Airline | State or territory | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hubs and focus cities | Founded | Ceased operations | Notes |
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135 Airlines | Texas | | | GNL | | Dallas Love Field | 1995 | 1995 | [1] |
4 W Air | Alaska | | | | | King Salmon | 2003 | 2003 | [2] |
A |
AAA Air Enterprises | Nebraska | | | | | Eppley Airfield | 1977 | 1986 | Acquired by Mid-Continent Airlines [3] |
AAI Alaska Aeronautical Industries | Alaska | | YC | ALR | | Anchorage | 1954 | 1987 | Agreement with Continental Airlines [4] |
AAXICO | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1946 | 1966 | Acquired by Saturn Airways. |
Abbe Air Cargo | Alaska | | | | | Wasilla | 2001 | 2003 | Operated C-47 [5] |
ABC Airlines | California | | | | | Ontario | 1965 | 1966 | [6] |
Absaroka Airways | Montana | | | | | Red Lodge | 1994 | 2012 | Scenic flights around the Beartooth Mountains. Operated Cessna 172 [7] |
ACA Aviation Corporation of the Americas | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 1927 | 1932 | Founded by Juan Trippe [8] |
Academy Airlines | Georgia | | | ACD | ACADEMY | Atlanta | 1979 | 2006 | [9] |
AccessAir | Iowa | | ZA | CYD | CYCLONE | Des Moines | 1998 | 2001 | |
Ace Air Cargo Express | Ohio | | CG | AER | | Cleveland Hopkins | 1976 | 1982 | Renamed to Shalkow Air Cargo Express. Operated C-47 [10] |
Ace Airways | Massachusetts | | | | | | 1965 | 1971 | Operated Beech D18S [11] |
Ace Aviation | Maine | | | | | | 1979 | 2000 | Air charter service [12] |
ACM Aviation | California | | | BJT | BAYJET | San Jose | ? | 2010 | Acquired by TWC Aviation [13] |
Action Airlines | Connecticut | | XQ | AXQ | ACTION AIR | Goodspeed | 1979 | 2000 | [14] |
Active Aero Charter | Michigan | | | AVR | ACTIVE AERO | Willow Run | 1999 | 2000 | [15] |
ADI Aerodynamics | Michigan | | 4A | DYN | AERODYNAMICS | Oakland Pontiac | 2011 | 2018 | Acquired by California Pacific Airlines. Operated Embraer ERJ 145 [16] |
ADI Domestic Airlines | Illinois | | | C14 | | Chicago O'Hare | 1992 | 1998 | [17] |
Adirondack Airlines | New York | | | | | Adirondack | 1991 | 1991 | [18] |
Admiral Airways | California | | | | | Burbank | 1959 | 1962 | Established as Quaker City Airways. Operated Lockheed Constellation [19] |
Admiralty Air | Florida | | | | | Palm Beach | 2009 | 2017 | Operated Embraer ERJ-135 [20] |
Ads-Aloft | Washington | | | | | Seattle | 1994 | 1995 | Banner towing company [21] |
Advanced Air Management | California | | | | | Burbank | 2000 | 2015 | Renamed to Zetta Jet [22] |
Adventure Airlines | Nevada | | | | | Las Vegas McCarran | 1995 | 1996 | [23] |
Adventure Aviation | Idaho | | | | | Coeur d'Alene | 1995 | 1995 | Scenic flights [24] |
Aerial Transit Company | Florida | | | AEZ | AERIAL TRANZ | Miami | 1982 | 1994 | Sold to Southeast Cargo Airlines in 1994. Operated 707, DC-6 [25] |
Aerie Airlines | Tennessee | | | | | Clarksville–Montgomery | 1971 | 1979 | [26] |
Aero Coach | Florida | | DF | DFA | AEROCOACH | Fort Lauderdale | 1983 | 1991 | Operated Cessna 402, Embraer Bandeirante [27] |
Aero Commuter | California | | | | | Long Beach | 1967 | 1969 | Merged with Cable Commuter Airlines and Catalina Airlines [28] |
Aero Contractors | North Carolina | | | | Smithfield | | 1979 | 2006 | Charter carrier that provided flights for CIA [29] |
Aero Corporation of California | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1926 | 1930 | Operated Universal Aircraft [30] |
Aero Flight Services | Florida | | | | | Fort Lauderdale | 1976 | 2000 | Operated Hawker 400A, Learjet 23, Learjet 25 [31] |
Aero Limited | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1919 | 1919 | Acquired by Aeromarine Sightseeing and Navigation Company [32] |
Aero Taxi Rockford | Illinois | | | | | Chicago Rockford | 1998 | 2001 | Cargo carrier [33] |
Aero Union | California | | | | | Cico | 1960 | 2011 | |
Aero Virgin Islands | Virgin Islands | | | | | St. Thomas | 1977 | 1990 | |
Aero West Airlines | Colorado | | | | | Colorado Springs | 1982 | 1982 | Acquired the assets of Royal West Airlines. Operated DC-3 [34] |
Aeroamerica | Washington | | EO | AEO | AEROAMERICA | Seattle Berlin Tegel | 1973 | 1982 | |
Aerocosta | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1972 | 1972 | Cargo carrier [35] |
Aerodynamics Inc. | Georgia | | 4A | DYN | AERODYNAMICS | Denver | 1959 | 2018 | Acquired by California Pacific Airlines. |
Aeroflex Corporation | New Jersey | | | | | Aeroflex–Andover | 1958 | 1971 | Operated Beech E18S, Beech Bonanza, Hiller UH-12 [36] |
Aerolaska | Alaska | | | | | | 1982 | 1986 | [37] |
Aeromarine Airways | Florida | | Key West | | | | 1921 | 1924 | Operated Felixstowe F5L flying boat [38] |
Aeromarine West Indies Airways | Florida | | | | | Biscayne Bay | 1920 | 1924 | Formed by a merger between Florida West Indies Airways and Aeromarine Sightseeing and Navigation Company. Reorganized as Aeromarine Airways |
Aeromech Airlines | West Virginia | | KC | RZZ | AEROMECH | North Central West Virginia Airport | 1951 | 1983 | Merged into Wright Airlines |
Aeronaut Air Services | Mississippi | | | | | Gulfport-Biloxi | 1966 | 1966 | Operated DC-3 [39] [40] |
Aerostar Airlines | Georgia | | | | | Atlanta | 1981 | 1983 | Went bankrupt and sold to Flight International Airlines. Operated Boeing 727 [41] |
Aerosun International | Florida | | | ASI | AEROSUN | Miami | 1978 | 1982 | Established as Red Carpet Airlines. Operated Convair 440, DC-3 [42] |
Aerovias Sud Americana | Florida | | | | | Tampa | 1947 | 1965 | Renamed to Air Americana. Operated C-46, DC-6A, DC-4 [43] |
AEX Air | Arizona | | | DST | DESERT | Phoenix Sky Harbor | 2004 | 2006 | Charter operator [44] |
Aho Flying Service | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 1930 | 1930 | [45] |
Air 1 | Missouri | | CB | AON | GATEWAY | St. Louis Lambert | 1983 | 1985 | Operated Boeing 727, Jetstream 31 [46] [47] |
Air Alaska Cargo | Washington | | 8S | | | Spokane | 1986 | 1998 | Began as Salair [48] |
Air America | District of Columbia | | GM | AMR | AIR AMERICA | Saigon Vientiane Udorn | 1950 | 1976 | Founded by Claire Lee Chennault as Civil Air Transport. Operated by the CIA |
Air America | California | | GM | AMR | | Los Angeles | 1989 | 1990 | Established as Total Air in 1984 [49] |
Air Americana | Florida | | | | | Tampa | 1965 | 1981 | Established as Aerovias Sud Americana in 1947. Operated DC-3, Lockheed L-1649 [50] |
Air Astro | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1968 | 1971 | Operated Carstedt Jet Liner 600 [51] |
Air Atlanta | Georgia | | CC | CRB | AIRLAN | Atlanta | 1984 | 1987 | |
Air Aurora | Illinois | | AX | AAI | | Aurora | 1977 | 2000 | Air taxi operator [52] |
Air Bahia | California | | | | | San Diego | 1979 | 1980 | |
Air Bama | Alabama | | | ABI | | Montgomery | 1978 | 1984 | Operated Beech 18, HP Jetstream [53] |
Air Berlin USA | | | AB | BER | AIR BERLIN | Berlin Tegel | 1978 | 1992 | Reconstituted as Air Berlin GmbH & Co. Luftverkehrs KG in 1990 under German company law. |
Air California | California | | OC | ACL | AIRCAL | Orange County | 1967 | 1987 | Merged into American Airlines. |
Air Cargo Express | Alaska | | 3K | FXG | CARGO EXPRESS | Fairbanks | 1995 | 1995 | [54] |
Air Cargo Hawaii | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 1977 | 1992 | Established in 1973 as Air Distribution. Operated Shorts Skyvan [55] |
Air Cargo Masters | South Dakota | | | | | Sioux Falls | 1995 | 2006 | Operated Beech 1900, Beech Queen Air, SA227 [56] |
Air Cargo Transport | New Jersey | | | | | Newark | 1945 | 1948 | Operated C-47 [57] [58] |
Air Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | | | | San Juan | 1975 | 1979 | |
Air Carolina | South Carolina | | FN | | | Florence | 1967 | 1980 | Established as Florence Airlines. Absorbed by Atlantis Airlines. [59] |
Air Carriers | Alabama | | | FCI | | Chilton County | 1989 | 2003 | Operated Cessna 208 Caravan [60] [61] |
Air Carriers Express Services | Georgia | | | | | Atlanta | 1985 | 1985 | Operated Cessna 208 Caravan [62] [63] |
Air Catalina | California | | | | | Catalina | 1965 | 1976 | Founded as Catalina Channel Airlines [64] |
Air Central | Minnesota | | | | | Minneapolis–Saint Paul | 1972 | 1973 | Operated Cessnas [65] |
Air Central | Oklahoma | | | | | Enid Woodring | 1978 | 1980 | Renamed to Trans-Central Airlines. Operated Piper Chieftain [66] |
Air Central | Texas | | | ACS | AIR CENTRAL | Harlingen | 1978 | 1979 | [46] |
Air Chaparral | Nevada | | | MAV | MAVERICK | Reno–Tahoe | 1980 | 1983 | |
Air Charter Service | California | | | | | Riverside | 1968 | 1972 | Operated Beech Bonanza, Cessna 150 [67] |
Air Charter West | | | | | | | 1974 | 1977 | [68] |
Air Chicago | Illinois | | | | | Chicago Midway | 1981 | 1982 | [69] |
Air Chico | California | | | | | Chico | 1980 | 1982 | [46] |
Air Colorado | Colorado | | | TAC | | Denver | 1980 | 1981 | [70] |
Air Commuter Airlines | Ohio | | | | | Cleveland Burke | 1967 | 1968 | Merged with Wright Airlines [46] |
Air Continental | Ohio | | | NAR | NIGHT AIR | Cleveland Hopkins | 1979 | 1989 | Acquired by US Check Airlines. Operated Learjet 23 [71] |
Air Contract Cargo | Michigan | | | | | Oakland County | 1983 | 1992 | To Gulf and Caribbean Cargo [72] |
Air Cortez | California | | AB | ACI | AIR CORTEZ | Ontario | 1977 | 1986 | |
Air Distribution | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 1973 | 1975 | To Air Cargo Hawaii. Operated Shorts Skyvan [73] |
Air East | Pennsylvania | | | | | Johnstown–Cambria | 1967 | 1974 | [74] |
Air East | Texas | | | | | Scholes–Galveston | 1969 | 1971 | Established as Aerosmith Airlines [75] |
Air East Airlines | Louisiana | | | | | Lafayette | 1970 | 1980 | Connected to New Orleans [46] |
Air Enterprises | West Virginia | | | | | Huntington Tri-State | 1969 | 1971 | Renamed to Tri-State Flying Service [76] |
Air Excursions | Alaska | | | | | Gustavus | 2013 | 2013 | Founded by Steve Wilson. To Alaska Seaplane [77] |
Air Exec Ontario | California | | | | | Ontario | 1981 | 1985 | Operated DC-3 [78] |
Air Express | Colorado | | | | | Denver | 1932 | | [46] |
Air Ferries | California | | | | | Alameda | 1930 | 1933 | Connected to San Francisco and Oakland [46] |
Air Florida | Florida | | QH | FLA | PALM | Miami | 1971 | 1984 | Air Florida Commuter was an affiliate [79] |
Air Florida Commuter | Florida | | 1980 |
Air Hawaii | Hawaii | | HP | | | Honolulu | 1977 | 1983 | Founded by Bruce McKenzie by a merger with Island Pacific Air and Air Molokai [80] |
Air Hawaii | Hawaii | | XK | AHC | AIR HAWAII | Honolulu | 1985 | 1986 | |
Air Hemet | California | | | | | Hemet-Ryan | 1964 | 1984 | Connected to desert cities with Los Angeles [46] |
Air Holiday International | Wisconsin | | | | | Milwaukee | 1973 | 1977 | Owned by Robert W. Larson. [81] [82] [83] |
Air Idaho | Idaho | | | | | Twin Falls | 1974 | 1975 | Founded as Trans Magic Airlines [84] |
Air Illinois | Illinois | | UX | AIL | AIR ILLINOIS | Springfield–Branson | 1970 | 1984 | |
Air Indiana | Indiana | | | | | Evansville | | | |
Air Iowa | Iowa | | | | | Muscatine | 1971 | 1974 | Operated Beech 18 [85] |
Air Irvine | California | | | | | Orange County | 1982 | 1983 | Acquired by Dash Air [86] |
Air Juneau | Alaska | | | | | Juneau | 2001 | 2001 | [87] |
Air Kentucky | Kentucky | | KN | AKY | AIR KENTUCKY | Owensboro–Daviess | 1970 | 1989 | Commenced operations in 1974. |
Air Ketchum | Idaho | | L3 | | | Hailey | 1999 | 2000 | Operated Beech King Air [88] |
Air L.A. | California | | UE | UED | | Los Angeles | 1982 | 1995 | Purchased Conquest Airlines. |
Air Lincoln | Illinois | | | ALN | CHICAGO LINCOLN | Chicago Midway | 1982 | 1982 | [46] |
Air Link Airlines | Colorado | | | LNK | AIR LINK | Denver | 1981 | 1984 | Founded as Valley Airpark. Acquired by Fort Collins Flying Service in 1981. [89] |
Air Link Airways | Texas | | | | | Houston Bush | 1986 | 1988 | [90] |
Air Marc | New York | | | | | New York Kennedy | 1984 | 1985 | Founded as Eastman Airways. [91] |
Air Metro Airlines | Michigan | | DZ | | | Traverse City | 1975 | 1976 | Operated Beech 99 [92] |
Air Miami | Florida | | VW | | | Miami | 1977 | 1980 | Renamed to North American Airlines. Operated CASA 212 [93] |
Air Michigan | Michigan | | | | | Kalamazoo | 1969 | 1972 | Operated Beech 99, Twin Otter, Cessna 310 [46] |
Air Mid-America Airlines | Illinois | | | | | Chicago Meigs Field | 1969 | 1970 | Operated DC-3 [94] |
Air Midway | Nebraska | | | | | Kearney | 1992 | 1994 | Founded by Clyde Mikelson. Operated Cessna 185, Piper Aztec [95] |
Air Midwest | Kansas | | ZV | AMW | AIR MIDWEST | Kansas City | 1965 | 2008 | Commenced operations in 1967. |
Air Missouri | Michigan | | BF | | | Kirksville | 1976 | 1978 | Established as Horizon Airways. Operated Cessna 207 [46] |
Air Molokai | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 1985 | 1988 | Founded as Tropic Airlines [46] |
Air National | | | 6A | ANE | AIR TARA | | 1981 | 1984 | [96] |
Air Nebraska | Nebraska | | | | | Kearney | 1976 | 1981 | Operated Cessna 402, Piper Navajo [97] |
Air Nevada | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1969 | 1970 | Established as Hawthorne-Nevada Airlines. Operated DC-3 [98] |
Air Nevada | Nevada | | | ANV | AIR NEVADA | Las Vegas McCarran | 1974 | 1998 | |
