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 location of the airline's headquarters.

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Passenger airlines

Mainline

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hub Airport(s) and Focus Cities	Founded	Notes
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. Plans have been made for Alaska Airlines to acquire Virgin America.
Allegiant Air	G4	AAY	ALLEGIANT	Las Vegas Bellingham Cincinnati Fort Lauderdale Fort Myers/Punta Gorda Los Angeles Oakland Orlando/Sanford Phoenix/Mesa Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater	1997	Founded as WestJet Express
American Airlines	AA	AAL	AMERICAN	Dallas/Fort Worth Charlotte Chicago-O'Hare Los Angeles Miami New York-JFK New York-LaGuardia Philadelphia Phoenix Washington-National	1934	Founded as American Airways; largest airline in the world based on airline company revenue, scheduled passenger miles flown (per year), and fleet size.
Delta Air Lines	DL	DAL	DELTA	Atlanta Amsterdam Boston Detroit Minneapolis/St Paul Cincinnati New York-JFK New York-LaGuardia Paris-Charles de Gaulle Salt Lake City Seattle Tokyo-Narita	1924	Founded as Huff Daland Dusters; largest airline in the world based on number of passengers served per year
Frontier Airlines	F9	FFT	FRONTIER FLIGHT	Denver Atlanta Chicago-O'Hare Cleveland Miami Orlando Trenton Washington-Dulles	1994
Hawaiian Airlines	HA	HAL	HAWAIIAN	Honolulu Kahului (Maui)	1929
JetBlue Airways	B6	JBU	JETBLUE	New York-JFK Boston Fort Lauderdale Long Beach Orlando San Juan	1998
Southwest Airlines	WN	SWA	SOUTHWEST	Dallas-Love Chicago-Midway Atlanta Baltimore Denver Houston-Hobby Las Vegas Los Angeles Milwaukee Nashville Oakland Orlando Phoenix St. Louis San Diego Tampa	1967	Commenced operations June 1971
Spirit Airlines	NK	NKS	SPIRIT WINGS	Fort Lauderdale Chicago-O'Hare Detroit	1980	Founded as Charter One
Sun Country Airlines	SY	SCX	Sun Country	Minneapolis/St. Paul Dallas/Fort Worth Fort Myers	1982
United Airlines	UA	UAL	UNITED	Chicago-O'Hare Denver Guam Houston Los Angeles Newark San Francisco Tokyo-Narita Washington-Dulles	1926	Founded as Varney Air Lines and commenced operations in 1934 as United Air Lines
Virgin America	VX	VRD	REDWOOD	San Francisco Los Angeles Dallas-Love	2004	The airline announced on April 4, 2016 that it is planning on being bought by Alaska Air and being acquired by Alaska Airlines. If plans continue as predicted, this merger will be complete in January, 2017.

