List of airlines of the United States
This is a list of airlines which have an Air Operator Certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States. Cities in bold indicate the airline is headquartered nearby.
Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-900
American Airlines Boeing 777-200ER
Delta Air Lines Boeing 747-400
FedEx Express McDonnell Douglas MD-11
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Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 767-300ER
Horizon Airlines Dash 8 Q400
SkyWest Airlines (as Delta Connection) CRJ-700
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700
United Airlines Boeing 747-400
UPS Boeing 747-400F
US Airways Airbus A330
| Airline | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hub Airport(s) | Founded | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABX Air | GB | ABX | ABEX | Wilmington, OH | 1980 | Cargo and charter company |
| Air Choice One Airlines | 3E | WBR | ACO | St. Louis Chicago |
1979 | Founded as Multi-Aero Corporation |
| Aero Contractors | 1979 | |||||
| Air Cargo Carriers | 2Q | SNC | NIGHT CARGO | 1986 | ||
| Air Evac | 1969 | Formerly Samaritan AirEvac | ||||
| AirNet Express | USC | STAR CHECK | 1974 | |||
| AirStar Executive Airways | AIRSTAR | Marathon | 2004 | |||
| Air Sunshine | YI | RSI | AIR SUNSHINE | 1982 | ||
| AirTran Airways | FL | TRS | CITRUS | Atlanta Baltimore Milwaukee Orlando |
1992 | Acquired by Southwest Airlines, combined operating certificate issued March 2012. Integration already started to completely merge AirTran to Southwest. Founded as ValuJet Airlines. |
| Air Transport International | 8C | ATN | AIR TRANSPORT | Toledo | 1978 | Founded as US Airways and Commenced operations 1988 as Air Transport International |
| Air Wisconsin | ZW | AWI | WISCONSIN | Philadelphia Washington National |
1965 | Operates as US Airways Express |
| Alaska Airlines | AS | ASA | ALASKA | Seattle-Tacoma Anchorage Los Angeles Portland, OR |
1932 | Founded as McGee Airways and commenced operations in 1944 as Alaska Airlines |
| Alaska Central Express | KO | AER | Ace Air | Anchorage | 1996 | |
| Alaska Seaplane Service | J5 | Juneau | 1997[1] | |||
| Allegiant Air | G4 | AAY | ALLEGIANT | Las Vegas Bellingham Fort Lauderdale Fort Myers/Punta Gorda Honolulu Los Angeles Oakland Orlando/Sanford Phoenix/Mesa Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater |
1997 | Founded as WestJet Express |
| Aloha Air Cargo | KH | AAH | ALOHA | Honolulu | 1946 | Founded as Trans-Pacific Airlines and separated from now-defunct Aloha Airlines in 2008. |
| Alpine Air Express | 5A | AIP | ALPINE AIR | 1972 | ||
| Ameriflight | A8 | AMF | AMFLIGHT | Burbank | 1968 | Founded as California Air Charter |
| Amerijet International | M6 | AJT | AMERIJET | Fort Lauderdale Miami |
1974 | |
| Ameristar Jet Charter | None | AJI | AMERISTAR | Dallas Willow Run El Paso |
2000 | Cargo and charter company |
| American Airlines | AA | AAL | AMERICAN | Dallas-Ft. Worth Chicago O'Hare Miami New York-JFK Los Angeles |
1934 | Founded as American Airways |
| Atlas Air | 5Y | GTI | GIANT | Miami New York-JFK Los Angeles Cincinnati Anchorage Houston Huntsville |