Air New England | Massachusetts | | NE | | | Boston | 1970 | 1981 | |
Air New Mexico | New Mexico | | | | | Las Cruces | 1980 | 1980 | Founded as Zia Airlines [99] |
Air New-Mexico | New Mexico | | | | | | 1961 | 1964 | [100] |
Air New Orleans | Alabama | | NT | ANL | AIR NEW ORLEANS | Birmingham–Shuttlesworth | 1981 | 1988 | |
Air New Ulm | Minnesota | | | | | New Ulm | 1973 | 1977 | Renamed to Lake State Airways [101] |
Air Newark Inc. | New Jersey | | 2N | NER | NEWAIR | Fort Lee | 1961 | 1964 | [102] |
Air Niagara | New York | | NA | | | Niagara Falls | 1978 | 1984 | |
Air North | Vermont | | NO | ANO | AIR NORTH | Burlington | 1963 | 1988 | Established as Northern Airways. Contract for Allegheny Commuter in 1970. Acquired by Brockway Air in 1983. [46] |
Air North | Alaska | | | | | Fairbanks | 1982 | 1984 | [103] |
Air O’Hare | Illinois | | | | | Chicago O'Hare | 1974 | 1975 | Operated C-47AQ Skytrain [104] |
Air Oasis | California | | | | | | 1962 | 1964 | Operated DC-3 [105] |
Air Olympia | Washington | | | | | Olympia | 1981 | 1982 | [106] |
Air Oregon | Oregon | | JT | | AIR OREGON | Portland | 1978 | 1981 | Merged with Horizon Air. |
Air Pac | Alaska | | 5P | APM | ALASKA PACIFIC | Dutch Harbor | 1982 | 1986 | Renamed to Air Pacific [107] |
Air Pacific | California | | IK | | | Oakland | 1970 | 1981 | Founded as Eureka Aero. Merged with Gem State Airlines to form Golden Gate Airlines. |
Air Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | | | | | Reading | 1976 | 1982 | |
Air Rajneesh | Oregon | | | | | Big Muddy Ranch | 1985 | 1985 | Operated Convair 240 [108] |
Air Resorts | California | | UZ | ARZ | AIR RESORTS | McClellan–Palomar | 1975 | 1996 | [109] |
Air Response North | New York | | | RPS | | New York-LaGuardia | 1986 | 2003 | Renamed to Global Air Response. Operated Learjet 24, Learjet 25, Learjet 35 [110] [111] |
Air San Juan | Washington | | | | | Friday Harbor | 1990 | 1991 | Founded as ChartAir [112] |
Air Sedona | Arizona | | | | | Sedona | 1983 | 1988 | [113] |
Air Services Inc. | | | | | | | | | |
Air Shamrock | | | | | | | 1999 | 2007 | |
Air Shannon | Virginia | | | | | Washington National | 1966 | 1967 | [114] |
Air South (Florida) | Florida | | GD | | SHAWNEE | Miami Homestead | 1986 | 1987 | Operated Trislander. Owner previously associated with Shawnee Airlines, Bahamas Caribbean Airline, Aero International, Bahamas Air Bridge and Argosy Airlines [115] [116] |
Air South (Georgia) | Georgia | | | | | Atlanta | 1969 | 1978 | Founded as Nationwide Airlines Southeast. Acquired by Florida Airlines in 1975. |
Air South (South Carolina) | South Carolina | | WV | KKB | KHAKI BLUE | Columbia (SC) | 1993 | 1997 | Commenced operations in 1994. |
Air Southwest | Texas | | | | | Dallas-Fort Worth | 1967 | 1971 | Renamed Southwest Airlines in 1971 [117] |
Air Spirit | Texas | | | SIP | AIR SPIRIT | Dallas Love Field | 1981 | 1984 | Founded as Cen-Tex Airlines. Operated Embraer Bandeirante [118] |
Air St. Thomas | Virgin Islands | | ZP | SST | | St. Thomas | 1975 | 2005 | |
Air Sunshine | Florida | | AG | AAT | | Miami | 1974 | 1979 | Founded as American Air Taxi in 1972. Absorbed by Air Florida [119] |
Air Tahoma | Ohio | | | HMA | TAHOMA | Columbus | 1995 | 2009 | [120] |
Air Taos | New mexico | | | | | Taos | 1977 | 1979 | [121] |
Air Taxi | South Carolina | | | | | Florence | 1969 | 1969 | Renamed Florence Airlines [122] |
Air Texana | Texas | | | | | Lufkin | 1980 | 1981 | [123] |
Air Traders International | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1980 | 1980 | Operated 2 L-1049 Super Constellation [124] [125] |
Air Traffic Service | | | | | | | 1972 | 1980 | [126] |
Air Trails | California | | | | | Salinas | 1960 | 1999 | Renamed Million Air Monterey. Operated Beech King Air, Cessna 310, Cessna 550 [127] |
Air Train | California | | | | | San Jose | 1983 | 1989 | Was a Part 204 commuter air carrier [128] |
Air Transit | Arizona | | | | | Show Low | 1959 | 1968 | [129] |
Air Transport Associates | Washington | | | | | Seattle | 1948 | 1957 | Operated C-46 [130] |
Air Transport Services | Alaska | | | | | Kodiak | 1984 | 1988 | Acquired by PenAir [131] |
Air Travel | New York | | | ATH | AIR TRAVEL | New York Kennedy | 1946 | 1946 | Renamed Calasia Air Transport [132] |
Air Trine | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1976 | 1977 | Operated Convair 880 [133] [134] |
Air U.S. | Wyoming Colorado | | | | | Riverton Denver | 1978 | 1984 | Renamed Excellair [135] |
Air Vectors Airways | New York | | | | | Newburgh | 1979 | 1985 | Founded by Jim Aspin. Contract carrier for FedEx. [136] |
Air Vegas | Nevada | | 6V | VGA | AIR VEGAS | North Las Vegas | 1971 | 2004 | |
Air Vermont | Vermont | | MU | VER | AIR VERMONT | Burlington | 1981 | 1984 | |
Air Virginia | Virginia | | CE | FVA | AIR VIRGINIA | Lynchburg | 1979 | 1988 | Established as Cardinal Airlines. Renamed AVAir in 1985 [137] |
Air-Lift Commuter | North Carolina | | 3L | WPK | | Raleigh Durham | 1976 | 1988 | Operated Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner [138] |
Air-Speed | Massachusetts | | | | | Hanscom Field | 1974 | 1980 | Operated Beech 99, Piper Cherokee [139] |
Air21 | California | | A7 | UBA | AIR21 | Fresno Yosemite | 1995 | 1997 | |
Airborne Express | Washington | | GB | ABX | ABEX | Seattle–Tacoma | 1946 | 2003 | Founded as Airborne Flower Traffic Association of California. Merged with Airborne Freight to form ABX Air. |
Airbourne Freight Company | Ohio | | | | | Wilmington | 1968 | 1980 | Renamed Airborne Express [140] |
Airborne Transport | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1948 | 1948 | Operated Douglas DST-144 [141] [142] |
Aircharters World | | | | WFT | WORLD FLIGHT | | 1994 | 1994 | Charter carrier [143] |
AirCal | California | | OC | ACL | AIRCAL | Orange County | 1981 | 1987 | Established as Air California [144] |
Aircraft Pool Leasing Coorporation | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1973 | ? | Operated L-1049 Super Constellation [145] |
AirExec | Maryland | | | | | Ocean City | 1973 | 1975 | Operated Twin Otter [146] |
Airgo Air Freight | Texas | | | | | Dallas Love Field | 1977 | 1981 | Operated Vickers Viscount, DC-3, Convair 440 [147] |
Airlift International | Florida | | RD | AIR | AIRLIFT | Miami | 1945 | 1991 | Founded as Riddle Airlines |
Airline Transport Carriers | California | | | | | Burbank | 1946 | 1948 | Founded by Charles C. Sherman and Edna K. Sherman Rebranded as California Central Airlines Operated Douglas DC-3 [148] |
Airmark Aviation | | | | TRH | TRANSTAR | | 1991 | 1993 | Renamed Transtar Airlines |
Airmark Corporation | | | | MRC | AIRMARC | | 1983 | 1985 | VIP charters carrier [149] |
AirNow | Vermont | | | RLR | RATTLER | Bennington | 1957 | 2011 | Established as Business Air |
AirOne | | | K3 | QTN | | | 1998 | 2002 | [150] |
Airpac | Alaska | | | APM | ALASKA PACIFIC | | 1978 | 1986 | [151] |
Airplane Charter by Mercer | | | | | | Hollywood Burbank | 1946 | 1955 | Renamed Mercer Airlines in 1955 [152] |
Airship Airways | | | | | | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood | 1998 | 2000 | Renamed Planet Airways [153] |
AirSpur | California | | OT | ASU | SPUR EXPRESS | Los Angeles | 1981 | 1985 | Acquired by Evergreen International Airlines [154] |
AirTrain Airlines | Pennsylvania | | | | | Pittsburgh | 1993 | 1995 | Renamed Jettrain in 1996 [155] |
AirTran Airways | Florida | | FL | TRS | CITRUS | Orlando | 1992 | 2014 | Merged into Southwest Airlines |
AirTran JetConnect | Georgia | | Atlanta | 2002 | 2004 | |
AirVantage Airlines | Minnesota | | 3N | AVV | AIRVANTAGE | St. Paul Downtown | 1981 | 1997 | [156] |
Airvia Transportation Company | New York | | | | | New York City | 1929 | 1929 | Operated Savoia-Marchetti S.55 [157] |
Airways International | Florida | | 4A | AWB | AIRNAT | Miami | 1981 | 1999 | |
Airways of New Mexico | New Mexico | | | ANM | AIR NEW MEXICO | | 1977 | 1984 | [158] |
Aladdin Air Services | Utah | | | | | Panguitch | 1996 | 2001 | [159] |
Alair | Alabama | | KB | | | Anniston | 1977 | 1979 | [160] |
Alamo Jet | Alabama | | KB | | | Stinson | 1992 | 1998 | Charter carrier [161] |
Alaska Aerial Transportation Company | Alaska | | | | | | 1924 | 1924 | [162] |
Alaska Air Taxi | Alaska | | | | | | 1995 | 2006 | Operated Texas Turbines Super Otter [163] |
Alaska Air Transport | Alaska | | | | | Juneau | 1935 | 1939 | Merged with Marine Airways to form Alaska Coastal Airlines. |
Alaska Cargo | Alaska | | | | | | 2004 | 2004 | [164] |
Alaska Central Airways | Alaska | | | | | Ruby | 1974 | 1981 | Founded as Tanana Air Taxi. Acquired by Harold’s Air Service in 1981. [165] |
Alaska Coastal Airlines | Alaska | | | | | Juneau | 1939 | 1968 | Acquired by Alaska Airlines. |
Alaska Flying Tours | Alaska | | | | | Fairbanks | 2001 | 2001 | Tour service operator [166] |
Alaska Interior Airlines | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage Merrill Field | 1936 | 1937 | Acquired by Star Air Lines [167] |
Alaska International Air | Alaska | | BF | AKA | INTERALAS | Anchorage | 1972 | 1984 | Founded as Interior Airways. Acquired by Great Northern Airlines in 1984 and renamed Markair [168] |
Alaska Island Air | Alaska | | | | | Petersburg Johnson | 1968 | 1988 | Founded as Lon's Flying Service [169] |
Alaska Island Airways | Alaska | | | | | Juneau | 1946 | 1954 | Merged with Alaska Coastal Airlines [170] |
Alaska Mountain Flying Service | Alaska | | | | | | 1992 | 2009 | [171] |
Alaska Southern Airways | Alaska | | | | | | 1932 | 1934 | [172] |
Alaska Star Airlines | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 1932 | 1944 | Founded as Star Air Lines. Renamed Alaska Airlines in 1944. [173] |
Alaska West Air | Alaska | | | | | | 1989 | 2009 | [174] |
Alaska-Washington Airways | Alaska | | | | | | 1929 | 1930 | Acquired by Seattle-Wenatchee-Yakima Airways [175] |
Alaskan Airways | Alaska | | | | | | 1930 | 1932 | Acquired by Pacific Alaska Airways [176] |
Alaskan Coastal Airways | Alaska | | | | | | 1986 | 1986 | [177] |
Albany Air | New York | | YU | | | Albany | 1979 | 1979 | |
Albany Air Service | New York | | | | | Albany | 1962 | 1964 | [178] |
Alii Air Hawaii | Hawaii | | | | | | 1970 | 1975 | Renamed Brandt Air in 1975 [179] |
ALL | Colorado | | | | | Front Range | 1988 | 2006 | Cargo charter [180] |
All American Aviation | Pennsylvania | | | | | Pittisburgh | 1937 | 1939 | |
All Hawaii Air | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 1979 | 1979 | Cargo carrier [181] |
All Star Airlines | Massachusetts | | | ASR | ALL STAR | Woburn | 1985 | 1993 | Charter carrier [182] |
All American Airways | California | | | | | Oakland | 1948 | 1959 | Renamed to Saturn Airways. Operated C-46 [183] |
All West Freight | Alaska | | | | | Nikiski | 1996 | 2012 | Operated Fairchild C-123 Provider [184] |
All-America Airlines | California | | | | | Long Beach | 1994 | 1994 | [185] |
Allcair Air Transport | Texas | | | | | Laredo | 1993 | 1993 | Operated Douglas C-118 [186] |
Allegheny Air Cargo | Pennsylvania | | | | | Pittsburgh | 1947 | 1947 | Operated Douglas DC-3 [187] |
Allegheny Airlines | Pennsylvania | | AL | ALO | ALLEGHENY | Pittsburgh | 1959 | 1979 | Renamed to US Airways |
Allegheny Commuter | Pennsylvania | | | | | DuBois | 1969 | | Renamed to Crown Airways |
Allen Air Commuter | Kansas | | | | | Topeka | 1967 | 1975 | Founded as Allen Aviation. Acquired by Capitol Airlines [188] |
Alliance Airlines | Illinois | | | ALZ | ALLIANCE AIR | Chicago O'Hare | 1984 | 1988 | Acquired by Great Lakes Airlines [189] |
Allied Air Freight | Florida | | | | | Miami-Opa Locka | 1996 | 2001 | Operated Douglas C-47 [190] |
Aloha Airlines | Hawaii | | AQ | AAH | ALOHA | Honolulu | 1946 | 2008 | Founded as Trans-Pacific Airlines. Cargo operations still active under Aloha Air Cargo. |
Aloha IslandAir | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 1987 | 1992 | Founded as Princeville Airways. Acquired by Island Air [191] |
Aloha Pacific | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 1984 | 1985 | [192] |
Alpha Air | California | | 7V | ALH | ALPHA AIR | Los Angeles | 1976 | 1995 | [193] |
Alpine Airbus | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1973 | 1973 | [194] |
Alpine Aviation | Nevada | | | | | Nevada County Air Park | 2005 | 2005 | [195] |
Alpine Aviation Corporation | Illinois | | | | | Chicago Rockford | 1980 | 1981 | [196] |
Altair Airlines | Pennsylvania | | AK | AAR | ALTAIR | Philadelphia | 1967 | 1982 | |
Altus Airlines | Oklahoma | | 2U | AXS | ALTUS | Altus/Quartz Mountain | 1985 | 1987 | [197] |
Alyeska Air Service | Alaska | | | ALY | ALYESKA | Anchorage | 1982 | 1989 | [198] |
Ambassadair | Indiana | | | | | Indianapolis | 1974 | 1981 | Operated Boeing 720, Boeing 727 [199] |
Ambassador Airlines | Nevada | | | | | Las Vegas McCarran | 1963 | 1968 | Subsidiary of American Trans Air. Operated Beech 18, Aero Commander 500 [200] |
Amelia Airways | Florida | | | | | Fort Lauderdale Executive | 1993 | 2000 | On-demand service Operated Piper Navajo Chieftain [201] |
America West Airlines | Arizona | | HP | AWE | CACTUS | Phoenix Sky Harbor | 1981 | 2005 | Commenced operations in 1983. Merged with US Airways then merged with American Airlines |
America West Express | Nevada | | RP | CHQ | AIR SHUTTLE CHATAUQUA | Las Vegas McCarran | 1985 | 2005 | |
