Airlines in United States
Cataloguing 251 commercial and cargo airlines registered in United States. Currently 82 carriers are active and 169 are defunct or merged.
Key Facts: Aviation in United States
- 251 commercial and cargo airlines have operated in United States.
- 82 carriers (32.7%) maintain active operations or verified fleets.
- 169 carriers (67.3%) have ceased operations, merged, or dissolved.
Operational Status Distribution
Out of 251 airlines in United States: 82 are active (32.7%) and 169 are defunct (67.3%).
Active (82) Defunct (169)
| Status | Count | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Active | 82 | 32.7% |
| Defunct | 169 | 67.3% |
All Airlines in United States
| Airline Name | IATA | ICAO | Status | Founded | Ceased | Observed Fleet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135 Airways | - | GNL | defunct | - | - | - |
| 3D Aviation | - | SEC | defunct | - | - | - |
| 40-Mile Air | Q5 | MLA | active | - | - | - |
| A2 Jet Leasing | - | AJJ | defunct | - | - | - |
| ABX Air | GB | ABX | active | - | - | 19 |
| Academy Airlines | - | ACD | defunct | - | - | - |
| Access Air | ZA | CYD | active | - | - | - |
| ACM Aviation | - | BJT | defunct | - | - | - |
| Action Airlines (Action Air Charter) | - | AXQ | defunct | - | - | - |
| Advance Aviation Services | - | XTJ | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aerial Transit Company | XZ | AEZ | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aero Air | - | WIL | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aero Charter | - | GLT | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aero Charter and Transport | - | CTA | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aero Coach Aviation | - | DFA | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aero Dynamics | - | DYN | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aero Flight Service | EO | AGY | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aero Industries Inc | - | WAB | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aero Taxi Aviation | - | QKC | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aerodynamics Incorporated | - | DNJ | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aerodyne | 3L | ADY | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aerodyne Charter Company | - | AQZ | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aeronautical Radio Inc | - | XAA | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aeropac | RE | STK | active | - | - | 1 |
| Aerosmith Aviation | - | JPR | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aex Air | - | DST | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Alpha | - | DBA | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Aurora | - | AAI | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Care Alliance | - | CMF | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Cargo America | - | MVM | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Cargo Carriers | 2Q | SNC | active | - | - | - |
| Air Cargo Express | - | TDG | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Cargo Express International | - | PFT | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Cargo Masters | - | RNR | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Carriers | - | FCI | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Castle Corporation / Global Airways | - | GLB | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Center Helicopters | - | RAP | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Charter Professionals | - | CHV | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Charter World | - | XAC | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Continental Inc | - | NAR | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Exchange | - | EXG | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Florida | YS | FLZ | active | - | - | - |