1992 | |
| Atlantic Airlines | EX | BJK | BLACKJACK | Tampa Lakeland Orlando |
1982[2] | |
| Bemidji Airlines | CH | BMJ | BEMIDJI | Minneapolis-St. Paul | 1946 | |
| Bering Air | 8E | BRG | BERING AIR | Nome Kotzebue Unalakleet |
1979 | |
| Berry Aviation | BYA | BERRY | San Marcos | 1983 | ||
| Big Island Air | BIG | BIG ISLE | Kona | 1985 | ||
| Blue Moon Aviation | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | 2003 | ||||
| C&M Airways | RWG | RED WING | El Paso | 1983 | ||
| Cape Air | 9K | KAP | CAIR | Cape Cod | 1989 | |
| Castle Aviation | None | CSJ | CASTLE | Akron | 1986 | |
| Centurion Air Cargo | WE | CWC | CHALLENGE CARGO | Miami | 1985 | |
| Chautauqua Airlines | RP | CHQ | CHAUTAUQUA | New York LaGuardia St. Louis Cincinnati Houston Intercontinental Cleveland Washington Dulles |
1973 | Operates as American Eagle, United Express, Delta Connection, and US Airways Express |
| CommutAir | C5 | UCA | COMMUTAIR | Cleveland Newark |
1989 | Operates as United Express |
| Compass Airlines | CP | CPZ | COMPASS ROSE | Minneapolis-St. Paul Detroit Memphis |
2006 | Operates as Delta Connection |
| Contract Air Cargo | TSU | TRANSAUTO | 1983 | |||
| Corporate Air | OJ | CPT | AIRSPUR | Billings | 1981 | |
| Corporate Flight Management | VTE | VOLUNTEER | Smyrna | 1982 | ||
| Critical Air Medicine | 1984 | |||||
| CSA Air | IRO | IRON AIR | Iron Mountain | 1998 | ||
| Custom Air Transport | 5R | CTT | CATT | Fort Lauderdale | 1995 | |
| Delta Air Lines | DL | DAL | DELTA | Atlanta Amsterdam Boston Cincinnati Detroit Los Angeles Minneapolis/St. Paul New York-JFK New York-LaGuardia Paris-Charles de Gaulle Salt Lake City Seattle Tokyo-Narita[3][4] |
1924 | Founded as Huff Daland Dusters |
| Delta AirElite Business Jets | ELJ | ELITE JET | Cincinnati | 1984 | ||
| Empire Airlines | EM | CFS | EMPIRE | Hayden, ID Spokane |
1977 | |
| Endeavor Air | 9E | FLG | FLAGSHIP | Detroit Minneapolis-Saint Paul New York JFK New York LaGuardia |
Operates as Delta Connection | |
| Envoy Air | MQ | EGF | EAGLE FLIGHT | Dallas-Ft. Worth Chicago O'Hare Miami Los Angeles Boston New York LaGuardia |
1984 | Founded as American Eagle Airlines; Operates as American Eagle |
| Era Alaska | 7H | ERR | ERAH | Anchorage Fairbanks Unalakleet Barrow |
2010 | |
| Everts Air | 3Z | VTS | EVERTS | Fairbanks Anchorage |
1978 | see also: Everts Air Cargo |
| Executive Airlines | OW | EGF | EAGLEFLIGHT | San Juan Miami Dallas-Ft. Worth |
1986 | |
| ExpressJet | EV | ASQ | ACEY | Houston Newark Cleveland Denver Chicago Washington Dulles Atlanta Dallas-Fort Worth |
1986 | Operates as American Eagle, United Express, and Delta Connection |
| Express One International | EO | LHN | LONGHORN | Orlando-Sanford | 1983 | |
| Falcon Air Express | 6F | FAO | PANTHER | Miami | 1995 | |
| FedEx Express | FX | FDX | FEDEX | Memphis Indianapolis Anchorage Fort Worth Greensboro Newark Oakland Miami Toronto Paris Guangzhou |
1971 | |
| Flight Alaska | 4Y | TUD | TUNDRA | Bethel | 1955 | |
| Florida West International Airways | RF | FWL | FLO WEST | Miami | 1981 | |