AmericAir | Oklahoma | | DE | AAR | PATRIOT | Washington Dulles | 1983 | 1985 | [202] |
American Air Taxi | Florida | | | | | Key West | 1960 | 1974 | Renamed Air Sunshine (1974). Operated Beech 99, Piper Aztec, de Havilland Heron [203] |
American Air Transport | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1948 | 1954 | Operated as The Cloud Coach. Operated C-46 [204] |
American Central Airlines | Iowa | | JR | AAR | | Dubuque | 1980 | 1984 | [205] |
American Export Airlines | New York | | | | | New York-LaGuardia | 1937 | 1945 | Renamed to American Overseas Airlines [206] |
American Flyers Airline | Oklahoma | | | | | Ardmore | 1949 | 1971 | Taken over by Universal Airlines |
American International Airways | Florida | | | | | Key West | 1926 | 1927 | Seaplane service to Havana [207] |
American International Airways | New York | | | | | New York-LaGuardia | 1947 | 1949 | Operated Boeing 314, DC-4 [208] |
American International Airways | Pennsylvania | | CB | CKS | | Philadelphia | 1967 | 2000 | Merged with Kitty Hawk International and rebranded as Kalitta Air |
American International Airways | New Jersey | | | | | Atlantic City | 1981 | 1984 | Established as Commercial Airlines in 1980. Operated MD-80, DC-9 [209] |
American Overseas Airlines | New York | | | | | New York-LaGuardia | 1937 | 1950 | Founded as American Export Airlines. Merged with Pan American Airways |
American Overseas | | | | | | | 1980s | 1980s | |
American Railway Express | District of Columbia | | | | | Washington, D.C. | 1918 | 1929 | Freight service Renamed Railway Express Agency Operated an Handley Page converted bomber [210] |
American Trans-Oceanic Company | New York | | | | | Port Washington | 1916 | 1928 | |
AmericanConnection | Illinois | | AX | | | Chicago O'Hare | 2001 | 2014 | |
AMI Jet Charter | California | | | | | San Francisco | 1998 | 2007 | [211] |
Amistad Airline | Texas | | | | | Del Rio | 1966 | 1980 | [212] |
Anchorage Air Transport | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 1927 | 1928 | [213] |
Anchorage Airways | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 1981 | 1982 | Established as Air Logistics [214] |
Angier Flying Service | North Carolina | | | | | Piedmont Triad | 1975 | 1975 | [215] |
Antelope Airlines | Wyoming | | | | | Gillette–Campbell | 1974 | 1975 | [216] |
Apache Airlines | Arizona | | | | | Phoenix Sky Harbor | 1957 | 1970 | [217] |
Apex Air Cargo | | | | APX | PARCEL EXPRESS | Honolulu | 1987 | 1989 | [218] |
Apollo Airways | California | | | SNC | SONIC | Santa Barbara | 1969 | 1982 | Renamed to Pacific Coast Airlines [219] |
Appalachian Airlines | Tennessee | | DI | | | Tri-Cities | 1977 | 1980 | |
Arctic Circle Air | Alaska | | 5F | CIR | AIR ARCTIC | Fairbanks | 1973 | 2009 | Acquired by Era Alaska |
Arctic Frontier Airways | Washington | | | | | Seattle–Tacoma | 1948 | 1948 | [220] |
Arctic Guide Air Taxi | Alaska | | | | | Barrow | 1974 | 1985 | Charter carrier [221] |
Arctic Pacific Airlines | Washington | | | | | Seattle-Tacoma | 1947 | 1970 | Charter carrier [222] |
Arctic Transportation Services | Alaska | | 7S | RCT | | Anchorage | 1950 | 2010 | Rebranded as Ryan Air Services |
Argonaut Airways | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1946 | 1966 | Operated DC-3, C-46 [223] |
Argosy Air Lines | Florida | | VJ | ARY | GOSEY | Fort Lauderdale Executive | 1971 | 1978 | [224] |
Aries Air Cargo | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1973 | 1973 | Cargo carrier [225] |
Arista International Airlines | New York | | RY | | | New York Kennedy | 1982 | 1984 | Established as Tourlite International Airlines in 1980. |
Arizona Air | Arizona | | | AAE | ARIZONA | Scottsdale | 1992 | 1995 | Scenic flights and charter [226] |
Arizona Airways | Arizona | | | AAE | ARIZONA | Phoenix Sky Harbor | 1946 | 1950 | Merged with Summit Airways and Monarch Air Lines to form Frontier Airlines (1950–1986) |
Arizona Airways (1993–1996) | Arizona | | VZ | AZY | ARIZAIR | Tucson | 1993 | 1996 | To Arizona Airways Express |
Arizona Airways Express | Arizona | | | | | Tucson | 1995 | 1996 | Merged into Great Lakes Airlines [227] |
Arizona Express | Arizona | | K7 | TMP | TEMPE | Phoenix Sky Harbor | 2001 | 2005 | [228] |
Arizona Helicopters | Arizona | | | | | Chandler | 1970s | 1970s | Operated in Laos during the 1970s |
Arizona Pacific Airlines | Arizona | | | AZP | ARIZONA PACIFIC | Flagstaff | 1981 | 1982 | Began as Omni Airlines [229] |
Arkansas Traveler Airline | Arkansas | | | HOG | HOG-AIR | | 1984 | 1984 | [230] |
Armstrong Air Service | Alaska | | | | | Dillingham | 1985 | 1989 | [231] |
Arnold Air Service | Alaska | | | | | | 1946 | 1946 | Operated Douglas DC-3 [232] |
Aroostook Airways | Maine | | | | | Presque Isle | 1969 | 1972 | |
Arrow Air | Florida | | JW | APW | BIG A | Miami | 1947 | 2010 | |
Arrowhead International Airlines | Minnesota | | | | | Duluth | 1929 | 1930 | Merged with Canadian-American Airlines Operated Lockheed Vega [233] |
ASA (Alaska Southcoast Airways) | Alaska | | | | | | 1974 | 1974 | [234] |
ASA International Airlines | Florida | | | | | Tampa | 1961 | 1965 | Founded as Aerovias Sud Americana Inc. [235] |
ASAP (All Seasons Air Pacific) | California | | | | ALL | Long Beach | 1981 | 1983 | [236] |
Asheville Flying Service | North Carolina | | | | | Asheville | 1982 | 1983 | [237] |
Aspen Airways | Colorado | | AP | ASP | ASPEN AIR | Denver Stapleton | 1952 | 1990 | Merged into Air Wisconsin |
Aspen Airways Air Taxi | Colorado | | | | | Aspen | 1953 | 1955 | Renamed Aspen Airways [238] |
Aspen Mountain Air | Colorado | | AD | | | Denver | 1996 | 1998 | See Lone Star Airlines |
Associated Air Transport | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1949 | 1962 | Operated Sikorsky VS-44, Dc-3]], C-46, L-749 [239] |
Astar Air Cargo | Florida | | ER | DHL | DAHL | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky | 1969 | 2012 | |
Astec Air East | New York | | | AAE | AIR EAST | Canandaigua | 1974 | 1982 | [240] |
Astro Airways | Arkansas | | JW | AST | ASTRO-AIR | Pine Bluff | 1969 | 1995 | [241] |
ATA Airlines | Indiana | | TZ | AMT | AMTRAN | Chicago Midway | 1973 | 2008 | Founded asAmbassadair |
ATA Connection | Illinois | | | | | 1983 | |
Atlanta Express | Georgia | | FX | | AYTEX | Atlanta | 1982 | 1987 | Merged into Sunbird Airlines [242] |
Atlanta Helicopter Airways | Georgia | | | | CITRUS | Atlanta | 1960 | n/a | [243] |
Atlanta Skylarks | Georgia | | | SLK | SKYLARK | Atlanta | 1966 | 1986 | Renamed Independent Air in 1986 [244] |
Atlantic & Pacific Airlines | Texas | | | | | | 1947 | 1947 | Operated Douglas DC-3 [245] |
Atlantic Air | Massachusetts | | | GAA | ATLANTIC AIR | Boston | 1981 | 1984 | Renamed to BEX Business Express [246] |
Atlantic and Gulf Coast Airlines | South Carolina | | | | | Savannah-Hilton Head | 1937 | 1937 | [247] |
Atlantic Central Airlines | Maine | | | | | Bangor | 1975 | 1976 | Operated Beech 18 [248] |
Atlantic City Airlines | New Jersey | | | | | Atlantic City | 1965 | 1977 | Renamed Southern Jersey Airways Operated Twin Otters [249] |
Atlantic Coast Airlines | Virginia | | | | | Washington Dulles | 1989 | 2006 | Merged into Independence Air |
Atlantic Coast Jet | | | | | | | 1989 | 2003 | Operated Dornier 328JET [250] |
Atlantic Gulf Airlines | Florida | | ZY | AGF | ATLANTIC GULF | Tampa | 1983 | 1986 | |
Atlantic North Airlines | New Hampshire | | 8M | SDD | SKY DANCE | Laconia | 1993 | 1993 | Merged into Ocean Air Tradeways |
Atlantic Seaboard Airlines | New Jersey | | | | | Bader Field | 1960 | 1961 | [251] |
Atlantic Southeast Airlines | Georgia | | EV | ASQ | ACEY | Detroit | 1979 | 2011 | Merged into ExpressJet |
Atlantis Airlines | North Carolina | | SG | AAO | ATLANTIS AIR | Charlotte | 1979 | 1991 | Branded as Eastern Atlantis Express |
ATO America Trans-Oceanic Company | Florida New York | | | | | Miami Long Island City | 1920 | 1921 | Acquired by Curtiss-Metropolitan Airplane Company [252] |
Atorie Air | Texas | | | PAV | ATORIE-AIR | El Paso | 1983 | 1986 | Founded as Pronto Aviation Services Operated Douglas DC-3 [253] |
ATX Air Services | Texas | | | | | Fort Worth Alliance | 2016 | 2016 | Rebranded to Hillwood Airways [254] |
Austin Express | Texas | | 7V | TXX | COWBOY | Austin-Bergstrom | 1997 | 2000 | |
Austral Aviation | Wisconsin | | AL | SYX | | Milwaukee Mitchell | 1994 | 2008 | [255] |
Av Atlantic | Florida | | G6 | KYC | DOLPHIN | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood | 1991 | 1996 | |
AVAir | North Carolina | | | | | Raleigh Durham | 1986 | 1989 | Former American Eagle operator [256] |
Avalon Air Transport | California | | | | | Long Beach | 1953 | 1963 | Founded as Catalina Air Transport [257] |
Avery Aviation | Wyoming | | | | | Greybull | 1961 | 1969 | Operated Consolidated Privateer, Cessna 180 [258] |
Aviation Enterprises | Texas | | | | | | 1940 | 1947 | Renamed to Trans-Texas Airways [259] |
Aviation Services Inc. | Kansas | | | | | Wichita | 1967 | 1969 | Founded by Gary M. Adamson. Renamed to Air Midwest [260] |
Aviex Jet | Texas | | | | | Houston | 1979 | 1999 | Operated Super King Air 200, Learjet 25, Aero Commander 1121 Jet Commander [261] |
Avolar | Nevada | | | VLX | AVOLAR | Las Vegas McCarran | 2001 | 2002 | [262] |
Aztec Air | Florida | | | | | Panama City | 1967 | 1996 | [263] |
Aztec Air | California | | | | | Long Beach | 1989 | 1989 | Charter carrier [264] |
Aztec Airlines | Texas | | | | | El Paso | 1966 | 1967 | [265] |
B |
B & C Aviation | Tennessee | | | | | Nashville | 1973 | 1999 | Operated Learjet 24, Learjet 25 [266] |
B Airways | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1989 | 1990 | Operated Douglas DC-3 [267] |
B Airways Air Cargo | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1997 | 1999 | [268] |
B.A.S Airlines | Ohio | | | | | Youngstown–Warren | 1981 | 1988 | Founded as Skyline Motors Aviation [269] |
Bahamas Express | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1987 | 1988 | Established as Pacific Inter Air. Renamed Majestic Air [270] |
Baja Cortez Airlines | California | | XT | BCA | | Los Angeles | 1977 | 1983 | Operated BN Islander, Riley Turbo Skyliner [271] |
Bakersfield Aviation Services | California | | | | | Meadows Field | 1973 | 1975 | Operated Beech E18S, Beech Bonanza [272] |
Ball Brothers | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 1977 | 1980 | Fresh fish carrier [273] |
Baltia Air Lines | New York | | | | | New York Kennedy | 1989 | 2018 | Renamed to USGlobal Airways [274] |
Baltimore Air Charter | Maryland | | | | | Baltimore–Washington | 2004 | 2006 | [275] |
Baltimore Airways | Maryland | | | | | Logan Field | 1929 | 1930 | [276] |
Baltimore Airways Company | Maryland | | | | | Park Heights, Baltimore | 1929 | 1929 | [277] |
Baltimore Helicopter Services | Maryland | | | | | Baltimore–Washington | 2004 | 2015 | Renamed GrandView Aviation [278] |
Bar Harbor Airlines | Maine | | QO | AJC | BAR HARBOR | Bangor | 1950 | 1971 | Merged into Continental Express |
Barnes and Gorst Air Mail | Washington | | | | | Seattle Lake Union Seaplane Base | 1927 | 1927 | [279] |
Barnhill & McGee Airways | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 1931 | 1932 | Forerunner of McGee Airways |
Barr Air Transport | Alaska | | | | | | 1935 | 1938 | Founded by Frank Barr [280] |
BAX Global | Florida | | 8W | | | Miami | 1997 | 2011 | Founded as Burlington Northern Airfreight then Burlington Air Express [281] |
Bay Valley Air Service | California | | | | | San Francisco | 1947 | | |
Bee Line | Connecticut | | | | | | 1923 | 1925 | Renamed to Colonial Air Transport [282] |
Beeson Aviation | Kansas | | | | | Concordia | 1965 | 1968 | Absorbed by Trans-Mo Airlines [283] |
Bellair | Alaska | | 7G | | | Anchorage | 1980 | 2004 | Operated Volpar Turboliner [284] |
Bellingham-Seattle Airways | Washington | | | | | Bellingham | 1964 | 1969 | Merged into Puget Sound Airlines [285] |
Bennett-Rodebaugh Company | Alaska | | | | | | 1927 | 1927 | [286] |
Best Airlines | Kentucky | | IW | BST | BESTWAY | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky | 1982 | 1986 | |
Biegert Aviation | Arizona | | | | | Chandler | 1984 | 1993 | Cargo carrier Operated Douglas C-54 [287] |
Big Sky Airlines | Montana | | GQ | BSY | BIG SKY | Billings Logan | 1978 | 2008 | |
Bimini Island Air | Florida | | | BMY | BIMINI | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood | 1993 | 2010 | AOC removed by the FAA in 2011 |
BizAir Shuttle | Ohio | | UE | | | DuPage | 2015 | 2015 | Established as BizCharters Operated Dornier 328, ERJ-135 [288] |
Blackhawk Airways | Wisconsin | | BB | BAK | BLACKHAWK | Southern Wisconsin | 1970 | 1996 | Operated Beech E18S [289] |
Blatz Airlines | California | | | | | Burbank | 1947 | 1962 | Operated DC-3, DC-4 [290] |
Blatz Airlines | Nevada | | | | | | 1963 | 1963 | Renamed Nevada Airlines. Formed Hawthorne-Nevada Airlines in 1964 [291] |
Blue Dog | Washington | | | | | Omak | 1968 | 1971 | Commuter services Operated Aero Commander 560, Cessna 182 [292] |
Blue Line Air Express | Wisconsin | | 4U | | | Medford | 1982 | 1982 | [293] |
Blue Moon Aviation | Minnesota | | | | | Minneapolis–Saint Paul | 2003 | 2005 | [294] |
Bluebell Aviation | | | | | | | 1969 | 1973 | Renamed to Wrangler Aviation [295] |
Bluegrass Airlines | Kentucky | | | | | Bowling Green | 1944 | 1946 | |