| Air Guam | - | AGM | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Illinois | - | AIL | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air LA | - | UED | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Lincoln | - | ALN | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Logistics | - | ALG | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Midwest | 6A | AMW | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Net Private Charter | - | WDR | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Nevada | - | ANV | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Newark | - | NER | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Resorts | UR | ARZ | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Routing International Corp. | - | ARC | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air San Juan | - | SJN | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Solutions | - | LKY | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air South | - | KKB | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Specialties Corporation | - | AMR | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Spirit | - | SIP | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air St. Thomas | ST | STT | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Sunshine | - | RSI | active | - | - | - |
| Air Tahoma | - | HMA | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Today | - | TDY | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Transport | - | CYO | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Transport Association | - | ATA | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Transport International | 8C | ATN | active | - | - | 38 |
| Air Travel Corp. | - | ATH | active | - | - | 1 |
| Air Vegas | 6V | VGA | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air Wisconsin | ZW | AWI | active | - | - | 58 |
| Air-Lift Associates | - | WPK | defunct | - | - | - |
| Air-Rep | - | XPR | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aircraft Performance Group | - | XLB | defunct | - | - | - |
| Airlift Alaska | - | GSP | defunct | - | - | - |
| Airlift International | - | AIR | active | - | - | - |
| Airline Operations Services | - | XAO | defunct | - | - | - |
| Airmark Aviation | - | TRH | defunct | - | - | - |
| AirTran Airways | FL | TRS | active | - | - | - |
| Airvantage Incorporated | - | AVV | defunct | - | - | - |
| Airway Express | - | AEX | defunct | - | - | - |
| Alaska Central Express | KO | AER | active | - | - | - |
| Alaska Island Air | - | AAK | defunct | - | - | - |
| Alghanim | - | KYA | active | - | - | - |
| All America | A2 | AL2 | active | - | - | - |
| All America US | AG | SSA | active | - | - | - |
| Allegheny Commuter Airlines | - | ALO | active | - | - | - |
| Allegiant Air | G4 | AAY | active | - | - | 130 |
| Aloha Airlines | AQ | AAH | active | - | - | 5 |
| Alpha Jet International | - | AJW | defunct | - | - | - |
| Alpine Air Express | 5A | AIP | defunct | - | - | - |
| Altus Airlines | - | AXS | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aluminum Company Of America | - | AQO | defunct | - | - | - |
| Alyeska Air Service | YZ | ALY | defunct | - | - | - |
| America West Airlines | US | AWE | active | - | - | - |
| American Airlines | AA | AAL | active | 1926 | - | 1,239 |
| American Aviation | - | LKP | defunct | - | - | - |
| American Eagle Airlines | MQ | EGF | active | - | - | 15 |
| American Flight Service Systems | - | XFS | defunct | - | - | - |
| American Flyers | - | FYS | defunct | - | - | - |
| American Jet International | - | SCM | defunct | - | - | - |
| Ameriflight | A8 | AMF | defunct | - | - | - |
| Amerijet International | M6 | AJT | active | - | - | 11 |
| Ameristar Jet Charter | - | AJI | defunct | - | - | - |
| AMP Incorporated | - | MMP | defunct | - | - | - |
| AMR Services Corporation | - | XAM | defunct | - | - | - |
| Anderson Aviation | - | ADX | defunct | - | - | - |
| Angel Flight America | - | NGF | defunct | - | - | - |
| Anoka Air Charter | - | RZZ | defunct | - | - | - |
| Apache Air | ZM | IWA | active | - | - | - |
| Apex Air Cargo | - | APX | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aquila Air | - | CNH | defunct | - | - | - |
