This is a list of airlines that 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
Cargo airlines
Air ambulances
State-run airlines
Further reading
- Whitehouse A., The sky's the limit-A history of the U.S. airlines, The Macmillan Co., New York, N.Y., 1971
- Davies R.E.G., Airlines of the United States since 1914, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington (D.C.), 1982
- Shives B.-Thompson B., Airlines of North America, Crestline Publishing Co. Inc., Sarasota (FL.), 1984
- Davies R.E.G.-Quastler I.E., Commuter airlines of the United States, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington (D.C.), 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
- Aztec Airways First Flight To Exuma International Aztec Airways, 2025-11-10, retrieved 2026-01-30^