Regional

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hub Airport(s)	Founded	Notes
Air Choice One Airlines		3E	WBR	ACO	St. Louis Chicago-O'Hare	1979	Founded as Multi-Aero Corporation
Aero Contractors						1979
Air Evac						1969	Formerly Samaritan AirEvac
AirStar Executive Airways				AIRSTAR	Marathon	2004
Air Sunshine		YI	RSI	AIR SUNSHINE		1982
Air Wisconsin		ZW	AWI	WISCONSIN	Philadelphia Washington National	1965	Operates as American Eagle
Alaska Central Express		KO	AER	Ace Air	Anchorage	1996
Alaska Seaplane Service		J5			Juneau	1997^[1]
Ameristar Jet Charter		None	AJI	AMERISTAR	Dallas-Addison El Paso Willow Run	2000	Cargo and charter company
Atlantic Airlines		EX	BJK	BLACKJACK	Lakeland Orlando Tampa	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/St. Paul	2003
Boutique Air		4B	BTQ	BOUTIQUE	Albuquerque Dallas/Fort Worth Denver Phoenix	2007
Cape Air		9K	KAP	CAIR	Cape Cod	1989
CommutAir		C5	UCA	COMMUTAIR	Cleveland Newark	1989	Operates as United Express
Compass Airlines		CP	CPZ	COMPASS ROSE	Minneapolis/St. Paul Los Angeles Seattle	2006	Operates as Delta Connection and American Eagle
Corporate Flight Management			VTE	VOLUNTEER	Smyrna	1982
Critical Air Medicine						1984
Delta Private Jets			DPJ	JET CARD	Cincinnati	1984
Endeavor Air		9E	FLG	FLAGSHIP	Minneapolis/St. Paul Cincinnati Detroit New York JFK New York LaGuardia		Operates as Delta Connection
Envoy Air		MQ	ENY	ENVOY	Dallas-Ft. Worth Boston Chicago O'Hare Los Angeles Miami New York-LaGuardia	1984	Founded as American Eagle Airlines; Operates as American Eagle
Ravn Alaska		7H	RVN	RAVN	Anchorage Barrow Fairbanks Unalakleet Bethel Nome Kotzebue St Marys Aniak	2010
Everts Air		5V	VTS	EVERTS	Fairbanks Anchorage	1978
ExpressJet		EV	ASQ	ACEY	Houston Atlanta Chicago Cleveland Dallas-Fort Worth Denver Newark Washington Dulles	1986	Operates as American Eagle, United Express, and Delta Connection
Express One International		EO	LHN	LONGHORN	Orlando/Sanford	1983
Flight Alaska		4Y	TUD	TUNDRA	Bethel	1955
Frontier Flying Service		2F	FTA	FRONTIER-AIR	Fairbanks	1950
FS Air Service		4A	EYE	SOCKEYE	Anchorage	1986
GoJet Airlines		G7	GJS	LINDBERGH	Chicago-O'Hare Cincinnati Denver Detroit New York-LaGuardia	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	Denver Los Angeles Minneapolis/St. Paul Phoenix
Horizon Air		QX	QXE	HORIZON AIR	Seattle/Tacoma Portland (OR)
ImagineAir			IMG	IMAGINE		2005
Island Air		WP	MKU	MOKU		1980
Island Airways
Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System			DOJ	Justice	Oklahoma City Anchorage Alexandria, LA Mesa, AZ Virgin Islands
Kalitta Charters		K9	KFS	KALITTA	Ypsilanti
Kenmore Air
L-3 Flight International Aviation							Lansing
Merlin Airways			MEI	AVALON
Mesa Airlines		YV	ASH	AIRSHUTTLE
Miami Air International		LL	BSK	BISCAYNE	Miami
Mid-Atlantic Freight
Mokulele Airlines		MW
Millennium Aviation
Nantucket Airlines
New England Airlines		EJ	NEA	NEW ENGLAND
Omni Air International		OY	OAE	OMNI EXPRESS	Tulsa
OneJet		J1			Indianapolis	2015
Orange Air			ORN	ORANGE JET		2011	Operates as Branson Air Express
PenAir		KS	PEN	PENINSULA	Anchorage Boston Portland (OR)
Phoenix Air
Piedmont Airlines			PDT	PIEDMONT	Charlotte Philadelphia Washington-National		Operates as American Eagle
PSA Airlines			JIA	BLUE STREAK	Charlotte Philadelphia Washington-National		Operates as American Eagle
Republic Airlines		XY	RPA	BRICKYARD	Atlantic City Charlotte Chicago-O'Hare Denver Laughlin/Bullhead City Miami Newark Philadelphia Tunica Washington-Dulles Washington-National		Operates as American Eagle, Caesars Entertainment, United Express, and US Airways Express
Salmon Air		S6	MBI
Scenic Airlines		YR	SCE	SCENIC		1967
SeaPort Airlines		K5	SQH	SASQUATCH	Memphis Portland (OR) San Diego
Shuttle America		S5	TCF	MERCURY	Chicago-O'Hare Newark New York-LaGuardia		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 King, Inc.		5K	SGB	SONGBIRD	Miami	1990
SkyWest Airlines		OO	SKW	SKYWEST	Chicago-O'Hare Denver Detroit Houston Los Angeles Minneapolis/St. Paul Phoenix Portland, OR Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle/Tacoma	1972	Operates as United Express, Delta Connection, and American Eagle, and as SkyWest Airlines in a partnership with Alaska Airlines
Sportsflight Airways						1994
Superior Aviation		SO	HKA	SPEND AIR		1979
Swift Air		Q7	SWQ	SWIFTFLIGHT	Phoenix	1997
Trans-Florida Airlines			TFA	TRANS FLORIDA	Daytona Beach	1966
Trans States Airlines		AX	LOF	WATERSKI	Chicago-O'Hare Cleveland Denver Pittsburgh	1982	Founded as Resort Air. Operates as United Express and US Airways Express
Ultimate Air Shuttle			UJC	ULTIMATE	Cincinnati-CVG Cincinnati-Lunken	2009
Via Airlines	ViaAir ERJ145	VC	SRY	STINGRAY	Farmingdale Atlantic City Charlotte NC	1997
Victory Air Transport						2003
West Air			PCM	PAC VALLEY	Las Vegas Oakland Ontario 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