| Arctic Circle Air Service | 5F | CIR | defunct | - | - | - |
| Argosy Airways | - | ARY | defunct | - | - | - |
| Arizona Express Airlines | - | TMP | defunct | - | - | - |
| Arizona Pacific Airways | ZP | AZP | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aroostook Aviation | - | PXX | defunct | - | - | - |
| Arrow Air | JW | APW | active | - | - | - |
| Arrowhead Airways | - | ARH | defunct | - | - | - |
| Asia Pacific Airlines | - | MGE | active | - | - | 1 |
| Aspen Aviation | - | APQ | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aspen Helicopters | - | AHF | defunct | - | - | - |
| Astar Air Cargo | ER | DHL | defunct | - | - | - |
| Astro Air International | 8Y | AAV | defunct | - | - | - |
| AT and T Aviation Division | - | XAT | defunct | - | - | - |
| ATA Airlines | - | AMT | active | - | - | - |
| Atifly | A1 | A1F | active | - | - | - |
| Atlantic Aero and Mid-Atlantic Freight | - | MDC | defunct | - | - | - |
| Atlantic Airlines | EX | BJK | defunct | - | - | - |
| Atlantic Coast Airlines | - | BLR | defunct | - | - | - |
| Atlantic Coast Jet | - | PRT | defunct | - | - | - |
| Atlantic Gulf Airlines | - | AGF | defunct | - | - | - |
| Atlantic Richfield Company | - | NRS | defunct | - | - | - |
| Atlantic Southeast Airlines | - | CAA | defunct | - | - | - |
| Atlantic Southeast Airlines | EV | ASQ | active | - | - | 168 |
| Atlantis Airlines (USA) | - | AAO | defunct | - | - | - |
| Atlas Air | 5Y | GTI | active | - | - | 72 |
| Atlas Airlines | - | ATR | defunct | - | - | - |
| Austin Express | - | TXX | defunct | - | - | - |
| Av Atlantic | - | KYC | defunct | - | - | - |
| Avcenter | - | TTE | defunct | - | - | - |
| Averitt Air Charter | - | VRT | defunct | - | - | - |
| Avfinity | - | UTX | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aviation Charter Services | - | CKL | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aviation Data Systems | - | FBW | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aviation Management Corporation | - | AAM | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aviation North | - | WLV | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aviation Partners | - | WLT | defunct | - | - | - |
| Aws express | B0 | 666 | active | - | - | - |
| Baker Aviation | 8Q | BAJ | defunct | - | - | - |
| Baltia Air Lines | - | BTL | defunct | - | - | - |
| Baltic Aviation | - | BLT | defunct | - | - | - |
| Baltimore Air Transport | - | CPJ | defunct | - | - | - |
| Baltimore Airways | - | EAH | defunct | - | - | - |
| Bancstar - Valley National Corporation | - | BNS | defunct | - | - | - |
| Bankair | B4 | BKA | defunct | - | - | - |
| Bar Harbor Airlines | - | AJC | defunct | - | - | - |
| Barken International | - | BKJ | defunct | - | - | - |
| Baron Aviation Services | - | BVN | defunct | - | - | - |
| Baseops International | - | XBO | defunct | - | - | - |
| Basler Flight Service | - | BFC | defunct | - | - | - |
| Bemidji Airlines | CH | BMJ | active | - | - | - |
| Bering Air | 8E | BRG | active | - | - | - |
| Berry Aviation | - | BYA | defunct | - | - | - |
| Big Island Air | - | BIG | defunct | - | - | - |
| Big Sky Airlines | GQ | BSY | defunct | - | - | - |
| Bighorn Airways | - | BHR | defunct | - | - | - |
| Bird Leasing | - | BIR | defunct | - | - | - |
| Biz Jet Charter | - | VLX | defunct | - | - | - |
| Black Stallion Airways | BZ | BSA | active | - | - | - |
| Blackhawk Airways | - | BAK | defunct | - | - | - |
| Blue Horizon Travel Club | - | BLH | defunct | - | - | - |
| Blue Sky America | BU | BKY | defunct | - | - | - |
| Boston-Maine Airways | E9 | CXS | defunct | - | - | - |
| Boutique Air (Priv) | 4B | BTQ | active | - | - | - |
| Bowman Aviation | - | BMN | defunct | - | - | - |
| Braniff International Airways | BN | BNF | defunct | 1928 | 1982 | - |
| Branson Airlines | - | BRN | defunct | - | - | - |
| Buffalo Airways | - | BVA | defunct | - | - | - |
| Buffalo Express Airlines | TF | BRX | active | - | - | 2 |