Bo-S-Aire | | | | BAA | BOWMAN AIR | | 1979 | 1989 | [296] |
Bob Harris Flying Service | Alaska | | | | | Bethel | 1956 | 1975 | Renamed Yute Air Alaska [297] |
Boeing Air Transport | Washington | | | | | Boeing Field | 1927 | 1930 | To United Airlines |
Boise Aviation | Idaho | | | | | Boise | 1967 | 1971 | Third-level services [298] |
Bonanza Air Lines | Nevada | | BL | | BONANZA | North Las Vegas | 1945 | 1968 | Merged with Pacific Air Lines and West Coast Airlines to form Air West which was then renamed Hughes Airwest |
Bonanza Airlines | Arizona | | | BON | BONAIR | Phoenix Sky Harbor | 1978 | 1978 | Established as Mountain West Airlines [299] |
Borrego Springs Airline | California | | | | | Borrego Valley | 1968 | 1968 | Renamed Sun Aire Lines [300] |
Boone County Airlines | Kentucky | | | | | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky | 1946 | 1950 | |
Boston Airport Corporation | Massachusetts | | | | | East Boston | 1925 | 1926 | Operated Travel Air [301] |
Boston Maine-Central Vermont Airways | Massachusetts | | | | | Boston | 1933 | 1940 | Formed by the merger of Boston Maine Airways and Central Vermont Airways [302] |
Boston-Maine Airways | Massachusetts | | | | | Boston | 1931 | 1933 | [303] |
Boston-Maine Airways | New Hampshire | | E9 | CXS | CLIPPER CONNECTION | Hanscom Field | 1999 | 2008 | |
Bowen Air Lines | Texas | | | | | Dallas/Fort Worth | 1930 | 1935 | Acquired by Braniff Airways [304] |
Braniff International Airways | Texas | | BN | BNF | BRANIFF | Dallas/Fort Worth | 1930 | 1982 | Went bankrupt, some assets sold to Braniff Inc. |
Braniff (1983–1990) | Texas | | BN | BNF | BRANIFF | Dallas/Fort Worth | 1983 | 1990 | Officially Braniff Inc. aka Braniff II; went bankrupt, assets sold to Braniff International Airlines, Inc. |
Braniff (1991–1992) | Texas | | BE | | | Dallas/Fort Worth | 1991 | 1992 | Officially Braniff International Airlines, Inc. aka Braniff III; went bankrupt |
Branson Airlines | Florida | | E5 | BRN | BRANSON | Fort Lauderdale Executive | 1992 | 1994 | Founded as Dash Airlines renamed Eclipse Airlines [305] |
Bremerton Air Taxi | Washington | | | | | Bremerton | 1964 | 1969 | [306] |
Britt Airways | Indiana | | RU | BTA | BRIT-AIR | Terre Haute | 1956 | 1985 | Founded as Vercoa Air Service. Merged into ExpressJet |
Bristol Bay Air Service | Alaska | | | | | Bethel | 1930 | 1943 | Acquired by Ray Petersen Flying Service [307] |
Brockway Air | Vermont | | SS | CVA | BROCKWAY | Burlington | 1984 | 1989 | Merged into Metro Airlines |
Brooks Air Transport | Alaska | | | | | Fairbanks | 1986 | 1986 | Renamed to Brools Fuel [308] |
Brooks Fuel | Alaska | | | | | Fairbanks | 1986 | 2008 | Founded as Brools Air Transport [309] |
Brower Airlines | Iowa | | UD | | | Fort Madison | 1968 | 1980 | Founded as Brower Airways [310] |
Buckeye Air Service | Ohio | | | | | Cleveland Hopkins | 1967 | 1971 | [311] |
Budyer Air | Wyoming | | | | | Evanston | 1981 | 1982 | [312] |
Buffalo Airways | Texas | | BV | BVA | | Waco | 1982 | 1996 | Operated Boeing 707, Canadair CL-44, Douglas DC-8 [313] |
Buker Airlines | Vermont | | | | | Hartness | 1966 | 1968 | Renamed to Trans East Airlines [314] |
Burdett Air Lines | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1919 | 1927 | Jack Frye merged with Aero Corporation and Standard Air Lines [315] |
Burlington Air Express | California | | 8W | | | Miami | 1986 | 1997 | Merged into BAX Global |
Burlington Airways | | | | BUR | BURLINGTON | | 1979 | 1982 | [316] |
Burlington Northern Airfreight | Florida | | | | | | 1972 | 1985 | Renamed to Burlington Air Express [317] |
Business Express Airlines | Massachusetts | | HQ | GAA | BIZEX | Boston | 1982 | 2000 | Merged into American Eagle Airlines |
Byerly Airlines | Illinois | | | | | Jacksonville | 1955 | 1961 | [318] |
C |
C & M Airlines | California | | | REM | REM | Inyokern | 1979 | 1985 | Renamed to Indian Wells Airlines [319] |
C & R Connair | Connecticut | | | | | | 1967 | 1971 | Scheduled commuter services [320] |
C-Air | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1964 | 1969 | [321] |
Cable Commuter Airlines | California | | | | | Cable | 1967 | 1969 | Established as Cable Air Taxi. Acquired by Aero Commuter [322] |
Cal Aero Airways | California | | | | | Van Nuys | 1969 | 1970 | [323] |
Cal Jet Elite Air | California | | | | | McClellan–Palomar | 2015 | 2018 | [324] |
Cal Sierra Airlines | California | | | | | San Diego | 1980 | 1981 | |
Calasia Air Transport | California | | | | | New York Kennedy | 1946 | 1950 | Established as Air Travel [325] |
California Air Charter | California | | | CAC | CALAIR | Hollywood Burbank | 1968 | 1971 | Renamed to Ameriflight [326] |
California Air Commuter | California | | | CLM | CALCOM | Oakland | 1975 | 1979 | Owned by Martin Aviation [327] |
California Air Freight | California | | | | | | 1959 | 1959 | [328] |
California Air Shuttle | California | | | | | Oxnard | 1990 | 1990 | Operated Swearingen Metro [329] |
California Airways | California | | | | | Santa Monica | 1979 | 1986 | [330] |
California Central Airlines | California | | | | | Hollywood Burbank | 1947 | 1954 | |
California Eastern Airways | California | | | | | Oakland | 1946 | 1961 | Military contract charter [331] |
California Hawaiian Airlines | California | | | | | | 1946 | 1962 | Suspended operations in 1952, restarted in 1955 [332] |
California Pacific (CalPac) | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1993 | 2005 | To Mesa Airlines |
California Pacific Airlines | California | | 4A | DYN | AERODYNAMICS | McClellan–Palomar | 2018 | 2019 | |
California Seaboard Airlines | Arizona | | | SSB | CAL SEABOARD | Laughlin/Bullhead | 1983 | 1986 | [333] |
California Time Airlines | California | | | | | Hollywood Burbank | 1963 | 1963 | [334] |
Cal-State Airlines | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1968 | 1970 | [335] |
Cam Air International | | | OX | FLM | BOXHAULER | | 1983 | 1986 | Established as Fleming International Airways. Renamed to Spirit of America Airlines [336] |
Canadian Colonial Airways | New York | | | | | New York Flushing | 1928 | 1942 | Operated flight to Montreal. Renamed to Colonial Airlines [337] |
Canadian-American Airlines | Minnesota | | | | | Minneapolis | 1929 | 1930 | Merged with Arrowhead International Airlines Operated Lockheed Vega, Travel Air 6000 [338] |
Cape & Islands Air Freight | Massachusetts | | | | | Nantucket | ? | 2015 | Division of Island Airlines |
Cape & Islands Airline | Massachusetts | | | | | Hyannis Barnstable | 1951 | 1970 | To Air New England Operated Beech 18, Twin Otter, Piper Navajo, Piper Aztec [339] |
Cape Smythe Air | Alaska | | 6C | CMY | CAPE SMYTHE AIR | Barrow | 1975 | 2005 | To Frontier Flying Service |
Capital Airlines | Washington, D.C. | | CA | CAP | CAPITOL | Washington National | 1948 | 1961 | Merged into United Airlines |
Capital Cargo International Airlines | Florida | | PT | CCI | CAPPY | Miami | 1996 | 2013 | Merged into ATI Air Transport International |
Capitol Airlines | Kansas | | | | | Manhattan | 1965 | 1989 | Acquired by Allen Aviation. Operated as Braniff Express [340] |
Capitol Airways | Tennessee | | CL | CL | CAPITOL | Hub New York Kennedy | 1946 | 1984 | |
Cardinal Airlines | Virginia | | NN | CDA | | Lynchburg | 1968 | 1976 | Renamed to Air Virginia, Operated BN Islander, Beech 99 [341] |
Cargo 360 | Washington | | GG | GGC | LONGHAUL | Seattle–Tacoma | 2005 | 2008 | To Southern Air |
Caribair | Puerto Rico | | ZQ | SFG | CARIB SUN | San Juan | 1939 | 1973 | Merged into Eastern Airlines |
Caribbean Express | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1983 | 1988 | Operated Embraer Bandeirante, Cessna 402B [342] |
Caribbean Sun | Florida | | | | | Miami | 2002 | 2007 | To World Atlantic Airlines |
Carnival Air Lines | Florida | | KW | CAA | CARNIVAL AIR | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood | 1988 | 1998 | Merged into Pan Am (1996), to Boston-Maine Airways |
Cascade Airways | Washington | | CZ | CCD | CASCADE | Seattle-Tacoma | 1969 | 1986 | |
Casino Express Airlines | Nevada | | XP | CXP | CASINO EXPRESS | Las Vegas McCarran | 1987 | 2005 | Rebranded as Xtra Airways |
Catalina Air Lines | California | | | CAI | CATALINA | Long Beach | 1963 | 1967 | Established as Catalina Air Transport, then Avalon Air Transport (1953), then Catalina Air Lines (1963), acquired by Golden West Airlines |
Catalina Air Transport | California | | | | | Long Beach | 1940 | 1953 | Renamed to Avalon Air Transport [343] |
Catalina Channel Airlines | California | | | | | Pebble Beach | 1959 | 1966 | Founded by Bob Hanley. Used seaplane [344] |
Catlin Aviation | Oklahoma | | | CLN | CATLIN | Durant Eaker Field | 1969 | 1969 | Commuter services [345] |
Catskill Airways | New York | | KF | CSK | CATSKILL | Utica | 1966 | 1989 | Merged into Mohawk Airlines [346] |
CCAir | North Carolina | | ED | CDL | CAROLINA | Charlotte Douglas | 1987 | 2002 | [347] |
Centennial Airlines | Wyoming | | BE | CNL | WYO-AIR | Laramie | 1981 | 1987 | Merged into Mesa Airlines |
Cen-Tex Airlines | Texas | | | CTX | CEN-TEX | | 1981 | 1983 | Commuter services [348] |
Central Airlines (1934) | Virginia | | | | | Washington National | 1934 | 1936 | Merged into Pennsylvania Airlines. Operated Stinson Model A [349] |
Central Airlines | Texas | | | | | Dallas Love Field | 1949 | 1967 | Merged into Frontier Airlines (1950–1986) |
Central American International | California | | | | | Louisville | 1973 | 1987 | Established as Central American Airways Flying Service. To Trans International Airlines [350] |
Central Iowa Airlines | Iowa | | | | | Davenport | 1973 | 1973 | Operated DC-3 [351] |
Central State Airlines | Ohio | | | | | Cleveland Shea Field | 1989 | 1990 | Operated BAe Jetstream [352] |
Centurion Air Cargo | Florida | | WE | CWC | CHALLENGE CARGO | Miami | 1985 | 2018 | Formerly known as Challenge Air Cargo |
Century 2000 | | | | | | | 1971 | 1973 | [353] |
Century Airlines | Michigan | | | | | Oakland County | 1973 | 1996 | Established as S.S. Airways [354] |
Century Airlines | California | | | | | Arcata–Eureka | 1977 | 1981 | Established as Six Rivers Air Service [355] |
Century Pacific Air Lines | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1931 | 1932 | To American Airways [356] |
CF Air Freight | | | | | | | 1986 | 1989 | Established as Consolidated Freightways. Merged into Emery Worldwide [357] |
CHA California Hawaiian | | | | | | | 1946 | 1962 | Charter airline [358] |
Chalk’s Flying Service | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1919 | 1936 | Renamed to Chalk's International Airlines Operated Stinson Voyager with floats [359] |
Chalk's International Airlines | Florida | | BK | CHK | CHALKS | Miami Seaplane Base | 1996 | 1996 | Established as Red Arrow Flying Service in 1917 Operated DHC-7 Dash 7, Grumman Albatross, Grumman Mallard [360] |
Chalk’s Ocean Airways | Florida | | OP | CHK | | Miami | 1999 | 2005 | Renamed to Chalk's International Airlines Operated Beech 1900D, Grumman G-73 Mallard, Saab 340A [361] |
Challenge Air Cargo | Florida | | WE | CWC | CHALLENGE CARGO | Miami | 1985 | 2001 | Charter airline [362] |
Challenge Air International | Florida | | VV | OFF | CHALLENGE AIR | Miami | 1984 | 1987 | Former Challenge International Airlines [363] |
Challenger Airlines | Wyoming | | | | | Laramie | 1947 | 1950 | Merged with Monarch Airlines (1946–1950) and Arizona Airways |
Champion Air | Minnesota | | MG | CCP | CHAMPION AIR | Minneapolis–Saint Paul | 1995 | 2008 | Formed from MGM Grand Air |
Channel Air Lift | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 1967 | 1969 | Went bankrupt [364] |
Chapman Air | | | | EXR | EXPRESS COURIER | | 1978 | 1985 | Renamed to Flight Express, Inc. [365] |
Chapparal Airlines | Texas | | FC | CPL | CHAPPARAL | Abilene | 1975 | 1990 | Merged into Metro Airlines [366] |
Charter Air Transport | Ohio | | VC | | | Cleveland Hopkins | 1997 | 2015 | Renamed to Via Airlines [367] |
Charter Airlines | Florida | | | | | Gainesville | 1977 | 1979 | Established as Charterair Commuter Airline. Merged into Mackey International Airlines. Operated Convair 580 [368] |
Charter One Airlines | Michigan | | | | | Detroit | 1980 | 1992 | Renamed to Spirit Airlines [369] |
Charterair Commuter Airlines | Florida | | HO | | CITRUS | Gainesville | 1977 | 1979 | Renamed to Charter Air Center [370] |
Chatham Airlines | | | | | | | 1964 | 1970 | Established as Lemco Flying Services [371] |
Chautauqua Airlines | Indiana | | RP | CHQ | CHAUTAUQUA | Chicago O'Hare | 1973 | 2014 | To Shuttle America |
Cherokee Airlines | | | | | | | | | |
Cherokee Airtaxi | Florida | | | | CITRUS | Athens Ben Epps | 1968 | 1971 | [372] |
Chesapeake Airways | Maryland | | | | | Salisbury–Ocean City | 1946 | 1965 | Merged into Metro Airlines [373] |
Chicago Air | Illinois | | CH | CHGO | WILDONION | Chicago Midway | 1985 | 1986 | |
Chicago Airways | Illinois | | | | | Chicago O'Hare | 1959 | 1961 | [374] |
Chicago and Southern Air Lines | California | | | CS | CSA | Peoria Downing | 1933 | 1953 | As Pacific Seaboard Air Lines, rebranded Chicago and Southern Air Lines (1935), merged with Delta Air Lines |
Chicago Express Airlines | Illinois | | C8 | WDY | WINDY CITY | Chicago Midway | 1993 | 2005 | |
