List of airlines of the United States

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

References

  1. Aztec Airways First Flight To Exuma International Aztec Airways, 2025-11-10, retrieved 2026-01-30^