| Business Airfreight | - | RLR | defunct | - | - | - |
| Business Express | - | GAA | defunct | - | - | - |
| Business Jet Solutions | - | BJS | defunct | - | - | - |
| Butte Aviation | - | PPS | defunct | - | - | - |
| C and M Aviation | - | TIP | defunct | - | - | - |
| C&M Airways | - | RWG | defunct | - | - | - |
| Cal-West Aviation | - | REZ | defunct | - | - | - |
| California Air Shuttle | - | CSL | defunct | - | - | - |
| California Western | KT | CWS | defunct | - | - | - |
| Camai Air | R9 | CAM | defunct | - | - | - |
| Cape Air | 9K | KAP | active | - | - | 3 |
| Cape Central Airways | - | SEM | defunct | - | - | - |
| Cape Smythe Air | - | CMY | defunct | - | - | - |
| Capital Air Service | - | CPX | defunct | - | - | - |
| Capital Cargo International Airlines | PT | CCI | defunct | - | - | - |
| Capital City Air Carriers | - | CCQ | defunct | - | - | - |
| Capitol Air Express | - | CEX | defunct | - | - | - |
| Capitol Wings Airline | - | CWZ | defunct | - | - | - |
| Cardinal/Air Virginia | - | FVA | defunct | - | - | - |
| Cargo 360 | GG | GGC | defunct | - | - | - |
| Caribbean Express | - | TLC | defunct | - | - | - |
| Carroll Air Service | U0 | ULS | defunct | - | - | - |
| Casement Aviation | - | CMT | defunct | - | - | - |
| Casino Airline | - | CSO | defunct | - | - | - |
| Casper Air Service | - | CSP | defunct | - | - | - |
| Castle Aviation | - | CSJ | defunct | - | - | - |
| Catalina Flying Boats | - | CBT | defunct | - | - | - |
| CBM America | - | XBM | active | - | - | - |
| Centennial Airlines | - | CNL | defunct | - | - | - |
| Central Airlines | - | CTL | active | - | - | - |
| Central Aviation | - | YOG | defunct | - | - | - |
| Centurion Air Cargo | WE | CWC | active | - | - | 5 |
| Champion Air | MG | CCP | active | - | - | 3 |
| Compass Airlines | CP | CPZ | active | - | - | 26 |
| Corporate Flight Management | LF | VTE | active | - | - | 9 |
| Delta Air Lines | DL | DAL | active | 1925 | - | 1,388 |
| Dynamic Airways | 2D | DYA | active | - | - | 2 |
| Envoy Air | MQ | ENY | active | - | - | 149 |
| Federal Express | FX | FDX | active | - | - | 483 |
| Frontier Airlines | F9 | FFT | active | - | - | 115 |
| GoJet Airlines | G7 | GJS | active | - | - | 51 |
| Hawaiian Airlines | HA | HAL | active | - | - | 65 |
| Horizon Air | QX | QXE | active | - | - | 63 |
| IBC Airways | II | CSQ | active | - | - | 2 |
| Indigo | I9 | IBU | active | - | - | 1 |
| Jet Aviation Business Jets | - | BZF | active | - | - | 1 |
| JetBlue Airways | B6 | JBU | active | - | - | 281 |
| Kalitta Air | K4 | CKS | active | - | - | 49 |
| Kalitta Charters | K9 | KFS | active | - | - | 2 |
| Mesa Airlines | YV | ASH | active | - | - | 128 |
| Miami Air International | GL | BSK | active | - | - | 4 |
| National Air Cargo | N8 | NCR | active | - | - | 9 |
| Northern Air Cargo | NC | NAC | active | - | - | 6 |
| Omni Air International | OY | OAE | active | - | - | 15 |
| Piedmont Airlines (1948-1989) | PT | PDT | active | - | - | 18 |
| Polar Air Cargo | PO | PAC | active | - | - | 7 |
| Prime Air | - | PRM | active | - | - | 1 |
| Republic Airlines | YX | RPA | active | - | - | 53 |
| Rhoades Aviation | - | RDS | active | - | - | 2 |
| Sierra Pacific Airlines | - | SPA | active | - | - | 3 |
| SkyWest | OO | SKW | active | - | - | 398 |
| Southern Air | 9S | SOO | active | - | - | 13 |
| Southwest Airlines | WN | SWA | active | - | - | 875 |
| Spirit Airlines | NK | NKS | active | - | - | 148 |
| Sun Country Airlines | SY | SCX | active | - | - | 35 |
| Swift Air (Interstate Equipment Leasing) | WQ | SWQ | active | - | - | 1 |
| Texair Charter | - | TXA | active | - | - | 24 |
| Trans States Airlines | AX | LOF | active | - | - | 23 |
| United Airlines | UA | UAL | active | 1926 | - | 1,016 |
| United Parcel Service | 5X | UPS | active | - | - | 268 |
| USA Jet Airlines | U7 | JUS | active | - | - | 6 |
| ViaAir | - | SRY | active | - | - | 6 |
| Virgin America | VX | VRD | active | - | - | 63 |
| Xtra Airways | XP | CXP | active | - | - | 1 |