Chicago Helicopter Airways | Illinois | | | | | Chicago O'Hare | 1954 | 1965 | Established as Helicopter Air Service |
Chippewa Air Commuter | Michigan | | | CPW | CHIPPEWA-AIR | Manistee | 1977 | 1978 | [375] |
Christiansen Air Service | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 1956 | 1956 | Acquired by Cordova Airlines [376] |
Christler Flying Services | New York | | | CHR | CHRISTLER | | 1970 | 1979 | Aerial spraying [377] |
Christler-Avery Aviation | Wyoming | | | | | Greybull | 1951 | 1961 | Founded by Mel Christler and Morris Avery. Operated B-18 Bolo, B-25 Mitchell, Northrop Delta [378] |
Christman Air System | Pennsylvania | | SX | CAS | CHRISTMAN | Washington County | 1977 | 1991 | [379] |
Cimarron Aire | Oklahoma | | | CMN | | McAlester | 2004 | 2006 | [380] |
CitationAir | Connecticut | | | FIV | FIVE STAR | White Plains | 1998 | 2014 | [381] |
CityLink Airlines | | | | HSR | HOOSIER | | 2001 | 2002 | [382] |
Clearwater Flying Service | Idaho | | | CFS | | Orofino | 1977 | 1977 | Renamed to Empire Airlines [383] |
Cleveland-Detroit Air Line | Ohio | | | | | Cleveland Hopkins | 1927 | 1928 | [384] |
Clifford Ball Airline | Pennsylvania | | | | | Bettis Field | 1927 | 1930 | Acquired by Pennsylvania Airlines [385] |
Clinton Aero | New York | | SS | CVA | CLINCO | Plattsburgh | 1971 | 1984 | Merged with Air North to form Brockway Air [386] |
Coastal Air | Georgia | | | | | Atlanta | 1975 | 1976 | Renamed to Southeastern Commuter Airlines [387] |
Coastal Air Freight | | | | | | | | | Operated Fokker Super Universal |
Coastal Air Lines | California | | | | | San Francisco | 1947 | 1962 | Began as Coastal Cargo [388] |
Coastal Airlines | Florida | | | | | St. Petersburg–Clearwater | 1968 | 1969 | [389] |
Coastal Airlines | Rhode Island | | | | | Warwick | 1983 | 1989 | Began as National Air [390] |
Coastal Airways | Washington | | PN | SQV | COASTAL AIR | Sequim Valley | 1982 | 1992 | Operated commuter service [391] |
Coastal Plains Commuter | South Carolina | | | | | Hilton Head | 1978 | 1979 | [392] |
Cochise Airlines | Arizona | | DP | | | Tucson | 1971 | 1982 | |
Coker Airfreight | Texas | | | | | Dallas Fort Worth | 1969 | 1984 | Renamed to Skyfreighters. Operated DC-3 [393] |
Coleman Air Transport | Illinois | | | | | Chicago Rockford | 1977 | 1980 | Founded by Philip Coleman. [394] |
Colgan Air | Tennessee | | 9L | CJC | COLGAN | Memphis | 1991 | 2012 | Established an FBO (1965), flights began 1970, sold to Presidential Airways (1986), restarted as National Capital (1991), merged to Pinnacle Airlines |
Colonial Air Transport | New York | | | | | New York-LaGuardia | 1926 | 1930 | To American Airlines |
Colonial Airlines | New Jersey | | | | | New York-LaGuardia | 1928 | 1956 | Established as Canadian Colonial Airways, merged into Eastern Air Lines |
Colonial Western Airways | New York | | | | | Albany | 1927 | 1929 | [395] |
Colorado Airlines | Colorado | | | | | Crested Butte | 1977 | 1979 | Known as Crested Butte Air Service [396] |
Columbia Air | Virginia | | | | | Washington National | 1981 | 1982 | [397] |
Columbia Pacific Airlines | Washington | | 7C | | | Seattle-Tacoma | 1977 | 2002 | Established as Execuair in 1971 [398] |
Columbus Airlines | Florida | | | | | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood | 1995 | 1996 | Established as Liberty Airways [399] |
Colvin Air Charter | Georgia | | | | | Athens Ben Epps | 1999 | 2004 | [400] |
Comair | Kentucky | | OH | COM | COMAIR | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Orlando | 1977 | 2012 | Shut down by parent company Delta Air Lines |
Comair Jet Express | Kentucky | | | | | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky | 2000 | 2001 | Delta Air Lines subsidiary [401] |
Comanche Air | Washington | | | | | Ephrata | 2000 | 2001 | [402] |
Combs Airways | Colorado | | | | | Denver | 1957 | 1984 | Began as Combs Freightair [403] |
Command Air | North Dakota | | | | | | 1966 | 1969 | Merged into Red Baron Airlines [404] |
Command Airways | New York | | DD | CMD | COMMAND | Hudson Valley | 1965 | 1988 | Renamed to Flagship Airlines |
Commutair | Texas | | | | | Houston Bush | 1978 | 1980 | [405] |
Commutaire International Airways | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1976 | 1977 | [406] |
Commute Air | Washington | | | | | Spokane | 1967 | 1968 | [407] |
Commuter Airlines | New York | | | | | Greater Binghamton | 1964 | 1984 | Established as Broome County Aviation |
Commuter Airlines | Iowa | | | | | Sioux City | 1965 | 1971 | [408] |
Compass Airlines | Minnesota | | CP | CPZ | COMPASS | Minneapolis–Saint Paul | 2006 | 2020 | Shutdown due to travel disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic |
Concord Airlines | New Jersey | | | | | | 1970 | 1971 | Third-level services [409] |
Concord International Airlines | Florida | | | | | | 1980 | 1982 | Established as Jet Freight Cargo [410] |
Connectair | California | | | CCR | CONNECTAIR | Santa Barbara | 1980 | 1984 | [411] |
Conner Air Lines | Florida | | CS | | | Miami | 1948 | 1992 | Operated C-46, DC-3, DC-6, DC-8 |
Connie Kalitta Services | Michigan | | | CKS | CONNIE | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky | 1967 | 1984 | To American International Airways |
Conquest Airlines | Texas | | 5C | CAC | CONQUEST | San Antonio | 1986 | 1997 | Acquired by Air L.A. [412] |
Conquest Sun Airlines | Georgia | | | | | Atlanta | 1993 | 1994 | Renamed to AirTran Airways [413] |
Continental Air Services, Inc | Nevada | | | | | Los Angeles | 1965 | | A subsidiary of Continental Airlines |
Continental Airlines | Texas | | CO | COA | CONTINENTAL | Houston Bush | 1937 | 2012 | Merged into United Airlines |
Continental Charters | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1945 | 1959 | [414] |
Continental Connection | | | | | | Cleveland Hopkins | | 2012 | Included Cape Air, Colgan Air, CommutAir and Silver Airways, merged with United Express |
Continental Express | Texas | | CO | | Continental Express | Cleveland Hopkins | 1986 | 2012 | Operations absorbed by United Express on merger of parent companies |
Continental Lite | | | | | | Cleveland Hopkins | 1993 | 1995 | Airline within an airline, brand of Continental Airlines |
Continental Micronesia | Guam | | CS | CMI | AIR MIKE | Guam | 1968 | 2010 | Founded as Air Micronesia. Subsidiary of Continental Airlines until 2012; subsidiary of UCH until 2017 when it was officially merged into United Airlines |
Continental West | Texas | | CO | | | Los Angeles | 1985 | 1986 | New division of Texas Air Corporation [415] |
Contract Air Cargo | Michigan | | | TSU | TRANSAUTO | Oakland County | 1983 | 2005 | Rebranded as Gulf and Caribbean Cargo |
Cook Inlet Aviation | Alaska | | | CKA | COOK-AIR | Homer | 1989 | | Renamed to Inlet Airlines [416] |
Copper State Airlines | Arizona | | | ROD | ROADRUNNER | Douglas | 1980 | 1982 | [417] |
Coral Air | United States Virgin Islands | | VY | VYK | | Saint Croix | 1980 | 1985 | Acquired the operation of Eastern Caribbean Airlines. Operated GAF Nomad, Embraer Bandeirante, Twin Otter [418] |
Cordova Airlines | Alaska | | | | | Cordova | 1934 | 1968 | Acquired by Alaska Airlines [419] |
Coronado Flyers | California | | | | | | 1975 | 1981 | Operated DC-3 [420] |
Corporate Air Fleet | Tennessee | | | CTX | CATBIRD | Nashville | 1978 | 1998 | [421] |
Corporate Airlines | Tennessee | | 3C | CEA | CORP X | Smyrna | 1996 | 2007 | Renamed as Corporate Airlines in 1997. Changed name to RegionsAir in 2004. [422] |
Corporate Express Airlines | Tennessee | | | | | Nashville | 1996 | 1998 | Renamed to Corporate Airlines [423] |
Cortland Air Company | Ohio | | | | | Youngstown–Warren | 2003 | 2009 | [424] |
Cosmopolitan Airlines | New York | | | | | Republic | 1978 | 1980 | |
Cromwell Air Lines | Texas | | | | | Dallas Love Field | 1929 | 1931 | Operated Stinson Aircraft Company [425] |
Cross Sound Commuter | Washington | | | | | Seattle–Tacoma | 1970 | 1974 | [426] |
Crown Airways | Pennsylvania | | | CRO | CROWN AIRWAYS | DuBois | 1969 | 1994 | Began as Allegheny Commuter, to Mesa Airlines |
Cryderman Air Service | Michigan | | | | | Oakland County | 1977 | 1978 | [427] |
Crystal Air Aviation | California | | | | | Van Nuys | 2007 | 2012 | Renamed to Fuga Air Charter [428] |
Crystal Shamrock Airlines | Minnesota | | | CYT | CRYSTAL AIR | Minneapolis Crystal | 1972 | 1991 | |
Cumberland Airlines | Maryland | | NQ | | | Greater Cumberland | 1969 | 1988 | Established as Nicholson Air Services [429] |
Curtiss Flying Service | Massachusetts | | | | | Boston | 1929 | 1932 | Operated amphibious aircraft |
Curtiss Metropolitan Airplane Company | Florida | | | | | Miami-Opa Locka | 1921 | 1924 | Established as America Trans-Oceanic Company. Newspaper deliveries [430] |
Custom Air Transport | Florida | | 5R | CTT | CATT | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood | 1985 | 2008 | |
Cutter Flying Service | New Mexico | | | | | Albuquerque | 1969 | 1969 | [431] |
D |
Dailey Aviation | North Carolina | | | | | Jacksonville | 2000 | 2000 | Charter operator [432] |
DAL Airlines | Texas | | | | | Killeen–Fort Hood | 1966 | 1968 | Merged into Hood Airlines [433] |
Dallas Express Airlines | Texas | | EX | DXP | DALLAS EXPRESS | Dallas Love Field | 1994 | 1995 | Operated Beech 1300 Commuter [434] |
Danbury Airways | Connecticut | | | | | Danbury | 1980 | 1981 | [435] |
Dash Air | California | | WI | IRV | | Santa Ana | 1981 | 1984 | Established as Air Irvine [436] |
Data Air Courier | Ohio | | | | | Chicago Midway | 1996 | 1996 | Acquired by Airnet Express. Delivery of documents [437] |
Davis Air Lines | Georgia | | | | | Atlanta | 1930 | 1930 | Operated Travel Air aircraft [438] |
DayJet | Florida | | | DJS | DAYJET | Boca Raton | 2002 | 2008 | |
Daylight Air | Ohio | | | | | Willow Run | 1996 | 1998 | [439] |
Daytona Aviation | Florida | | | | | Daytona Beach | 1962 | 1966 | Renamed Trans-Florida Airlines [440] |
DB Aviation | Illinois | | | NSH | NORTH SHORE | Waukegan | 1987 | 2010 | Acquired by Landmark Aviation [441] |
DC Aircraft | Michigan | | | | | Detroit | 1967 | 1967 | Commuter services [442] |
DeBoer Aviation | Kansas | | | | | Wichita Eisenhower | 1973 | 1975 | Renamed to Ryan Aviation [443] |
Decatur Commuter Airlines | Illinois | | | DAA | DECUR | Decatur | 1980 | 1981 | Acquired by Air Illinois [444] |
Del Airways | Georgia | | | | | Adel | 1970 | 1971 | [445] |
Delta Air Service | Alaska | | | | | Emmonak | 1971 | 1993 | Renamed to Grant Aviation [446] |
Delta Express | Georgia | | DL | DAL | DELTA | Orlando | 1996 | 2003 | Replaced by Song; folded back into Delta Air Lines |
Denver Ports of Call | Colorado | | PC | POC | PAPA CHARLIE | Denver | 1967 | 1992 | Rebranded as Skyworld Airlines |
Des Moines Flying Service | Iowa | | | | | Des Moines | 1960 | 1968 | [447] |
Desert Commuter Airlines | California | | | | | Santa Monica | 1968 | 1970 | |
Desert Sun Airlines | Arizona | | | | | Phoenix Sky Harbor | 1995 | 1996 | Merged to America West Express |
Destination Sun Airways | Florida | | | | | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood | 1992 | 1993 | [448] |
Detroit Northern Air Service | Michigan | | | | | Alpena County | 1950 | 1975 | Known as Alpena Flying Service [449] |
Detroit – Grand Rapids Airline | Michigan | | | | | Dearborn | 1926 | 1926 | Operated Stout 2-AT Pullman [450] |
Devoe Airlines | Georgia | | | | | Miami | 1981 | 1983 | [451] |
DHL Airways, Inc. (1979–2004) | Florida | | | | | | 1979 | 2004 | Renamed Astar Air Cargo |
DHL Airways | Kentucky | | ER | DHL | | | 1983 | 2003 | Rebranded as Astar Air Cargo |
Diamond Aviation | | | | SPK | SPARKLE | | 1984 | 1985 | [452] |
Direct Air | Illinois | | UO | XAP | AIR DIRECT | Chicago Gary | 1980 | 1994 | Reorganized as Northern Star Airlines [453] |
Direct Air | South Carolina | | | | | Myrtle Beach | 2006 | 2012 | |
Direct Airlines | | | | | | New York Kennedy | 1969 | 1969 | [454] |
Discover Air | Florida | | | DCV | DISCOVER | Orlando Sanford | 1999 | 2003 | [455] |
Discovery Airlines | New Jersey | | | | | Trenton–Mercer | 1996 | 2000 | Formed as Sky Trek International Air Lines |
Discovery Airways | Hawaii | | DH | DVA | DISCOVERY AIRWAYS | Honolulu | 1990 | 1990 | |
Dixie Aircharter | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1982 | 1983 | [456] |
Dixie Airlines | Utah | | | | | St. George | 1969 | 1972 | Renamed to SkyWest Airlines [457] |
Dixie Flying Service | Virginia | | | | | Charlottesville–Albemarle | 1930 | 1932 | Renamed to Ludington Air Lines [458] |
Dolphin Airways | Florida | | DV | | FLAGSHIP | Tampa | 1981 | 1984 | Acquired by Provincetown-Boston Airline [459] |
Dolphin Express Airlines | Florida | | 8U | IXX | ISLAND EXPRESS | Saint Croix | 1994 | 2000 | [460] |
Dorado Wings | Puerto Rico | | | | | | 1964 | 1982 | To Crown Air |
Doug Geeting Aviation | Alaska | | | | | Talkeetna | 1990s | 2006 | Merged into K2 Aviation [461] |
Dovair | Delaware | | | | | Delaware Airpark | 1976 | 1977 | Briefly operated as Baltimore Airways [462] |
Dovair Air Transport | Delaware | | | | | Delaware Airpark | 1967 | 1969 | Air taxi flights [463] |
Dove One | Florida | | | | | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood | 1990 | 1999 | Air taxi operator [464] |
Downeast Airlines | Maine | | | | | Knox County | 1960 | 2007 | Commuter airline [465] |
