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

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Ref
American Airlines United States 226,405,000 210,692,000 199,288,000 165,682,000 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]
Delta Air Lines United States TBA 190,000,000 177,000,000 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 [2]
Southwest Airlines United States 175,466,000 171,817,000 156,982,000 123,264,000 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 [3]
United Airlines United States 173,603,000 164,927,000 144,300,000 104,082,000 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]
Air Canada Canada TBA 44,790,000 36,144,000 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 [5]
Alaska Airlines United States 49,238,000 44,557,000 41,468,000 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 [6]
Spirit Airlines United States TBA 44,105,000 38,463,000 30,828,000 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 [7]
JetBlue Airways United States 40,498,000 42,534,000 39,562,000 30,094,000 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 [8]
Volaris Mexico TBA 33,497,000 31,051,000 24,405,000 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 [9]
Frontier Airlines United States 33,296,000 30,218,000 25,486,000 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 [10]
WestJet Canada TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 25,491,290 24,137,477 21,951,463 20,281,376 19,651,977 18,485,144 17,423,000 [11][12]
Viva Mexico TBA 24,992,000 20,698,000 15,268,000 8,123,000 12,019,114 10,014,062 8,195,566 6,373,626 4,760,000 4,000,000 n/a n/a [13]
Aeroméxico Mexico 25,337,000 24,760,000 21,724,000 16,553,000 9,484,000 20,689,000 21,878,000 20,666,000 19,703,000 18,769,000 17,190,000 15,488,000 14,812,000 [14]
Allegiant Air United States 16,764,283 17,143,870 16,630,138 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 [15]
Interjet Mexico n/a n/a n/a 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 [16]
Hawaiian Airlines United States TBA 10,879,000 10,015,000 6,543,000 3,363,000 11,751,003 11,840,178 11,505,324 11,050,911 10,672,667 10,195,145 9,935,743 9,484,204 [17]
Flair Airlines Canada TBA 4,500,000 [18]
Sun Country Airlines United States 4,483,515 4,140,663 3,598,584 2,733,364 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 [18]
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

By fleet size

This is a list of airlines ranked by fleet size, as of February 24, 2025:

Airline Fleet size Ref
United Airlines 1007 [19]
Delta Air Lines 988 [20]
American Airlines 981 [21]
Southwest Airlines 799 [22]
SkyWest Airlines 580 [23]
JetBlue Airways 290 [24]
Alaska Airlines 238 [25]
Air Canada 211 [26]
Republic Airways 209 [27]
Spirit Airlines 194 [28]
Envoy Air 167 [29]
Frontier Airlines 160 [30]
PSA Airlines 143 [31]
WestJet 136 [32]
Endeavor Air 132
Allegiant Air 126
Aeroméxico 115
Volaris 108
Jazz Aviation 98
VivaAerobús 88
Porter Airlines 71
Hawaiian Airlines 70
Mesa Airlines 66
Piedmont Airlines 62
CommuteAir 58
Sun Country Airlines 57
Breeze Airways 48
GoJet Airlines 45
Air Transat 39
Air Wisconsin 39
Aeroméxico Connect 37
Air Canada Rouge 37
Sunwing Airlines 31
Avelo Airlines 20

By number of destinations

This is a list of airlines ranked by number of destinations, as of February 24, 2024:

Airline Destinations
Domestic International Total Ref
United Airlines 217 148 365 [33]
American Airlines 227 129 356 [34]
Delta Air Lines 212 98 310 [35]
Air Canada 50 141 191 [36]
Alaska Airlines 108 21 129 [37]
Allegiant Air 122 0 122 [38]
Southwest Airlines 103 14 117 [39]
WestJet 41 74 115 [40]
JetBlue 65 48 113 [41]
Frontier Airlines 84 19 103 [42]
Aeromexico 48 52 100 [43]
Sun Country Airlines 78 19 97 [44]
Spirit Airlines 57 23 80 [45]
Volaris 44 27 71 [46]
Breeze Airways 68 0 68 [47]
Air Transat 7 55 62 [48]
Viva 41 20 61 [49]
Avelo Airlines 49 4 53 [50]
Porter Airlines 24 17 41 [51]
Hawaiian Airlines 22 10 32 [52]
Flair Airlines 14 15 29 [53]
Mexicana de Aviación 11 0 11 [54]


By frequency

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

Airline Daily departures Ref
American Airlines 5,400
United Airlines 5,000
Delta Air Lines 4,200
Southwest Airlines 4,000
Air Canada 1,500
Alaska Airlines 1,200
JetBlue 925
WestJet 777 [55]
Aeromexico 600
Frontier Airlines 500
Spirit Airlines 400
Interjet 270
Allegiant Air 242
Hawaiian Airlines 212
Volaris 200
VivaAerobus 115
Breeze Airways 105
Sun Country Airlines 47

See also

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