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.
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Primary hubs, Secondary hubs |
Founded | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines | AS | ASA | ALASKA | Seattle/Tacoma Anchorage Portland (OR) San Francisco Los Angeles |
1932 | Founded as McGee Airways and commenced operations in 1944 as Alaska Airlines. | |
| Allegiant Air | G4 | AAY | ALLEGIANT | Las Vegas Cincinnati Fort Walton Beach Indianapolis Orlando/Sanford Memphis Pittsburgh Bellingham Des Moines Punta Gorda Grand Rapids |
1997 | Founded as WestJet Express and commenced operations in 1998 as Allegiant Air. | |
| American Airlines | AA | AAL | AMERICAN | Dallas/Fort Worth Charlotte Chicago-O'Hare Los Angeles Miami New York-JFK New York-LaGuardia Philadelphia Phoenix-Sky Harbor Washington-National |
1926 | Founded as American Airways and commenced operations in 1936 as American Air Lines; largest airline in the world based on airline company revenue, scheduled passenger miles flown (per year), and fleet size. | |
| Avelo Airlines | XP | VXP | AVELO | Burbank New Haven Orlando |
1987 | First did business as Casino Express Airlines and commenced operations in 1989. Started scheduled service in Burbank, CA, April 28, 2021. | |
| Breeze Airways | MX | MXY | MOXY | Charleston Hartford New Orleans Norfolk Provo Tampa |
2018 | ||
| Delta Air Lines | DL | DAL | DELTA | Atlanta Boston Detroit Los Angeles Minneapolis/St. Paul New York-JFK New York-LaGuardia Salt Lake City Seattle/Tacoma |
1924 | Founded as Huff Daland Dusters and commenced operations in 1929 as Delta Air Service. | |
| Eastern Airlines | 2D | EAL | EASTERN | Miami New York-JFK |
2010 | ||
| Frontier Airlines | F9 | FFT | FRONTIER FLIGHT | Denver Atlanta Chicago-O'Hare Cincinnati Cleveland Las Vegas Miami Orlando Philadelphia Raleigh/Durham |
1994 | ||
| Hawaiian Airlines | HA | HAL | HAWAIIAN | Honolulu Kahului |
1929 | Founded as Inter-Island Airways in early 1929 and commenced operations in late 1929 as Hawaiian Airlines | |
| JetBlue | B6 | JBU | JETBLUE | New York-JFK Boston Los Angeles Fort Lauderdale Orlando |
1998 | Founded as New Air and commenced operations in 2000 as JetBlue Airways. | |
| Southwest Airlines | WN | SWA | SOUTHWEST | Dallas-Love Atlanta Baltimore Chicago-Midway Denver Houston-Hobby Las Vegas Los Angeles Oakland Orlando Phoenix-Sky Harbor Nashville International Airport |
1967 | Founded as Air Southwest and commenced operations in 1971 as Southwest Airlines; largest airline in the world based on number of passengers served per year. | |
| Spirit Airlines | NK | NKS | SPIRIT WINGS | Atlantic City Detroit Las Vegas Fort Lauderdale Chicago-O'Hare Dallas/Fort Worth Baltimore OrlandoHouston-Intercontinental |
1980 | Founded as Charter One. | |
| Sun Country Airlines | SY | SCX | SUN COUNTRY | Minneapolis/St. Paul Dallas/Fort Worth Las Vegas Portland (OR) |
1982 | Commenced operations in 1983. Operates some Amazon Air cargo flights. | |
| United Airlines | UA | UAL | UNITED | Chicago-O'Hare Denver Guam Houston-Intercontinental Los Angeles Newark San Francisco Washington-Dulles |
1926 | Founded as Varney Air Lines and commenced operations in 1931 as United Air Lines. |
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Primary Hubs, Secondary Hubs |
Founded | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Wisconsin | ZW | AWI | WISCONSIN | Appleton Chicago-O'Hare Columbia Milwaukee Washington-Dulles |
1965 | Operates as United Express | |
| Cape Air | 9K | KAP | CAIR | Hyannis Billings Boston Nantucket St. Louis San Juan Albany Martha's Vineyard |