Cargo

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hub Airport(s)	Founded	Notes
ABX Air	GB	ABX	ABEX	Wilmington, OH Cincinnati	1980	Cargo and charter company
Air Cargo Carriers	2Q	SNC	NIGHT CARGO		1986
AirNet Express		USC	STAR CHECK		1974
Air Transport International	8C	ATN	AIR TRANSPORT	Cincinnati	1978	Founded as US Airways and Commenced operations 1988 as Air Transport International
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 Cincinnati	1968	Founded as California Air Charter
Amerijet International	M6	AJT	AMERIJET	Fort Lauderdale Miami	1974
Ameristar Air Cargo	None	AJI	AMERISTAR	Dallas-Addison El Paso Willow Run	2000	Cargo and charter company
Asia Pacific Airlines	P9	MGE	MAGELLAN	Guam Honolulu	1998
Atlas Air Cargo	5Y	GTI	GIANT	Cincinnati New York-JFK Anchorage Houston Huntsville Los Angeles Miami	1992
C&M Airways		RWG	RED WING	El Paso	1983
Castle Aviation	None	CSJ	CASTLE	Akron	1986
Centurion Air Cargo	WE	CWC	CHALLENGE CARGO	Miami	1985
Contract Air Cargo		TSU	TRANSAUTO		1983
Corporate Air	OJ	CPT	AIRSPUR	Billings	1981
CSA Air		IRO	IRON AIR	Iron Mountain	1998
Custom Air Transport	5R	CTT	CATT	Fort Lauderdale	1995
Empire Airlines	EM	CFS	EMPIRE	Hayden, ID Spokane	1977
Everts Air Cargo	3Z	VTS	EVERTS	Fairbanks Anchorage	1978
FedEx Express	FX	FDX	FEDEX	Memphis Anchorage Fort Worth Greensboro Guangzhou Indianapolis Miami Newark Oakland Paris Toronto	1971
Florida West International Airways	RF	FWL	FLORIDA WEST	Miami	1981
Freight Runners Express		FRG	FREIGHT	Milwaukee	1985
Kalitta Air	K4	CKS	CONNIE	Ypsilanti Anchorage Bahrain Cincinnati Hong Kong Newark New York-JFK Oscoda	1967	Oscoda, MI is home to Kalitta's maintenance base/hub
Key Lime Air
Logistic Air
Lynden Air Cargo
Martinaire				Addison
Mountain Air Cargo	C2	MTN	MOUNTAIN
National Airlines	N8	NCR	NATIONAL CARGO
Northern Air Cargo	NC	NAC	YUKON	Anchorage Fairbanks	1956
Polar Air Cargo	PO	PAC	POLAR	Cincinnati	1993
Presidential Airways
Ryan Air Services	7S	RYA	RYAN AIR	Aniak Bethel Emmonak Kotzebue Nome St. Mary's Unalakleet		Cargo airline; Not associated with Ireland's Ryanair
Sky Lease Cargo	GG	KYE	TRADEWINDS EXPRESS		1969
Skyway Enterprises	KI	SKZ	SKYWAY-INC		1981
Southern Air	9S	SOO	SOUTHERN AIR	Cincinnati Anchorage	1999
Tepper Aviation				Bob Sikes Airport	1987
Transair	KH	MUI	MAUI	Honolulu	1982
UPS Airlines	5X	UPS	UPS	Louisville Chicago-Rockford Cologne-Bonn Dallas/Fort Worth Hamilton Hong Kong Los Angeles/Ontario Philadelphia Shanghai Shenzhen	1988
USA Jet Airlines	UJ	JUS	JET USA	Ypsilanti Laredo	1994

References

Lists of airlines

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B	Bahamas, The Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma Burundi

C	Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic Congo, Republic Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic

D	Denmark Dhekelia Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic

E	East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia

F	Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Polynesia

G	Gabon Gambia, The Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana

H	Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary

I	Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy

J	Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan

K	Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Korea, South Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan

L	Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg

M	Macau Macedonia, Republic of Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar

N	Nagorno-Karabakh Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norfolk Island Northern Cyprus Northern Mariana Islands Norway

O	Oman

P	Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico

Q	Qatar

R	Romania Russia Rwanda

S	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia Somaliland South Africa South Ossetia South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria

T	Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tokelau Tonga Transnistria Trinidad and Tobago Tristan da Cunha Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu

U	Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan

V	Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, United States

W	Wallis and Futuna

Y	Yemen

Z	Zambia Zimbabwe