Downeast Express | Maine | | E7 | DOW | DOWNEAST EXPRESS | Portland | 1995 | 1997 | Renamed Northeast Airlines [466] |
Downtown Airlines | New York | | | | | New York Skyports Seaplane Base | 1972 | 1975 | Hourly service operated with float-equipped Piper Aztec [467] |
Drummond Island Air | Michigan | | | DRE | MICHIGAN | Drummond Island | 1989 | 1991 | Established as Michigan Airways [468] |
Dynamic International Airways | Pennsylvania | | 2D | DYA | DYNAMIC AIR | Wayne | 2015 | 2018 | Established as Dynamic Airways [469] |
E |
Eagle Air International | Nevada | | V9 | VIK | | Las Vegas McCarran | 1969 | 1993 | Rebranded as Eagle Airlines [470] |
Eagle Airline | Alabama | | | | | Auburn | 1985 | 1986 | Operated Piper Navajo [471] |
Eagle Airlines | Kansas | | | | | Kansas City Wheeler | 1930 | 1930 | Scheduled passenger service [472] |
Eagle Airlines | Nevada | | V9 | VIK | | Las Vegas McCarran | 1993 | 1997 | Began as Eagle Air International [473] |
Eagle Canyon Airlines | Nevada | | FE | TLO | TALON | Las Vegas McCarran | 1969 | 1998 | Merged into Scenic Airlines [474] |
Eagle Commuter Airlines | Texas | | | ECA | EAGLEAIR | Brownwood | 1976 | 1986 | [475] |
Eagle Jet Charter | Nevada | | | | | Las Vegas McCarran | 1996 | 1998 | Grand Canyon tours [476] |
Eagle Wings | | | | | | | | | |
East Coast Commuter | Massachusetts | | | | | Boston | 1963 | 1970 | [477] |
East Hampton Aire | New York | | IN | EHA | AIR HAMPTON | East Hampton | 1978 | 1991 | Operated subservices for Pilgrim Airlines [478] |
East Texas Airlines | Texas | | | | | Longview | 1950s | | [475] |
Eastern Air Lines | New York Florida | | EA | EAL | EASTERN | Miami | 1926 | 1991 | Established as Pitcairn Aviation |
Eastern Air Lines (2015) | Florida | | | | | Miami | 2015 | 2017 | Operated Boeing 737 [479] |
Eastern Air Lines Shuttle | Virginia | | | | | New York-LaGuardia | 1961 | 1989 | To Trump Shuttle |
Eastern Metro Express | Georgia | | | EME | EMAIR | Atlanta | 1984 | 1991 | [480] |
Eastman Airways | New York | | | | | Albany | 1983 | 1984 | Renamed to Air Marc [481] |
Eastwind Airlines | New Jersey | | W9 | SGR | STINGER | Piedmont Triad | 1995 | 1999 | |
Ed's Aircraft Service | Oklahoma | | | | | | 1972 | 1973 | [482] |
Edde Airlines | Utah | | | | | Salt Lake City | 1960 | 1965 | [483] |
Ede-Aire | Michigan | | DV | | | Detroit Lakes | 1978 | 1981 | Acquired by Mesaba Airlines [484] |
El Paso Transport | Texas | | | | | Big Spring McMahon | 1975 | 1975 | Renamed to Trans Regional Airlines [485] |
Elan Air | Massachusetts | | | | | Boston | 1980 | 1982 | [486] |
Ellis Airlines | Alaska | | | | | Ketchikan | 1936 | 1962 | To Alaska Coastal Airlines |
Emerald Air | Texas | | OD | EFF | EMERALD | Austin Bergstrom | 1978 | 1991 | Established as Emerald Valley Airlines. To Braniff International Airlines, Inc. |
Emery Worldwide | Ohio | | EB | EWW | EMERY | Dayton | 1946 | 2001 | |
Empire Airlines | Idaho | | | | | Boise | 1946 | 1952 | Established as Zimmerly Air Lines [487] |
Empire Airlines | New York | | | UR | | Oneida County | 1976 | 1985 | To Piedmont Airlines |
Empire Airways | New York | | | JKR | JOKER | Farmingdale | 2004 | 2012 | |
Empire State Airlines | New York | | | | | Syracuse | 1964 | 1966 | Third level carrier [488] |
Empires Airlines | | | | | | Spokane | 1946 | 1952 | Merged with Zimmerly Airlines to form West Coast Airlines |
Encompass Aviation | California | | LC | ROM | | Hawthorne Jack Northrop | 2017 | 2019 | Passenger charter carrier [489] |
Enterprise Airlines | Ohio | | | JSP | JETSPEED | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky | 1988 | 1990 | Regional carrier connections to the Concorde [490] |
Eos Airlines | New York | | E0 | ESS | NEW DAWN | New York Kennedy | 2004 | 2009 | |
Era Aviation | Alaska | | 7H | ERH | ERAH | Anchorage | 1948 | 2009 | Formed as Economy Helicopters, acquired by Frontier Alaska, renamed to Era Alaska now Ravn Alaska |
Essair Airways | Texas | | | | | Houston-Hobby | 1939 | 1946 | Renamed to Pioneer Airlines |
Eugene Aviation Services | Oregon | | | | | Eugene | 1956 | 1969 | Operated on behalf of West Coast Airlines [491] |
Eureka Aero | California | | | | | Samoa Field | 1970 | 1979 | Renamed Air Pacific (United States) |
Evergreen International Airlines | Oregon | | EZ | EIA | EVERGREEN | New York Kennedy | 1975 | 2013 | See also Evergreen International Aviation |
Evergreen International Aviation | Oregon | | | | | | 1960 | 2014 | Formed as Evergreen Helicopters, see also Evergreen International Airlines and Intermountain Aviation |
Exec Air | New York | | | | | Sullivan County | 1996 | 1999 | Renamed to Exec Air of Naples [492] |
Exec Express | Texas | | | | | Dallas/Fort Worth | 1984 | 1998 | See Lone Star Airlines |
Excellaire | Colorado | | BH | AUS | | Stapleton | 1974 | 1985 | Edtablished as US Aviation. Changed to AIR US in 1977. Became Execellaire in 1984. [493] |
Execuair | Washington | | | | | Seattle-Tacoma | 1971 | 1977 | Renamed to Columbia Pacific Airlines [494] |
Executive Air Transport | Michigan | | | | | Muskegon | 1995 | 1995 | Executive charter and cargo carrier [495] |
Executive Airlines | Florida | | | | | | 1964 | 1971 | [496] |
Executive Airlines | Massachusetts | | EX | | | Boston | 1967 | 1973 | Established as National Executive Flight Service [497] |
Executive Airlines | Massachusetts | | | | | Hanscom Field | 1976 | 1977 | Established as Air Speed [498] |
Executive Airlines | Puerto Rico | | OW | EGF | EAGLE FLIGHT | San Juan | 1986 | 2013 | Began as Executive Air Charter |
Executive Airlines | New York | | YL | ORA | | Farmingdale | 1991 | 2003 | Began as Long Island Airlines [499] |
Executive Airshare | Missouri | | | XSR | | Kansas City Wheeler | 1974 | 2018 | Rebranded Airshare [500] |
Executive Charter Service | Alaska | | | | | Bethel | 1983 | 1985 | Acquired by Unalakleet Air Taxi [501] |
Executive Flight Services | Oregon | | | | | Portland | 1961 | 1977 | Renamed to Air Oregon [502] |
Executive Jet Aviation | Ohio | | | | | Columbus Glenn | 1977 | 1978 | Merged with Newport Aero to form EJA/Newport [503] |
Executive Jet Aviation | New Jersey | | EJ | EJA | EXECJET | Teterboro | 1965 | 2007 | Established as Executive Jet Airways [504] |
Executive Yankee Airlines | Massachusetts | | | | | Pittsfield | 1968 | 1969 | Established as Yankee Airlines [505] |
Express Air | Arizona | | | AAE | ARIZONA | Phoenix Sky Harbor | 1997 | 2001 | [506] |
Express Airlines I | Tennessee | | 9E | FLG | FLAGSHIP | Memphis | 1995 | 2002 | Renamed to Pinnacle Airlines [507] |
Express One International | Texas | | EO | LHN | LONGHORN | Dallas/Fort Worth | 1995 | 2002 | Renamed to Pinnacle Airlines then Endeavor Air [508] |
ExpressJet | Georgia | | EV | ASQ | ACEY | Atlanta | 1986 | 2020 | [509] |
Express.Net Airlines | Florida | | | XNA | EXPRESSNET | Naples | 1972 | 2008 | Formed as Transcontinental Airlines |
F |
Fairbanks Air | Alaska | | | | | Fairbanks | 1965 | 1975 | Renamed Great Northern Airlines [510] |
Fairbanks Air Service | Alaska | | | | | Fairbanks | 1955 | 1976 | Pax and cargo charters within Alaska [511] |
Fairbanks Airplane Company | Alaska | | | | | Fairbanks | 1925 | 1926 | Operated Fokker F.III. Absorbed into Wien Alaska Airways [512] |
Fairways Corp. | Virginia | | | FWY | | Washington National | 1969 | 1989 | Intrastate carrier [513] |
Falcon Air Express | Florida | | F2 | FAO | PANTHER | Miani | 1995 | 2015 | |
Falcon Airways | Texas | | | | | Addison | 1971 | 1979 | Operated Carvair [514] |
Family Airlines | Nevada | | | | | Las Vegas McCarran | 1992 | 1992 | Never started operations |
FAR Airlines | New York | | | | | New York Kennedy | 1968 | 1968 | [515] |
Farthest North Airplane Company | Alaska | | | | | Faibanks | 1923 | 1924 | Ben Eielson first flight on a Curtiss Jenny JN-4D took place on 3 July 1923 [516] |
Farwest Airlines | California | | | FRW | | Fresno Yosemite | 1984 | 1984 | Operated two leased NAMC YS-11 [517] |
Farwest Airlines | Arizona | | | | | Phoenix Sky Harbor | 1999 | 2004 | Operated DHC Dash 7 [518] |
Federated Airlines | New York | | | | | New York-LaGuardia | 1948 | 1952 | Irregular pax services [519] |
Ferguson Airways | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 1949 | 1949 | Acquired by Wien Alaska Airlines [520] |
Ferns Flying Service | New Hampshire | | | | | Concord | 1969 | 1969 | Daily commuter service between Concord and Boston [521] |
Fiesta Airline | | | | FIE | FIESTA | | 1971 | 1973 | [522] |
Fina Air | Puerto Rico | | | | | San Juan | 2003 | | |
Finair Express | Florida | | | FNX | FINEX | Miami | 1982 | 1984 | Subcontract carrier for Air Florida Commuter then renamed to Southern Express [523] |
Financial Air Express | Michigan | | | | | Pontiac | 1974 | 1974 | Founded by Gerald Mercer [524] |
Fine Air | Florida | | FB | FBF | FINE AIR | Miami | 1989 | 2002 | To Arrow Air |
First Air | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1982 | 1983 | Renamed to Regent Air. All-first class service [525] |
Fischer Brothers Aviation | Ohio | | GP | GCS | GALION | Galion | 1989 | 2001 | Established as Galion Commuter Service. Became an Allegheny Commuter. Acquired by Midway Airlines and renamed to Midway Commuter [526] |
Five Star Airlines | Massachusetts | | | FIV | FIVE STAR | | 1985 | 1989 | Operated L-1011 TriStar [527] |
Flagship Airlines | Tennessee | | | | | Nashville | 1991 | 1998 | Formed by the merger of Command Airways into Nashville Eagle, merged with Simmons Airlines and Wings West Airlines to form American Eagle Airlines |
Flagship Express Services | Massachusetts | | | FSX | FLAG | | 1991 | 1991 | Established as Rosenbalm Aviation [528] |
Fleet Airways | Minnesota | | | | | Duluth | 1967 | 1968 | Renamed to Fleet Airlines [529] |
Fleetway Airlines | Texas | | | | | Austin Mueller | 1967 | 1969 | [530] |
Fleming International Airways | | | | | | | 1973 | 1983 | All-cargo carrier. Renamed to Cam Air International [531] |
Flight Alaska | Alaska | | 4Y | UYA | | Bethel | 2000 | 2004 | Established as Yute Air Alaska. Renamed to Yute Air [532] |
Flight Express | | | | EXR | FLIGHT EXPRESS | | 1985 | 2013 | Established as Chapman Air [533] |
Flight International Airlines | Georgia | | | FIV | FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL | Atlanta | 1984 | 1987 | [534] |
Flight Line | Missouri | | | FLN | FAST LINE | Cape Girardeau | 1985 | 1986 | Renamed to Southern Airways [535] |
Flight Operations | Ohio | | | FOI | | Cleveland Hopkins | 1979 | 1979 | Charter carrier. Acquired by Crow Executive Air [536] |
Flight Options | New York | | | OPT | OPTIONS | Greater Binghamton | 1999 | 1999 | [537] |
Flight Service | New York | | | | | Syracuse | 1953 | 1964 | Third level carrier [538] |
Flightways Aviation System | Pennsylvania | | | | | Philadelphia | 1974 | 1975 | Commuter services [539] |
Florence Airlines | South Carolina | | | | | Florence | 1974 | 1975 | Established as Air Taxi [540] |
Florida Air Lines | Florida | | | | | Sarasota-Bradenton | 1969 | 1981 | Established as Florida Air Taxi. Became Southern International Airways. Operated DC-3, Cessna 402 [541] |
Florida Air Taxi | Florida | | | | | Tampa | 1964 | 1968 | Renamed to Florida Airlines [542] |
Florida Aircraft Leasing | Florida | | | | | | | | |
Florida Airlines | Florida | | FE | | | Tampa | 1960 | 1981 | |
Florida Airmotive | Florida | | | | | Lantana | 1940 | 1940 | Charter carrier [543] |
Florida Airways | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1923 | 1927 | |
Florida Airways | Florida | | | | | Orlando | 1947 | 1949 | Established as Orlando Airlines [544] |
Florida Atlantic Airlines | Florida | | | | | Fort Lauderdale | 1968 | 1970 | [545] |
Florida Coastal Airlines | Florida | | PA | FCL | FLORIDA COASTAL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood | 1995 | 2010 | |
Florida Commuter Airlines | Florida | | | FCA | | Palm Beach | 1980 | 1981 | To Southern Airways |
Florida Express | Florida | | ZO | FLX | FLEXAIR | Orlando | 1983 | 1988 | Merged into Braniff (1983–1990) |
Florida West Airlines | Florida | | HG | FWL | FLO WEST | Miami | 1989 | 1995 | Acquired by Florida West International Airways [546] |
Florida West International Airways | Florida | | RF | FWL | FLO WEST | Miami | 1981 | 2017 | |
FloridaGulf Airlines | Florida | | | | | Tampa | 1991 | 1997 | Merged into Air Midwest |
Fly First Class | | | F3 | SGB | SONGBIRD | | 2008 | 2008 | [547] |
Fly Guam | Guam | | | | | Guam | 2008 | 2012 | |
FlyHawaii Airlines | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 2005 | 2005 | Never started operations |
Flying Fox Services | | | | | | | 1929 | 1929 | Acquired by Delta Air Service [548] |
Flying Tiger Air Services | | | | | | Tokyo Narita | 1966 | 1967 | Branch of Flying Tiger Lines. Contract to Military Airlift Command [549] |
Flying Tiger Line | California | | FT | FTL | TIGER | Los Angeles | 1945 | 1989 | Merged into FedEx Express |
Flying W Airways | Florida | | | | | Anchorage | 1967 | 1972 | Subsidiary of Red Dodge Aviation [550] |
Focus Air Cargo | Florida | | F2 | FKS | FOCUS | Fort Lauderdale | 2004 | 2008 | |
Folsom's Air Service | Maine | | | | | Greenville | 1989 | 2006 | Charter carrier [551] |
Fontana Aviation | Michigan | | | | | Iron Mountain | 1967 | 1977 | Third-level services [552] |
