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These are lists of the largest airlines in North America, ranked by several different metrics.

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By passengers carried

This is a list of North America's largest passenger airlines in terms of enplaned passengers. Passenger numbers shown are inclusive of regional carriers operating under contract where applicable.

Airline	Country	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	Ref
American Airlines	United States	165,682,000	95,324,000	215,182,000	203,745,000	199,640,000	198,714,575	201,249,127	197,340,801	193,739,8251	107,806,578	[1][2]
Delta Air Lines	United States	TBA	TBA	204,000,000	192,465,271	186,382,771	183,741,787	179,382,874	171,350,030	164,659,644	164,571,529	[3]
United Airlines	United States	104,082,000	57,761,000	162,443,000	158,330,000	148,067,000	143,177,000	140,369,000	138,029,000	139,209,000	140,441,000	[4]
Southwest Airlines	United States	123,264,000	67,785,000	162,681,000	163,605,833	157,677,218	151,740,357	144,574,882	135,767,188	133,155,030	133,978,100	[5][6]
Air Canada	Canada	13,192,000	13,760,000	51,543,000	50,904,000	48,126,000	44,849,000	41,126,000	38,526,000	35,761,000	34,900,000	[7][8][9]
Alaska Airlines	United States	32,407,000	17,927,000	46,733,000	45,802,000	44,034,000	41,947,0002	31,883,000	29,278,000	27,414,000	25,896,000	[10][11]
JetBlue Airways	United States	TBA	14,274,000	42,727,694	42,149,989	40,038,090	38,263,104	35,100,986	32,078,316	30,463,226	28,956,213	[12][13]
Spirit Airlines	United States	TBA	18,746,000	34,537,000	29,312,000	24,183,070	21,618,039	17,921,419	14,293,703	12,413,812	10,422,548	[14][15]
WestJet	Canada	TBA	TBA	TBA	25,491,290	24,137,477	21,951,463	20,281,376	19,651,977	18,485,144	17,423,000	[16][17]
Volaris	Mexico	24,400,000[18]	14,100,000	21,975,000	18,396,000	16,427,000	15,005,000	11,983,000	9,809,000	8,900,000	7,057,700	[19]
Frontier Airlines	United States	20,708,000	13,065,000	21,869,000	18,669,000	15,970,000	14,773,000	12,569,000	11,328,000	9,874,000	9,927,000	[20][21][22]
Aeroméxico	Mexico	TBA	TBA	20,689,000	21,878,000	20,666,000	19,703,000	18,769,000	17,190,000	15,488,000	14,812,000	[23]
Interjet	Mexico	n/a	n/a	15,184,720	13,880,000	12,378,000	11,122,000	10,483,000	8,686,000	n/a	n/a	[24]
Allegiant Air	United States	13,509,544	8,553,623	14,823,267	13,606,103	12,138,146	11,003,864	9,355,097	8,017,442	7,103,366	6,591,707	[25][26]
VivaAerobus	Mexico	TBA	TBA	12,019,114	10,014,062	8,195,566	6,373,626	4,760,000	4,000,000	n/a	n/a	[27]
Hawaiian Airlines	United States	TBA	4,304,000	11,751,003	11,840,178	11,505,324	11,050,911	10,672,667	10,195,145	9,935,743	9,484,204	[28][29]
Sun Country Airlines	United States	TBA	1,740,000	3,127,000	2,089,000	2,062,000	1,793,000	1,851,000	1,576,000	1,439,000	1,228,000	[30]

Notes

• ^1 Numbers on and after 2013 are for the merged American/US Airways
• ^2 Numbers on and after 2016 are for the merged Alaska/Virgin America
• ^3 For nine months ending September 2019

By fleet size

This is a list of airlines ranked by fleet size (including regional partners), as of 21 December 2021^[update]:

Airline	Fleet size	Ref
American Airlines	1,440	[31][32]
United Airlines	1,391	[33][34]
Delta Air Lines	1,170	[35][36]
Southwest Airlines	737	[37]
SkyWest Airlines	509	[38]
Air Canada	353	[39][40]
Alaska Airlines	329	[41][42][43]
JetBlue	270	[44]
WestJet	172	[45][46][47]
Spirit Airlines	157	[48]
Aeroméxico	107	[49][50]
Allegiant Air	107	[51]
Frontier Airlines	112	[52]
Volaris	102	[53]
Hawaiian Airlines	61	[54]
Sun Country Airlines	43	[55]
VivaAerobús	43	[56]
Air Transat	31	[57]
Porter Airlines	29	[58]
Silver Airways	26	[59]
Breeze Airways	25	[60]
Sunwing Airlines	18	[61]

By number of destinations

This is a list of airlines ranked by number of destinations, as of 9 March 2021^[update]:

Airline	Destinations	Ref
United Airlines	371	[62]
American Airlines	352	[63]
Delta Air Lines	290	[64]
SkyWest Airlines	244	[65]
Air Canada	192	[66]
Allegiant Air	128	[67]
Alaska Airlines	119	[68]
Southwest Airlines	111	[69]
Frontier Airlines	110	[70]
WestJet	105	[71]
JetBlue	104	[72]
Spirit Airlines	91	[73]
Aeromexico	78	[74]
Volaris	66	[75]
Air Transat	64	[76]
Sun Country Airlines	60	[77]
VivaAerobús	56	[78]
Hawaiian Airlines	32	[79]

By frequency

This is a list of airlines ranked by daily flights (frequency):

Airline	Daily departures	Ref
Delta Air Lines	6,700
American Airlines	5,400
United Airlines	5,000
Southwest Airlines	4,000
Air Canada	1,500
Alaska Airlines	1,200
JetBlue	925
WestJet	777	[80]
Aeromexico	600
Spirit Airlines	400
Frontier Airlines	270
Interjet	270
Allegiant Air	242
Hawaiian Airlines	212
Volaris	200
VivaAerobus	115
Sun Country Airlines	47

References

See also

• World's largest airlines
• List of largest airlines in Europe
• List of largest airlines in Central America & the Caribbean
• List of largest airlines in Africa
• List of largest airlines in Asia
• List of largest airlines in South America
• List of largest airlines in Oceania

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