| Freight Runners Express | FRG | FREIGHT | Milwaukee | 1985 | ||
| Frontier Airlines | F9 | FFT | FRONTIER FLIGHT | Denver Cleveland Trenton Washington-Dulles |
1994 | |
| Frontier Flying Service | 2F | FTA | FRONTIER-AIR | Fairbanks | 1950 | |
| FS Air Service | 4A | EYE | SOCKEYE | Anchorage | 1986 | |
| GoJet Airlines | G7 | GJS | LINDBERGH | 2005 | Operates as United Express and Delta Connection | |
| Grand Canyon Airlines | YR | CVU | CANYON VIEW | 1927 | ||
| Grant Aviation | GV | GUN | HOOT | 1971 | ||
| Great Lakes Airlines | ZK | GLA | LAKES AIR | |||
| Harris Air | ||||||
| Hawaiian Airlines | HA | HAL | HAWAIIAN | Honolulu Kahului (Maui) |
1929 | |
| Horizon Air | QX | QXE | HORIZON AIR | Seattle Portland |
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| ImagineAir | IMG | IMAGINE | 2005 | |||
| Island Air | WP | MKU | MOKU | 1980 | ||
| Island Airlines | ISA | ISLAND | Barnstable Municipal Airport Nantucket Memorial Airport |
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| Island Airways | ||||||
| JetBlue Airways | B6 | JBU | JETBLUE | New York-JFK Boston Fort Lauderdale Long Beach (CA) Orlando San Juan |
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| Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System | DOJ | Justice | ||||
| Kalitta Air | K4 | CKS | CONNIE | 1967 | ||
| Kalitta Charters | K9 | KFS | KALITTA | |||
| Kenmore Air | ||||||
| Key Lime Air | ||||||
| L-3 Flight International Aviation | ||||||
| Logistic Air | ||||||
| Lynden Air Cargo | ||||||
| Martinaire | ||||||
| Merlin Airways | MEI | AVALON | ||||
| Mesa Airlines | YV | ASH | AIRSHUTTLE | |||
| Miami Air International | LL | BSK | BICKAYNE | |||
| Mid-Atlantic Freight | ||||||
| Mokulele Airlines | MW | |||||
| Millennium Aviation | ||||||
| Mountain Air Cargo | ||||||
| Nantucket Airlines | ||||||
| National Airlines | N8 | NCR | NATIONAL CARGO | |||
| New England Airlines | EJ | NEA | NEW ENGLAND | |||
| New Mexico Airlines | LW | NMI | TSUNAMI | |||
| Northern Air Cargo | NC | NAC | YUKON | 1956 | ||
| North American Airlines | NA | NAO | NORTH AMERICAN | |||
| Omni Air International | OY | OAE | OMNI EXPRESS | |||
| Pacific Wings | LW | NMI | TSUNAMI | 1974 | ||
| PenAir | KS | PEN | PENINSULA | |||
| Phoenix Air | ||||||
| Piedmont Airlines | PDT | PIEDMONT | Operates as US Airways Express | |||
| Platinum Airlines | ||||||
| Polar Air Cargo | PO | PAC | POLAR | 1993 | ||
| Presidential Airways | ||||||
| PSA Airlines | JIA | BLUE STREAK | Operates as US Airways Express | |||
| Republic Airlines | XY | RPA | BRICKYARD | Indianapolis Kansas City Denver Pittsburgh |
Operates as American Eagle, United Express, US Airways Express | |
| Ryan Air Services | 7S* | RYA | RYAN AIR | Aniak Bethel Emmonak Kotzebue Nome St. Mary's Unalakleet |
Cargo airline; Not associated with Ireland's Ryanair | |
| Salmon Air | S6 | MBI | ||||
| Scenic Airlines | YR | SCE | SCENIC | 1967 | ||
| Shuttle America | S5 | TCF | MERCURY | Operates as United Express and Delta Connection | ||
| Sierra Pacific Airlines | SI | SPA | SIERRA PACIFIC | 1971 | ||
| Silver Airways | 3M | SIL | SILVER WINGS | Fort Lauderdale | Operates as United Express and Silver Airways | |