Ford Air Transport Service | Illinois | | | | | Detroit | 1925 | 1932 | Merged with Stout Air Service [553] |
Forde-Aire | | | | SQH | SUSQUEHANNA | | 1978 | 1979 | Renamed to Susquehanna Airways [554] |
Fort Collins Flying Service | Colorado | | | | | Denver | 1980 | 1981 | Established as Valley Airpark. Acquired by Air Link Corporation [555] |
Fort Vancouver Airlines | Washington | | | | | Vancouver | 1979 | 1981 | Commuter carrier. PATCO strike caused the closing. [556] |
Fort Wayne Air Service | Indiana | | | | | Fort Wayne | 1963 | 1967 | Scheduled air taxi services to Detroit [557] |
Fort Worth Airlines | Texas | | | FTW | FORT WORTH AIR | Fort Worth Meacham | 1984 | 1985 | Went bankrupt |
Foster Aviation | Alaska | | | FSA | FOSTER-AIR | Nome | 1973 | 1984 | Was an FBO operator by Neal Foster [558] |
Four Star Air Cargo | Puerto Rico | | HK | FSC | FOUR STAR | San Juan | 1982 | 2009 | Started in the United States Virgin Islands |
Fox Cities Airlines | Wisconsin | | | | | | 1963 | 1965 | Operated de Havilland Dove. Merged into Air Wisconsin [559] |
Frank Martz Coach Co. | New York | | | | | Buffalo Niagara | 1929 | 1930 | Renamed to Martz Air Lines [560] |
Freedom Airlines | Ohio | | DN | | LIBERTY | Cleveland Hopkins | 1980 | 1984 | Subsidiary of Red Dodge Aviation [561] |
Freedom Airlines | Texas | | F8 | FRL | FREEDOM AIR | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky | 2002 | 2010 | Shut down by parent company |
Freelandia | | | | | | Newark Liberty | 1973 | 1974 | |
Friedkin Airlines | California | | | | | San Diego | 1948 | 1948 | [562] |
Friendship Air Alaska | Alaska | | 4H | FAL | FRIENDSHIP | Fairbanks | 1986 | 1989 | Established as Harold's Air Service. Resumed as Tanana Air Service in 1992 [563] |
Fromhagen Aviation | Florida | | | | | St. Pete-Clearwater | 1969 | 1998 | [564] |
Frontier Airlines | Colorado | | FL | FTA | FRONTIER | Denver | 1950 | 1986 | Went bankrupt; some operations absorbed by Continental Airlines |
Frontier Alaska | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 2008 | 2014 | [565] |
Frontier Express | Wisconsin | | | | | Milwaukee Mitchell | 2011 | 2013 | Operated by Chautauqua Airlines [566] |
Frontier Flying Service | Alaska | | | | | Fairbanks | 1950 | 2014 | |
Frontier Horizon Airlines | Colorado | | FL | FLH | MILE HIGH | Denver Stapleton | 1983 | 1986 | |
Funair | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1996 | 2001 | Operated for Carnival Cruise Lines [567] |
Funworld International Airways | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1993 | 1994 | Operated Boeing 727-200 [568] |
Futura Air Lines | California | | | | | Oakland | 1962 | 1962 | [569] |
G |
Galaxy Airlines | Tennessee | | | | | Cleveland Hopkins | 1968 | 1969 | Commuter services. Operated Douglas DC-3 [570] |
Galaxy Airlines | Florida | | 9G | GAL | GALAXY | Fort Lauderdale | 1978 | 1987 | |
Galena Air Service | Alaska | | | GAS | GALENA AIR SERVICE | Galena | 1986 | 1989 | Acquired by Hermen’s Air [571] |
Gateway Aviation | Wisconsin | | | | | La Crosse | 1968 | 1969 | Renamed to Mississippi Valley Airways [572] |
Gem State Airlines | Idaho | | GS | | | Coeur d'Alene | 1978 | 1980 | Merged with Air Pacific (United States) to become Golden Gate Airlines |
Gemini Air Cargo | Minnesota | | GR | GCO | GEMINI | Miami | 1995 | 2008 | |
General Air Lines | | | | | | San Diego | 1934 | 1934 | Renamed to Western Air Express [573] |
General Airlines | Pennsylvania | | | GNL | GENERAL | | 1978 | 1979 | Established as General Aviation Service [574] |
Geo Air | Florida | | | | | | 1995 | 2008 | |
Georgia Air | Georgia | | | | | Atlanta | 1970 | 1972 | [575] |
Georgia Air Freight | Georgia | | GS | | | Atlanta | 1978 | 1979 | [576] |
Georgia Skies | Georgia | | LI | NMI | TSUNAMI | Atlanta | 2008 | 2013 | A Pacific Wings subsidiary |
GID Air Services | Texas | | | | | Fort Worth Meacham | 1982 | 1986 | Operated CV-580 [577] |
Gillam Airways | Alaska | | | | | Valdez | 1932 | 1932 | [578] |
Gilley Airways | New York | | | | | Glens Falls | 1961 | 1979 | All-cargo commuter [579] |
Gilpin Air Lines | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1931 | 1934 | Renamed to C&G Air Lines [580] |
GLO Airlines | Louisiana | | | | | New Orleans | 2015 | 2017 | [581] |
Global International Airways | Missouri | | GX | GAX | GLOBAL | Kansas City | 1981 | 1984 | |
Globe Air | Arizona | | | | | New Orleans | 1981 | 1985 | Operating name of Aircraft Specialities of Mesa Airlines [582] |
Globe Freight Airline | | | | | | | 1945 | 1948 | [583] |
go! | Hawaii | | YV | ASH | AIR SHUTTLE | Honolulu | 2006 | 2014 | |
Go! Mokulele | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 2009 | 2012 | |
Go Transportation | | | | | | | 1971 | 1977 | Established as Ron Clark Enterprises. Renamed to Go Air [584] |
Gold Coast Air | California | | | GMR | EXPEDITOR | Los Angeles | 1981 | 1982 | [585] |
Gold Coast Air Taxi | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1966 | 1967 | Renamed to Gold Coast Airways [586] |
Gold Coast Airways | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1967 | 1969 | Acquired by Executive Airlines [587] |
Golden Airlines | | | | GDD | GOLDEN AIRLINES | | 1999 | 1999 | [588] |
Golden Airways | | | | | | | 1980 | 1983 | Established as Ancar Aviation [589] |
Golden Carriage Air | | | | | | | 1979 | 1980 | [590] |
Golden Eagle Airlines | | | | GEL | GOLDEN EAGLE | | 1978 | 1979 | Absorbed by WestAir Airlines [591] |
Golden Gate Airlines | California | | GG | | | Monterey | 1980 | 1981 | Merged with Swift Aire Lines |
Golden Gate Airways | California | | | | | San Francisco | 1960 | 1962 | [592] |
Golden Isles Airlines | Georgia | | | | | McKinnon St. Simons Island | 1960 | 1960 | Operated de Havilland Dove [593] |
Golden North Airways | Alaska | | | | | | 1947 | 1949 | Operated C-46 [594] |
Golden Nugget Aviation | | | | | | | 1982 | 2001 | [595] |
Golden Pacific Airlines | California | | | | | San Francisco | 1969 | 1973 | |
Golden Pacific Airlines | Arizona | | YB | GPA | GOLD PAC | Kingman | 1981 | 1989 | |
Golden South Airlines | Florida | | | | | Fort Pierce | 1979 | 1979 | [596] |
Golden State Airlines | California | | GW | GOL | GOLDEN STATE | | 1955 | 1987 | [597] |
Golden State Airlines | Arizona | | | GSC | GOLDEN STATE | Santa Ana | 1979 | 1985 | [598] |
Golden Valley Aero | | | | | | | 1982 | 1982 | [599] |
Golden West Airlines | California | | GW | GWA | GOLDEN WEST | Long Beach | 1967 | 1983 | |
Golden West Airlines | California | | | | | Van Nuys | 1968 | 1969 | [600] |
Gopher Airlines | | | | | | | 1968 | 1968 | [601] |
Gopher Aviation | | | | | | | 1959 | 1959 | [602] |
Gordon Air | | | | | | | 1984 | 2000 | Founded by John Gordon. Renamed to Ultimate Jetcharters [603] |
Gorst Air Transport | Washington | | | | | Seattle Lake Union Seaplane Base | 1929 | 1935 | Founded by Vern C. Gorst [604] |
GP Express Airlines | Nebraska | | | GPE | REGIONAL EXPRESS | Grand Island | 1975 | 1996 | |
Graham Airways | Alaska | | | | | | 1932 | 1935 | [605] |
Grand Aire Express | Ohio | | | GAE | GRAND EXPRESS | Toledo Express | 1985 | 2003 | |
Grand Airways | Nevada | | QD | GNV | GRAND VEGAS | Las Vegas McCarran | 1980 | 1996 | |
Grand Forks Airmotive | North Dakota | | | | | Grand Forks | 1975 | 1975 | Scheduled airmail carrier [606] |
Grand Valley Aviation | Idaho | | | | | Driggs–Reed | 1992 | 1995 | Charters and scenic flights [607] |
Gray Line Air | New York | | WS | WSA | | Niagara Falls | 1994 | 1995 | [608] |
Great American Airways | Nevada | | MV | GRA | GREAT AMERICAN | Reno–Tahoe | 1979 | 1997 | |
Great Arctic Airways | Alaska | | | | | Fairbanks | 1996 | 1996 | Operated ATL-98 Carvair [609] |
Great Lakes Airlines | California | | | | | Burbank | 1946 | 1962 | [610] |
Great Lakes Airlines | Wyoming | | ZK | GLA | LAKES AIR | Cheyenne | 1979 | 2018 | Formerly Spirit Lake Airways |
Great Lakes Commuter | Michigan | | | | | Traverse City | 1972 | 1974 | Acquired by Skystream Airlines [611] |
Great Northern Airlines | Alaska | | | | | Fairbanks | 1975 | 1982 | Established as Fairbanks Air Service [510] |
Great Plains Airlines | | | ZN | | | | 1977 | 1979 | Established as Trinity Airlines [612] |
Great Plains Airlines | Oklahoma | | ZO | OZR | OZARK | Oklahoma City Rogers | 2001 | 2004 | |
Great Planes Express | Kansas | | | | | Augusta | 1995 | 1995 | [613] |
Great Sierra Airlines | California | | | | | Lake Tahoe | 1980 | 1981 | [614] |
Great Southern Airways | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1988 | 1989 | Cargo carrier [615] |
Great Western Air | | | | GWA | G-W AIR | | 1994 | 1994 | [616] |
Great Western Airlines | Oklahoma | | DQ | GWS | GREAT WESTERN | | 1975 | 1979 | Scheduled mail and freight services operating Beech 18 [617] |
Great Western Aviation | South Dakota | | | | | Sioux Fall | 1990 | 1990 | Operated Cessna P210R [618] |
Greater Pacific Airways | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1982 | 1988 | Operated Embraer Bandeirante. Renamed to Air LA [619] |
Greatland Air Cargo | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 1995 | 2001 | Operated DHC-4 Caribou [620] |
Green Bay Aviation | Wisconsin | | HE | GBA | | Green Bay–Austin Straubel | 1965 | 1981 | [621] |
Green Hills Aviation | | | | GRH | GREEN HILLS | | 1978 | 1987 | [622] |
Green Mountain Airlines | New York | | | | | New York-LaGuardia | 1979 | 1980 | Operated Cessna 402 [623] |
Greenbriar Airlines | West Virginia | | | | | Greenbrier | 1939 | 1969 | Commuter carrier. Operated Cessna 172 [624] |
Grey Goose Air Lines | Illinois | | | | | Chicago Midway | 1928 | 1929 | Sightseeing service. Operated Ford Trimotor [625] |
Grognet Flying Service | Michigan | | | | | Houghton | 1973 | 1975 | Summer schedule service to Isle Royale [626] |
Gross Aviation | Washington | | | | | Tacoma Narrows | 1972 | 1974 | Air taxi operator [627] |
Gulf Air International | Florida | | | | | Arcadia | 1979 | 1989 | Renamed to Trans Ocean Airways [628] |
Gulf Air Transport | Louisiana | | QG | GAT | GULFTRANS | New Iberia | 1979 | 1989 | Renamed to Trans Ocean Airways |
Gulf and Caribbean Cargo | | | | 8G | TSU | | 2004 | 2009 | [629] |
Gulf Central Airlines | Florida | | BJ | GCN | GULF CENTRAL | Orlando Melbourne | 1981 | 1984 | Established as Devoe Airlines [630] |
Gulf Coast Airlines | Mississippi | | | GFC | GULF COAST | Gulfport | 1971 | 1975 | Renamed to Coastal Airways [631] |
Gulfstream Airlines | | | | GFS | GULFSTAR | | 1971 | 1975 | [632] |
Gulfstream International Airlines | Florida | | 3M | GFT | GULF FLIGHT | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood | 1990 | 2010 | Now Silver Airways |
Gulkana Air Service | Alaska | | | | | Gulkana | 1963 | 1997 | Operated Cessna 185 Skywagon, Cessna 206, Cessna 402 [633] |
Gull Air | Massachusetts | | JI | | | Hyannis | 1975 | 1987 | Founded by Robert Welch [634] |
Gull Air | Florida | | | GUL | GULL-AIR | Miami | 1982 | 1987 | Was an Air Florida Commuter [635] |
Guy-America Airways | New York | | GK | GAM | GUY AMERICA | New York Kennedy | 1981 | 1984 | See also American Overseas Airlines |
H |
H & D Aviation | Indiana | | | | | Terre Haute | 1980 | 1981 | Renamed to Terre Haute Air Commuter [636] |
Hageland Aviation Services | Alaska | | H6 | HAG | HAGELAND | Anchorage | 1981 | 2008 | Merged with Frontier Alaska |
Hagerty’s Air Transportation | North Carolina | | | | | Charlotte | 1984 | 1984 | Merged into Sunbird Airlines [637] |
Haines Airways | Alaska | | 7A | | | Haines | 1986 | 2000 | Founded by Reg Radcliffe. Operated Piper PA-32 [638] |
Hammonds Air Service | Louisiana | | | | | Houma–Terrebonne | 1977 | 1985 | Operated Piper Navajo, Twin Otter [639] |
Hampton Air Service | New York | | | | | East Hampton | 1936 | 1937 | Operated Stinson Reliant [640] |
Hanford Airlines | Iowa | | | | | Sioux City | 1937 | 1937 | Established as Hanford Tri-State Airlines [641] |
Happy Hours Air Travel Club | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1973 | 1973 | Founded by James Ruscoe. Operated Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation [642] |
Harbor Airlines | Washington | | HB | HAR | HARBOR | Seattle–Tacoma | 1971 | 2001 | |
Harold's Air Service | Alaska | | | HAS | HAROLDS | Fairbanks | 1974 | 1986 | Renamed to Friendship Air Alaska [643] |
Harrisburg Commuter | Pennsylvania | | | | | Harrisburg | 1965 | 1970 | Renamed to Pennsylvania Commuter Airlines [644] |
Hartford Airlines | Connecticut | | | | | Robertson Field | 1966 | 1966 | Operated Aero Commander 500 [645] |
Hartzog Schneck Aviation | Illinois | | | | | Chicago Rockford | 1966 | 1969 | Operated Beechcraft King Air [646] |
HATS Hawaiian Air Tour Service | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 1946 | 1950 | Operated Beechcraft D-18 [647] |
HATS Hawaiian Air Tour Service | Hawaii | | | RES | RESORT | Honolulu | 1953 | 1979 | Absorbed Resort Airways in 1967. Operated de Havilland Dove [648] |
Havasu Airlines | Arizona | | HW | HCA | HAVASU | Lake Havasu City | 1963 | 1987 | Subsidiary of Nicholson Air Service and Cumberland Airlines [649] |
Hawaii Express | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 1982 | 1984 | [650] |
Hawaii Island Hoppers | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 1992 | 1992 | Scenic tours [651] |
Hawaii Jet-Aire | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 1968 | 1968 | Third level services. Operated Twin Otter [652] |