1988 | ||
| CommutAir | C5 | UCA | COMMUTAIR | Denver Newark Washington-Dulles |
1989 | Operates as United Express. | |
| Contour Airlines | LF | VTE | VOLUNTEER | Smyrna (TN) | 1982 | ||
| Elite Airways | 7Q | MNU | MAINER | Orlando/Melbourne Newark Portland (ME) |
2006 | Commenced operations in 2014. | |
| Endeavor Air | 9E | EDV | ENDEAVOR | Minneapolis/St. Paul Atlanta Cincinnati Detroit New York-JFK New York-LaGuardia |
1985 | Founded as Express Airlines I. Operates as Delta Connection. | |
| Envoy Air | MQ | ENY | ENVOY | Dallas/Fort Worth Chicago-O'Hare Miami |
1984 | Founded as American Eagle Airlines. Operates as American Eagle. | |
| GoJet Airlines | G7 | GJS | LINDBERGH | Chicago-O'Hare Denver |
2004 | Commenced operations in 2005. Operates as United Express. | |
| Horizon Air | QX | QXE | HORIZON | Seattle/Tacoma Portland (OR) |
1981 | Operates as Alaska Airlines. | |
| Mesa Airlines | YV | ASH | AIR SHUTTLE | As American Eagle: Phoenix-Sky Harbor Dallas/Fort Worth As United Express: Houston-Intercontinental Washington-Dulles |
1980 | Founded as Mesa Air Shuttle. All but one aircraft operated as American Eagle and United Express. | |
| Piedmont Airlines | PT | PDT | PIEDMONT | Charlotte Philadelphia Washington-National |
1961 | Founded as Henson Aviation and commenced operations in 1962. Operates as American Eagle. | |
| PSA Airlines | OH | JIA | BLUE STREAK | Charlotte Philadelphia Washington-National |
1979 | Founded as Vee Neal Airlines. Operates as American Eagle. | |
| Republic Airways | YX | RPA | BRICKYARD | As American Eagle: Indianapolis Columbus (OH) Kansas City Miami New York-LaGuardia Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington-National As United Express: Indianapolis Chicago-O'Hare Columbus (OH) Kansas City Newark New York-LaGuardia Pittsburgh Washington-National As Delta Connection: Indianapolis Chicago-O'Hare Columbus (OH) New York-LaGuardia |
1998 | Commenced operations in 2005. Operates as American Eagle, United Express and Delta Connection. | |
| Silver Airways | 3M | SIL | SILVER WINGS | Fort Lauderdale Orlando Tampa |
2011 | ||
| SkyWest Airlines | OO | SKW | SKYWEST | As Delta Connection: Atlanta Boise Colorado Springs Detroit Los Angeles Minneapolis/St. Paul Salt Lake City Seattle/Tacoma As United Express: Boise Colorado Springs Chicago-O'Hare Denver Houston-Bush Los Angeles San Francisco As American Eagle: Dallas-Ft Worth Chicago-O'Hare Los Angeles Phoenix-Sky Harbor As Alaska Airlines: Portland (OR) Seattle/Tacoma |
1972 | Operates as Delta Connection, United Express, American Eagle and Alaska Airlines. | |
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Primary Hubs, Secondary Hubs |
Founded | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Air | AN | WSN | WINGSPAN | Hawthorne | 2005 | Has the EAS contract to serve Grant County Airport (New Mexico). Operator of Taos Air flights from 2019. | |
| Air Sunshine | YI | RSI | AIR SUNSHINE | San Juan | 1982 | ||
| Bering Air | 8E | BRG | BERING AIR | Nome Kotzebue Unalakleet |
1979 | ||
| Boutique Air | 4B | BTQ | BOUTIQUE | Dallas/Fort Worth Denver Phoenix-Sky Harbor |
2007 | ||
| Everts Air | 5V | VTS | EVERTS | Fairbanks Anchorage |
1978 | Founded as Tatonduk Flying Service. | |
| Gem Air | Salmon | 2014 | |||||
| Grand Canyon Airlines | YR | CVU | CANYON VIEW | Boulder City Grand Canyon Page |
1927 | Founded as Scenic Airways. | |
| Grand Canyon Scenic Airlines | YR | SCE | SCENIC | Grand Canyon | 1967 | Founded as Scenic Airlines. | |
| Grant Aviation | GV | GUN | HOOT | Anchorage Bethel Cold Bay Dillingham Emmonak Kenai King Salmon Unalaska/Dutch Harbor |
