List of largest airlines in North America
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These are lists of the largest airlines in North America, ranked by several metrics.
By available seat miles
Numbers are listed in billions of available seat miles (ASM)
| Rank | Airline | Country | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Airlines | United States | 330 | 311 | 291 | 248 | 179 | 123 | 285 | [1] |
| 2 | American Airlines | United States | 299 | 293 | 278 | 260 | 215 | 143 | 285 | [2] |
| 3 | Delta Air Lines | United States | 298 | 288 | 272 | 233 | 194 | 134 | 275 | [3] |
| 4 | Southwest Airlines | United States | 180 | 178 | 170 | 148 | 132 | 103 | 157 | [4] |
| 5 | Air Canada | Canada | 105 | 104 | 99 | [5] | ||||
| 7 | Alaska Airlines | United States | 100 | 76 | 69 | 61 | 53 | 37 | 67 | [6] |
| 6 | JetBlue | United States | 65 | 66 | 68 | 65 | 54 | 33 | 64 | [7] |
| 8 | Spirit Airlines | United States | 40 | 53 | 56 | 49 | 41 | 28 | 42 | [8] |
| 9 | Frontier Airlines | United States | 40 | 40 | 38 | [9] | ||||
| 10 | Sun Country Airlines | United States | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | [10] |
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.
| Airlines | Country | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | United States | 223,540,000 | 226,405,000 | 210,692,000 | 199,288,000 | 165,682,000 | 95,324,000 | 215,182,000 | [11] |
| Delta Air Lines | United States | 200,000,000 | 200,000,000 | 190,000,000 | 177,000,000 | TBA | TBA | 204,000,000 | [12][13] |
| United Airlines | United States | 181,053,000 | 173,603,000 | 164,927,000 | 144,300,000 | 104,082,000 | 57,761,000 | 162,443,000 | [14] |
| Southwest Airlines | United States | 168,334,000 | 175,466,000 | 171,817,000 | 156,982,000 | 123,264,000 | 67,785,000 | 162,681,000 | [15] |
| Alaska Airlines | United States | 58,627,000 | 49,238,000 | 44,557,000 | 41,468,000 | 32,407,000 | 17,927,000 | 46,733,000 | [16] |
| Air Canada | Canada | 45,297,000 | 45,886,000 | 44,790,000 | 36,144,000 | 13,192,000 | 13,760,000 | 51,543,000 | [17] |
| Spirit Airlines | United States | 32,031,000 | 44,180,000 | 44,105,000 | 38,463,000 | 30,828,000 | 18,746,000 | 34,537,000 | [18][19] |
| JetBlue Airways | United States | 39,336,000 | 40,498,000 | 42,534,000 | 39,562,000 | 30,094,000 | 14,274,000 | 42,727,694 | [20] |
| Frontier Airlines | United States | 33,200,000 | 33,296,000 | 30,218,000 | 25,486,000 | 20,708,000 | 13,065,000 | 21,869,000 | [21][22] |
| Volaris | Mexico | TBA | 29,473,000 | 33,497,000 | 31,051,000 | 24,405,000 | 14,100,000 | 21,975,000 | [23] |
| Viva | Mexico | TBA | 27,695,000 | 24,992,000 | 20,698,000 | 15,268,000 | 8,123,000 | 12,019,114 | [24] |
| WestJet | Canada | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | [25][26] |
| Aeroméxico | Mexico | TBA | 25,337,000 | 24,760,000 | 21,724,000 | 16,553,000 | 9,484,000 | 20,689,000 | [27] |
| Allegiant Air | United States | 18,518,653 | 16,764,283 | 17,143,870 | 16,630,138 | 13,509,544 | 8,553,623 | 14,823,267 | [28] |
| Hawaiian Airlines | United States | N/a | TBA | 10,879,000 | 10,015,000 | 6,543,000 | 3,363,000 | 11,751,003 | [29] |
| Flair Airlines | Canada | TBA | TBA | 4,500,000 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | [30] |
| Sun Country Airlines | United States | 4,205,847 | 4,483,515 | 4,140,663 | 3,598,584 | 2,733,364 | 1,740,000 | 3,127,000 | [10] |
By number of destinations
This is a list of airlines ranked by number of destinations, as of May 2026[update]:
| Airline | Destinations | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | International | Total | Ref | |
| United Airlines | 240 | 151 | 391 | [31] |
| American Airlines | 233 | 134 | 367 | [32] |
| Delta Air Lines | 212 | 103 | 315 | [33] |
| Air Canada | 48 | 156 | 204 | [34] |
| Alaska Airlines | 111 | 31 | 142 | [35] |
| WestJet | 43 | 96 | 139 | [36] |
| Allegiant Air | 126 | 0 | 126 | [37] |
| Southwest Airlines | 106 | 16 | 122 | [38] |
| JetBlue | 67 | 47 | 114 | [39] |
| Aeromexico | 48 | 55 | 103 | [40] |
| Frontier Airlines | 81 | 18 | 99 | [41] |
| Sun Country Airlines | 74 | 18 | 92 | [42] |
| Breeze Airways | 80 | 3 | 83 | [43] |
| Air Transat | 10 | 64 | 74 | [44] |
| Volaris | 44 | 26 | 70 | [45] |
| Viva | 44 | 19 | 63 | [46] |
| Porter Airlines | 24 | 22 | 46 | [47] |
| Avelo Airlines | 31 | 1 | 32 | [48] |
| Flair Airlines | 16 | 12 | 28 | [49] |
| Canadian North | 28 | 0 | 28 | [50] |
| Hawaiian Airlines | 18 | 9 | 27 | [51] |
| Mexicana de Aviación | 15 | 0 | 15 | [52] |
| Air North | 13 | 0 | 13 | [53] |
By frequency
This is a list of airlines ranked by daily flights (frequency):[54]
| Airline | Daily departures | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 5,946 | |
| Delta Air Lines | 4,343 | |
| United Airlines | 4,167 | |
| Southwest Airlines | 3,592 | |
| Air Canada | 1,500 | |
| Alaska Airlines | 1,200 | |
| JetBlue | 925 | |
| WestJet | 777 | [55] |
| Aeromexico | 600 | |
| Frontier Airlines | 500 | |
| Interjet | 270 | |
| Allegiant Air | 242 | |
| Hawaiian Airlines | 212 | |
| Volaris | 200 | |
| VivaAerobus | 115 | |
| Breeze Airways | 105 | |
| Sun Country Airlines | 47 |
See also
- Major airlines of the United States
- 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