers · 1,250 mi
67.2%
Load
Liberia – New Orleans (LIR–MSY)
1 departures · 98 passengers · 1,369 mi
82.3%
Load
New Orleans – San José (MSY–SJO)
1 departures · 102 passengers · 1,430 mi
85.7%
Load
New Orleans – Edmonton (MSY–YEG)
1 departures · 99 passengers · 1,993 mi
83.2%
Load
New Orleans – Winnipeg (MSY–YWG)
1 departures · 102 passengers · 1,422 mi
85.7%
Load
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through May 2026.
Who flies the Boeing 737-500
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Pacific AirlinesSI | 2 | — | — | 9.6 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 Boeing 737-500 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 Boeing 737-500 capacity
How common is the Boeing 737-500?
The Boeing 737-500 makes up 0.0% of all tracked US airline aircraft — the 83rd-most common type in service.
Share of all tracked US airline aircraft · top 12 types shown · 118 others hold the remaining 37.6% · Boeing 737-500 is the ringed slice at 0.0%
- 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
- +77 more types
- 83
Boeing 737-500#83 · this type
2 aircraft
0.0%
Share
Frequently asked
How many Boeing 737-500 are in US airline fleets?
US carriers operate about 2 Boeing 737-500 aircraft across 1 airline, 2 of them in service.
Which airline operates the most Boeing 737-500?
Sierra Pacific Airlines operates the largest US Boeing 737-500 fleet, with about 2 aircraft.
What is the busiest Boeing 737-500 route?
The busiest US route flown by the Boeing 737-500 is ABE–YVR, with about 1 departures over the trailing 12 months.
Which airline flies the Boeing 737-500 the most?
KF Aeroflyer flies the most Boeing 737-500 capacity in US service, with about 714 seats flown over the trailing 12 months.
How many passengers does the Boeing 737-500 carry?
The Boeing 737-500 carried about 564 passengers on US routes over the trailing 12 months.
How old is the average Boeing 737-500?
The US Boeing 737-500 fleet averages about 9.6 yr.
How common is the Boeing 737-500 in US fleets?
The Boeing 737-500 is the 83rd-most common aircraft type in tracked US airline fleets, by number of aircraft.