1971 | Founded as Delta Air Services. | |
| Griffing Flying Service | Port Clinton | 1937 | |||||
| Island Airways | Charlevoix | 1945 | Founded as McPhillips Flying Service. | ||||
| JSX | XE | JSX | BIGSTRIPE | Burbank Oakland Las Vegas Santa Ana Phoenix Concord |
2016 | ||
| Kenmore Air | M5 | KEN | KENMORE | Kenmore Seattle-Lake Union Seattle-Boeing |
1946 | Founded as Mines Collins Munro. | |
| Key Lime Air | KG | LYM | KEY LIME | Denver-Centennial Denver Denver-Rocky Mountain Grand Junction |
1997 | Operates as Denver Air Connection. | |
| Mokulele Airlines | MW | MHO | MAHALO | Kailua-Kona Kahului |
1994 | Founded as Mokulele Flight Service. | |
| New England Airlines | EJ | NEA | NEW ENGLAND | Westerly | 1970 | ||
| Penobscot Island Air | Rockland | 2004 | |||||
| Reliant Air | RLI | RELIANT | Danbury | 1988 | |||
| San Juan Airlines | SKYFERRY | Bellingham | 2002 | ||||
| Servant Air | 8D | Kodiak | 2003 | ||||
| Southern Airways Express | 9X | FDY | FRIENDLY | Memphis Destin Pittsburgh Washington-Dulles |
2013 | ||
| Surf Air | UF | SURFAIR | Hawthorne Oakland San Carlos Santa Barbara Truckee |
2012 | |||
| Taquan Air | K3 | TQN | TAQUAN | Ketchikan Harbor | 1977 | ||
| Tradewind Aviation | TJ | GPD | GOODSPEED | Oxford (CT) San Juan White Plains |
2001 | ||
| Ultimate Air Shuttle | UE | UJC | ULTIMATE | Cincinnati-Lunken | 2009 | ||
| Utah Airways | Ogden | 2015 | |||||
| Warbelow's Air Ventures | 4W | WAV | WARBELOW | Fairbanks | 1958 | ||
| Wright Air Service | 8V | WRF | WRIGHT FLYER | Fairbanks | 1966 |
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Primary Hubs, Secondary Hubs |
Founded | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Charter Bahamas | |||||||
| Air Flight Charters | FLL | Fort 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 | |||
| Charter Air Transport | VC | SRY | STINGRAY | Cleveland-Lakefront | 1997 | ||
| Choice Airways | CSX | CHOICE AIR | Fort Lauderdale-Executive | 2009 | |||
| ExcelAire | XLS | EXCELAIRE | Long Island/Islip | 1993 | |||
| Global Crossing Airlines | G6 | GXA | GEMINI | Atlantic City Las Vegas Miami |
2019 | ||
| Great Lakes Air | St. Ignace | ||||||
| Gryphon Airlines | Y3 | VOS | |||||
| IAero Airways | WQ | SWQ | SWIFTFLIGHT | Miami | 1997 | Founded as Swift Air | |
| IBC Airways | II | CSQ | CHASQUI | Fort 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 | PHA | GRAY BIRD | Cartersville | 1978 | |||
| PlaneSense | CNS | CHRONOS | Portsmouth (NH) | 1992 | |||
| Presidential Airways | PRD | PRESIDENTIAL | Orlando/Melbourne | ||||
| Sierra Pacific Airlines | SI | SPA | SIERRA PACIFIC | Tucson | 1970 | Commenced operations in 1971. | |
| Skymax | SMX | SKYMAX | Fort Lauderdale | 1997 | Commenced operations in 2013. | ||
| Songbird Airways | SK | SGB | SONGBIRD | Miami | 1990 | ||
| 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 | Fort 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 |
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Primary Hubs, Secondary Hubs |
Founded | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Air | 2I | CSB | CARGO SOUTH | Miami | 2014 | ||
| ABX Air | GB | ABX | ABEX | Wilmington (OH) Cincinnati Miami |
1980 | Founded as Airborne Express. Operates some Amazon Air flights. | |
| Air Cargo Carriers | 2Q | SNC | NIGHT CARGO | Milwaukee Cincinnati |
1986 | Commenced operations in 1980. | |
| AirNet Express | USC | STAR CHECK | Columbus-Rickenbacker | 1974 | Founded as Financial Air Express. | ||
| Air Transport International | 8C | ATN | AIR TRANSPORT | Wilmington (OH) Cincinnati |
1978 | Founded as US Airways and commenced operations in 1980.
