List of airlines of the United States
This is a list of airlines which have an air operator's certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States.
Note: Destinations in bold indicate primary hubs, those in italic indicate secondary hubs, and those with regular font indicate focus cities. For legacy carriers American, Delta, and United, the most strategic/well connected hubs are shown as Primary Hubs.
Passenger airlines
Mainline
Regional
Commuter
Charter
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Primary hubs, secondary hubs | Founded | Notes |
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Air Charter Bahamas | |||||||
Air Charter Express | FRG | FREIGHT RUNNERS | Milwaukee | 1985 | |||
Air Flight Charters | FLL | Ft. Lauderdale | 1987 | ||||
Airshare | XSR | AIRSHARE | 2000 | Founded as Executive Flight Services | |||
Berry Aviation | BYA | BERRY | San Marcos | 1983 | |||
Bighorn Airways | BHR | BIGHORN AIR | Sheridan | 1947 | |||
Choice Airways | CSX | CHOICE AIR | Ft. Lauderdale–Executive | 2009 | |||
Eastern Air Express | HWA | HILLWOOD | Fort Worth/Alliance | 2013 | Founded as ATX Air Services | ||
ExcelAire | XLS | EXCELAIRE | Long Island/Islip | 1993 | |||
Global Crossing Airlines | G6 | GXA | GEMINI | Atlantic City Las Vegas Miami | 2018 | ||
Gryphon Airlines | Y3 | VOS | Kuwait City | ||||
IBC Airways | II | CSQ | CHASQUI | Ft. Lauderdale | 1991 | ||
L-3 Flight International Aviation | RTD | RIPTIDE | Newport News | 1972 | |||
Liberty Jet Management | LRT | LIBERTY JET | Long Island/Islip | 2006 | |||
NetJets | 1I | EJA | EXECJET | Columbus | 1964 | Founded as Executive Jets Aviation. | |
Omni Air International | X9 | OAE | OMNI-EXPRESS | Tulsa | 1993 | ||
Omni Air Transport | DRL | DRILLER | Tulsa | ||||
Pacific Coast Jet | PXT | PACK COAST | 2006 | ||||
Pentastar Aviation | DCX | TANGO | Waterford | 1964 | Founded as Chrysler Air Transportation. | ||
Phoenix Air | PH | PHA | GRAY BIRD | Cartersville | 1978 | ||
PlaneSense | CNS | CHRONOS | Portsmouth (NH) | 1992 | |||
Presidential Airways | PRD | PRESIDENTIAL | Melbourne/Orlando | ||||
Sierra Pacific Airlines | SI | SPA | SIERRA PACIFIC | Tucson | 1970 | Commenced operations in 1971. | |
Skymax | SMX | SKYMAX | Ft. Lauderdale–Executive | 1997 | Commenced operations in 2013. | ||
Stampede Aviation | Healy/Denali NP | 2011 | |||||
Superior Air Charter | RSP | REDSTRIPE | 2006 | ||||
Superior Aviation | SO | HKA | SPEND AIR | Lansing | 1979 | ||
Talkeetna Air Taxi | Talkeetna | 1947 | Founded as Talkeetna Flying Service. | ||||
Tropic Ocean Airways | TI | FTO | WAGNER | Ft. Lauderdale | 2009 | ||
World Atlantic Airlines | K8 | WAL | WORLD ATLANTIC | Miami | 2002 | Founded as Caribbean Sun Airlines and commenced operations in 2003. | |
XOJET Aviation LLC | XOJ | XOJET | Sacramento–McClellan | 2006 |
Former
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Final fleet | Primary hubs, secondary hubs | Founded | Ceased operations | Notes |
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US Airways | US | USA (1979-2008) AWE (2008-2015) | US AIR (1979-2008) CACTUS (2008-2015) | Airbus A319-100 Airbus A320-200 Airbus A321-200 Airbus A330-200 Airbus A330-300 Airbus A350-900 Boeing 737-400 Boeing 757-200 Boeing 767-200ER Embraer 190 | 1937 | 2015 | Merged with American Airlines. |
Cargo airlines
Air ambulances
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Primary hubs, secondary hubs | Founded | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AirMed International | Birmingham | 1987 | Founded as MEDjet International. | ||||
Air Methods | Denver–Centennial | 1980 | |||||
Critical Air Medicine | 1984 | ||||||
Lifestar | |||||||
Life Lion |
State-run airlines
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Primary hubs, secondary hubs | Founded | Notes |
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Comco | 2002 | ||||||
Janet | WWW | JANET | Las Vegas | 1972 | |||
Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System | JUD | JUSTICE | Oklahoma City | 1980 | Commenced operations in 1995. |
See also
- Lists of airlines
- List of airlines of Puerto Rico
- List of airports in the United States
- List of largest airlines in North America
- List of defunct airlines of the United States
- Major airlines of the United States
- Proposed airlines of the United States
References
- ^ "American Airlines Restores CRJ200 Through Partnership With Air Wisconsin". aeroxplorer.com. Archived from the original on 2023-04-21. Retrieved 2023-04-21.