| Sky Lease Cargo | GG | KYE | TRADEWINDS EXPRESS | 1969 | ||
| Sky King, Inc. | 5K | SGB | SONGBIRD | Miami | 1990 | |
| Skyway Enterprises | KI | SKZ | SKYWAY-INC | 1981 | ||
| SkyWest Airlines | OO | SKW | SKYWEST | 1972 | Operates as United Express, US Airways Express, Delta Connection, and American Eagle, and as SkyWest Airlines in a partnership with Alaska Airlines | |
| Southern Air | 9S | SOO | SOUTHERN AIR | Cincinnati Anchorage |
1999 | |
| Southwest Airlines | WN | SWA | SOUTHWEST | Dallas-Love Atlanta Baltimore Chicago-Midway Denver Houston-Hobby Las Vegas Los Angeles Nashville Oakland Orlando Phoenix San Diego St. Louis |
1967 | Commenced operations June 1971 |
| Spirit Airlines | NK | NKS | SPIRIT WINGS | Fort Lauderdale Detroit |
1980 | Founded as Charter One |
| Sportsflight Airways | 1994 | |||||
| Sun Country Airlines | SY | SCX | Sun Country | Minneapolis-St. Paul | 1982 | |
| Superior Aviation | SO | HKA | SPEND AIR | 1979 | ||
| Swift Air | Q7 | SWQ | SWIFTFLIGHT | Phoenix | 1997 | |
| Tepper Aviation | Bob Sikes Airport | 1987 | ||||
| Trans-Florida Airlines | TFA | TRANS FLORIDA | Daytona Beach | 1966 | ||
| Trans States Airlines | AX | LOF | WATERSKI | 1982 | Founded as Resort Air. Operates as United Express and US Airways Express | |
| Ultimate Air Shuttle | UJC | ULTIMATE | Cincinnati Municipal | 2009 | ||
| United Airlines | UA | UAL | UNITED | Chicago-O'Hare Denver Washington Dulles San Francisco Los Angeles Tokyo-Narita Houston Intercontinental Newark Cleveland Guam |
1926 | Founded as Varney Air Lines and commenced operations 1934 as United Air Lines |
| UPS Airlines | 5X | UPS | UPS | Louisville Philadelphia LA/Ontario Hartford Dallas-Fort Worth Chicago Rockford Columbia Miami Hamilton, Ontario Shenzhen, China |
1988 | |
| US Airways | US | AWE | CACTUS | Phoenix Charlotte Philadelphia Washington- National |
1937 | Founded as All American Aviation and commenced operations in 1996 as US Airways |
| USA Jet Airlines | UJ | JUS | JET USA | Willow Run Airport Laredo International Airport |
1994 | |
| Victory Air Transport | 2003 | |||||
| Virgin America | VX | VRD | REDWOOD | San Francisco Los Angeles |
2004 | |
| West Air | PCM | PAC VALLEY | Las Vegas Ontario Oakland Sacramento San Diego |
1988 | ||
| Wiggins Airways | WG | WIG | WIGGINS AIRWAYS | Manchester | 1929 | |
| Wings of Alaska | K5 | SQH | SASQUACH | Juneau | 1982 | |
| Xtra Airways | XP | CXP | CASINO EXPRESS | Myrtle Beach San Antonio |
1987 |
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References
- ↑ http://www.yelp.com/biz/alaska-seaplane-service-llc-juneau
- ↑ http://www.linkedin.com/company/atlantic-airlines-inc-
- ↑ "Stats & Facts". Delta Air Lines. June 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ↑ "Global Network". Delta Air Lines. June 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
See also
- List of airlines
- List of airlines of Puerto Rico
- List of airports in the United States
- List of defunct airlines of the United States
- Proposed airlines of the United States
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