Operates some Amazon Air flights. | |
| Alaska Central Express | KO | AER | ACE AIR | Anchorage | 1996 | ||
| 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 | Provo Billings Sioux Falls |
1971 | ||
| Amazon Air | AFW | KAFW | AMAZON AIR | Fort Worth/Alliance Cincinnati Leipzig/Halle San Bernardino Ontario Wilmington |
2015 | Formerly Amazon Prime Air | |
| Ameriflight | A8 | AMF | AMFLIGHT | Dallas/Fort Worth | 1968 | Founded as California Air Charter. | |
| Amerijet International | M6 | AJT | AMERIJET | Miami Port of Spain |
1974 | ||
| Ameristar Jet Charter | 7Z | AJI | AMERISTAR | Dallas-Addison El Paso Willow Run |
2000 | ||
| Asia Pacific Airlines | P9 | MGE | MAGELLAN | Guam Honolulu |
1998 | ||
| Atlas Air | 5Y | GTI | GIANT | New York-JFK Anchorage Cincinnati Houston Huntsville Los Angeles Miami |
1992 | Commenced operations in 1993. Operates some Amazon Air flights. | |
| Bemidji Airlines | CH | BMJ | BEMIDJI | Bemidji Minneapolis/St. Paul |
1946 | Commenced operations in 1947. | |
| Castle Aviation | CSJ | CASTLE | Akron/Canton | 1986 | |||
| Corporate Air | CPT | AIRSPUR | Billings | 1981 | |||
| CSA Air | IRO | IRON AIR | Iron Mountain | 1998 | |||
| Empire Airlines | EM | CFS | EMPIRE | Coeur d' Alene Spokane |
1977 | ||
| Everts Air Cargo | 5V | VTS | EVERTS | Fairbanks Anchorage |
1995 | ||
| FedEx Express | FX | FDX | FEDEX | Memphis Anchorage Cologne/Bonn Dubai Fort Worth Greensboro Guangzhou Indianapolis Miami Milan-Malpensa Newark Oakland Osaka-Kansai Paris-Charles de Gaulle Seoul-Incheon Toronto-Pearson |
1971 | Founded as Federal Express and commenced operations in 1973. | |
| Freight Runners Express | FRG | FREIGHT RUNNERS | Milwaukee | 1985 | |||
| IFL Group | IF | IFL | EIFFEL | Waterford Miami |
1983 | Founded as Air Contract Cargo. | |
| Kalitta Air | K4 | CKS | CONNIE | Ypsilanti Anchorage Bahrain Cincinnati Hong Kong New York-JFK |
1967 | Founded as American International Airways. | |
| Kalitta Charters | CB | KFS | KALITTA | Ypsilanti | |||
| Lynden Air Cargo | L2 | LYC | LYNDEN | Anchorage | 1995 | ||
| Martinaire | MRA | MARTEX | Addison | 1978 | |||
| Merlin Airways | MEI | AVALON | Billings Miami San Juan |
1983 | |||
| Mountain Air Cargo | C2 | MTN | MOUNTAIN | Kinston | 1974 | ||
| National Airlines | N8 | NCR | NATIONAL CARGO | Orlando/Sanford | 1985 | Commenced operations in 1986. | |
| Northern Air Cargo | NC | NAC | YUKON | Anchorage Miami |
1956 | ||
| Polar Air Cargo | PO | PAC | POLAR | Anchorage Cincinnati Hong Kong Honolulu Los Angeles Leipzig/Halle Seoul-Incheon Shanghai-Pudong Sharjah Sydney |
1993 | ||
| Royal Air Freight | RAX | AIR ROYAL | Waterford | 1961 | |||
| Ryan Air Services | 7S | RYA | RYAN AIR | Anchorage Aniak Bethel Emmonak Kotzebue Nome St. Mary's Unalakleet |
1953 | Founded as Unalakleet Air Taxi. | |
| Sky Lease Cargo | GG | KYE | SKY CUBE | Miami | 1969 | Founded as Wrangler Aviation and commenced operations in 1973. | |
| Skyway Enterprises | KI | SKZ | SKYWAY-INC | 1981 | Commenced operations in 1983. | ||
| Strat Air | Miami | 2018 | |||||
| Tepper Aviation | Crestview | 1987 | |||||
| Trans Executive Airlines | KH | MUI | RHOADES EXPRESS | Honolulu | 1982 | ||
| UPS Airlines | 5X | UPS | UPS | Louisville Chicago/Rockford Cologne/Bonn Columbia (SC) Dallas/Fort Worth Hamilton Hong Kong Kuala Lumpur Miami Ontario Philadelphia Shanghai-Pudong Shenzhen |
1988 | ||
| USA Jet Airlines | UJ | JUS | JET USA | Ypsilanti Laredo |
1994 | ||
| West Air | PCM | PAC VALLEY | Las Vegas Oakland Ontario Sacramento San Diego |
1988 | |||
| Western Global Airlines | KD | WGN | WESTERN GLOBAL | Miami Liege, Belgium; Anchorage Fort Myers, FL |
2013 | ||
| Wiggins Airways | WG | WIG | WIGGINS AIRWAYS | Manchester | 1929 |
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Primary Hubs, Secondary Hubs |
Founded | Notes |
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| AirMed International | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth | 1987 | Founded as MEDjet International. | ||||
| Air Methods | Denver-Centennial | 1980 | |||||
| Critical Air Medicine | 1984 | ||||||
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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. |
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