Hawaii Pacific Air | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 1973 | 1995 | Operated Carvair [653] |
Hawaiian Airventures | Hawaii | | | | | Keahole | 1992 | 1992 | Scenic tours [654] |
Hawaiian Pacific Airlines | Hawaii | | HP | | | Los Angeles | 1992 | 1992 | Established as Alii Air Hawaii [655] |
Hawkeye Airlines | Iowa | | | | | Ottumwa | 1974 | 1974 | Operated DC-3 [656] |
Hawkaire | North Carolina | | | HKI | HAWKEYE | Charlotte Douglas | 1991 | 2009 | [657] |
Hawkins and Powers Aviation | Wyoming | | | | | Greybull | 1989 | 2006 | Aerial firefighting. Operated Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer and Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar [658] |
Hawthorne Nevada Airlines | Nevada | | | | | Hawthorne | 1964 | 1969 | Renamed to Nevada Airlines [659] |
Heartland Airlines | Ohio | | | | | Dayton | 1998 | 2001 | Never started operations |
Helicopter Air Service | Delaware | | | | | | 1949 | 1956 | Renamed to Chicago Helicopter Airways [660] |
Hemet Valley Flying Services | California | | | | | Hemet-Ryan | 1946 | 1997 | Aerial firefighting. Operated Boeing KC-97L, PBY Catalina, C-119C [661] |
Hemisphere Air Transport | | | | | | | 1950 | 1955 | Renamed to North American Airlines [662] |
Henry's Charter Air Service | Kansas | | | | | Concordia | 1965 | 1968 | Operated Cessna 337 and Cessna 210 [663] |
Hensley Flying Service | Montana | | | | | Havre | 1944 | 1978 | [664] |
Henson Airlines | Maryland | | PI | HNA | | Charlotte Douglas | 1962 | 1993 | Rebranded as Piedmont Airlines |
Henson Aviation | | | | HNA | HENSON | | 1967 | 1979 | [665] |
Hermen's Air | Alaska | | 2E | HRM | HERMENS | Bethel | 1974 | 1990 | Established as Galena Air Service [666] |
Heussler Air | Pennsylvania | | | HUS | HEUSSLER | Erie | 1977 | 1994 | Air taxi [667] |
Hoganair | Ohio | | | HGA | HOGAN AIR | Middletown | 1989 | 1998 | Renamed to Miami Valley Aviation [668] |
Holiday Airlines | California | | | | | Oakland | 1956 | 1956 | Operated de Havilland Dove [669] |
Holiday Airlines | California | | | | | Oakland | 1965 | 1966 | Operated de Havilland Dove [670] |
Holiday Airlines | Florida | | JO | HOL | HOLIDAY | Newark Liberty | 1965 | 1975 | |
Holiday Airlines | New York | | | | | Sullivan County | 1970 | 1970 | Known as Catskill Holiday Airlines. Operated Beech 99 [671] |
Holiday Airlines | New Jersey | | | | | Newark | 1979 | 1989 | Owned subsidiary of Clinton Industries [672] |
Holiday Airlines | California | | | | | Orange County | 1988 | 1990 | Renamed to Pacific Coast Airline [673] |
Holiday Ways | California | | | | | Ontario | 1988 | 1990 | Operated Beech 18 [674] |
Hood Airlines | Texas | | | | | Killeen–Fort Hood | 1964 | 1970 | Acquired by Rio Airways. Operated Beech 99 [675] |
Hooters Air | South Carolina | | H1 | | | Myrtle Beach | 2003 | 2006 | Shut down by parent company |
Hop-A-Jet | | | | HPJ | HOPA-JET | | 1999 | 1999 | [676] |
Horizon Airlines | Virginia | | | QXE | HORIZON AIR | | 1964 | 1970 | Operated Piper Navajo and Piper Apache [677] |
Horizon Airways | Missouri | | | | | Kirksville | 1969 | 1976 | Renamed to Air Missouri [678] |
Horizon Cargo Transport | | | | | | | 1978 | 1979 | Renamed to Kahili Airlines [679] |
Houston Airlines | Virginia | | | | | Lynchburg | 1967 | 1967 | [680] |
Houston Commuter Airlines | Texas | | | | | Houston Bush | 1968 | 1968 | [681] |
Houston Metro Airlines | Texas | | | | | Clear Lake City STOLport | 1969 | 1993 | Renamed Metro Airlines |
Huachuca Airlines | Arizona | | 7H | | | Sierra Vista | 1983 | 1985 | [682] |
Hub Airlines | Illinois | | | HUB | HUB | Chicago Meigs Field | 1968 | 1974 | Acquired Commuter Airlines. Operated Beech 99 [683] [684] |
Hub Air Service | Alaska | | | | | McGrath | 1964 | 1976 | Operated Cessna 195, Cherokee Six, Piper PA-22 [685] |
Hubbard Air Transport | Washington | | | | | Seattle Lake Union Seaplane Base | 1919 | 1920 | On 3 March 1919 a B & W Seaplane made the first international US airmail flight [686] [687] |
Hudson Air Service | Alaska | | | | | Talkeetna | 1947 | 2010 | Renamed to Sheldon Air Services [688] |
Hughes Airwest | California | | RW | | HUGHES-AIR | San Francisco | 1968 | 1980 | To Republic Airlines |
Hughes Float Plane Service | Alaska | | | | | Homer | 1990s | 1990s | Air taxi [689] |
Hulman Airlines | Indiana | | | | | Terre Haute | 1968 | 1975 | Established as Hulman Field Aviation. Operated Cessna 310 [690] |
Hulman Field Aviation | Indiana | | | | | Terre Haute | 1959 | 1968 | Renamed to Hulman Airlines [691] |
Hyannis Aviation | Massachusetts | | YB | HAN | AIR HYANNIS | Barnstable | 1977 | 1977 | [692] |
I |
IASCO International Air Service Company | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1978 | 1992 | Operated Boeing 727-100 [693] |
Ilan Airways, Inc. | New York | | | | | | 1984 | 1988 | No flights |
Illini Airlines | Ohio | | | | | Chicago Rockford | 1956 | 1957 | Merged with Taxi Air Group to form TAG Airlines [694] |
Illinois Airways | Illinois | | | | | Southern Illinois | 1969 | 1972 | Renamed to Air Illinois. Intrastate scheduled-service carrier [695] |
ImagineAir | Georgia | | | IMG | | Lawrenceville | 2004 | 2018 | [696] |
Imperial Airlines | California | | II | IMP | | Imperial | 1964 | 1986 | Founded as Visco Flyging Service [697] |
Imperial Airways | | | | PNX | PHOENIX | | 1960 | 1961 | Established as Regina Cargo Airlines. Operated Curtiss C-46 [698] |
Imperial Commuter Airlines | California | | | | | Imperial | 1967 | 1968 | Operated Beech 18, Beech Bonanza [699] |
Imperial International | Minnesota | | | PNX | PHOENIX | South St. Paul | 1981 | 1992 | [700] |
Independence Air | Virginia | | DH | IDE | INDEPENDENCE | Washington Dulles | 1989 | 2006 | Formed as Atlantic Coast Airlines |
Independent Air | Georgia | | ID | IDN | INDIPENDENT | Atlanta | 1966 | 1990 | Founded as Atlanta Skylarks [701] |
Indian Wells Airlines | California | | | | | Inyokern | 1985 | 1985 | Established as C&M Airlines [702] |
Indiana Airways | | | WY | INA | INDI-AIR | | 1978 | 1980 | [703] |
Indigo Airlines | Illinois | | I9 | IBU | INDIGO BLUE | Chicago Midway | 1999 | 2001 | |
Industrial Air Transport | California | | | | | Ontario | 1945 | 1946 | Trans-Pacific freight carrier. Renamed to Pacific Overseas Airlines. Operated C-54 Skymaster. [704] |
Indy Air Travel Club | | | | | | | 1960s | 1960s | Established as Four Winds. Operated Convair 880. Charter carrier [705] |
Inland Air Lines | Wyoming | | | | | Casper–Natrona | 1938 | 1952 | Incorporated under Western brand [706] |
Inland Aviation Services | | | 7N | | | | 1996 | 2009 | [707] |
Inland Empire Airlines | California | | CC | IEA | INLAND EMPIRE | Reno–Tahoe | 1978 | 1981 | Acquired by Air Chaparral |
Inlet Airlines | Alaska | | | | | Homer | 1989 | 1999 | Founded by Dennis Rothberg. Established as Cook Inlet Aviation. Operated Piper Cherokee [708] |
Inter Citiair Express | Washington | | | | | Seattle-Tacoma | 1930 | 1930 | Acquired by Alaska-Washington Airways. Operated Stinson Detroiter, Lockheed Vega [709] |
Inter-City Air Lines | Massachusetts | | | | | Boston | 1932 | 1933 | Operated Travel Air 6000 [710] |
Inter-Island Air | Hawaii | | | UGL | UGLY VAN | Kahului | 1990 | 1991 | [711] |
Inter-Island Airways | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 1929 | 1941 | Renamed to Hawaiian Airlines [712] |
Intercoastal Airways | Illinois | | | ICA | INTERCOASTAL | Willow Run | 1986 | 1989 | Operated C-117D [713] |
Intercontinental Airways | | | IL | | | | 1977 | 1981 | Operated Boeing 707-321C, Douglas DC-8-33 [714] |
Intercontinental US Inc. | New York | | | | | New York-LaGuardia | 1960 | 1966 | Operated Carvair, DC-4 [715] |
Interior Air Taxis | Alaska | | | | | Fairbanks | 1965 | 1968 | Third-level services. Affiliate of Interior Airways [716] |
Interior Airways | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 1946 | 1972 | To Alaska International Air |
Intermountain Airways | Colorado | | | | | | 1978 | 1978 | To ExpressJet Airlines [717] |
Intermountain Aviation | Arizona | | | IMA | INTER MOUNTAIN | Pinal Airpark | 1969 | 1975 | CIA front acquired by Evergreen [718] |
International Air Cargo | Massachusetts | | | | | Boston | 1974 | 1975 | All-cargo operator [719] |
International Air Cargo | Michigan | | | | | Willow Run | 1980 | 1985 | [720] |
International Air Response | Arizona | | | | | Buckeye | 1997 | 2000 | Established as T & G Aviation. Aerial firefighting [721] |
International Air Taxi | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 1965 | 1970 | Operated Cessna 180 [722] |
International Air Taxi | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 1980 | 1983 | Affiliated with Wien Air Alaska [723] |
International Airlines | North Dakota | | | | | Minot | 1928 | 1931 | Operated Lockheed Vega. First US operator [724] |
International Airlines | California | | | | | Burbank | 1961 | 1966 | Supplemental carrier [725] |
International Airlines | Texas | | | | | San Antonio | 1966 | 1967 | Operated Douglas DC-7 [726] |
International Airlines Academy | Illinois | | | | | Willow Run | 1972 | 1975 | Renamed Trans Continental Airlines [727] |
International Cargo Xpress | Michigan | | 2C | | | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky | 1989 | 1994 | Merged into ATI – Air Transport International |
International Charter Express | Texas | | | ICX | INTEX | Houston Bush | 1988 | 1994 | [728] |
International Parcel Express | | | | IPX | SPEED PACK | | 1986 | 1988 | [729] |
International U.S. | | | | | | | 1968 | 1974 | [730] |
Interstate Air Lines | California | | | | | Buchanan Field | 1928 | 1930 | [731] |
Interstate Airlines | Illinois | | | | | Springfield | 1966 | 1968 | Third-level carrier. Operated Cherokee Six [732] |
Interstate Airlines | Michigan | | 8C | INT | INTER-FLIGHT | Willow Run | 1978 | 1986 | Established as Air Traffic Service Corp. [126] |
Interstate Airmotive | Missouri | | | | | Lambert Field | 1968 | 1968 | Charter carrier. Operated DC-3 [733] |
Interstate World Airways | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1974 | 1975 | Scheduled all-cargo services [734] |
Iowa Airways | Iowa | | JT | IOA | IOWA AIR | Dubuque | 1985 | 1994 | Agreement with Midway Airlines. Operated Embraer Bandeirante [735] [736] |
Iowa Airplane Company | Iowa | | | | | | 1933 | 1949 | Renamed to Mid-West Airlines [737] |
Irvine Airways | | | | | | | 1932 | 1932 | [738] |
Island Air | Washington | | | | | Bremerton | 1970 | 1970 | Established as Island Sky Ferries. To form Puget Sound Airlines [739] |
Island Air | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 1971 | 1972 | [740] |
Island Air | New York | | | | | Farmingdale | 1976 | 1976 | Operated DC-3 [741] |
Island Air | Hawaii | | WP | MKU | MOKU | Honolulu | 1980 | 2017 | Established as Princeville Airways [742] |
Island Air | New York | | WS | | | Farmingdale | 1984 | 1984 | Successor to Trans East International [743] |
Island Air Charters | Florida | | | ILF | | Fort Lauderdale | 1986 | 2006 | [744] |
Island Air Ferries | New York | | | | | New York-LaGuardia | 1945 | 1953 | Shuttle between JFK and LGA. Operated DC-3, Noorduyn Norseman [745] |
Island Airlines | Ohio | | | | | Erie–Ottawa | 1929 | 1979 | [746] |
Island Airlines | Massachusetts | | | | | New Bedford | 1932 | 1932 | Acquired by Maine Air Transport [747] |
Island Airlines | Massachusetts | | | | | | 1934 | 1934 | Operated six Fairchild 71 [747] |
Island Airlines | Massachusetts | | | | | | 1962 | 1962 | Established as Sky Tours [748] |
Island Airlines | Massachusetts | | IS | ISA | ISLAND | Hyannis | 1991 | 2015 | [749] |
Island Airlines Hawaii | Hawaii | | | ACH | | Honolulu | 1960 | 2002 | Operated Convair 440 [750] |
Island Airways | Michigan | | | | | Charlevoix | 1975 | 2006 | [751] |
Island Express | | | 2S | SDY | SANDY ISLE | | 1996 | 2006 | [752] |
Island Express Air | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 1994 | 1994 | Renamed to Mahalo Air [753] |
Island Helicopters | New York | | | | | Garden City | 1968 | 1977 | Scheduled services to Manhattan [754] |
Island Mail | Washington | | | | | Friday Harbor | 1966 | 1979 | Scheduled commuter services. Operated Cessna 206 [755] |
Island Pacific Air | Hawaii | | | PCR | PACAIR | Honolulu | 1975 | 1977 | [80] |
Island Sky Ferries | Washington | | | | | Bremerton | 1948 | 1950 | Established as Orcas Island Air Service. Operated Lockheed Model 10 Electra [756] |
Isle Royale Airways | Michigan | | | | | Houghton | 1965 | 1965 | Operated Grumman Mallard [757] |
Isle Royale Seaplane Service | Michigan | | | | | Houghton | 1973 | 1975 | Summer schedule [758] |
ITR Airlines | Colorado | | | ITR | OUTBACK | Denver | 1984 | 1985 | Assumed the Frontier Commuter operations [759] |
J |
Jamaire | Arkansas | | | | | Harrell Field | 1979 | 1982 | [760] |
Janair | | | | JAX | JANAIR | | 1988 | 1988 | [761] |
Janss Airways | Utah | | | | | Salt Lake City | 1966 | 1969 | Renamed to Sun Valley Airlines [762] |
Jefferson | Minnesota | | | | | Minneapolis | 1928 | 1928 | Operated Ford Trimotor [763] |
Jet 24 | Florida | | TJ | JTS | | Miami | 1979 | 1986 | |
Jet Alaska | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 1985 | 1985 | [764] |
Jet America | California | | SI | JET | | Long Beach | 1980 | 1987 | Merged into Alaska Airlines |
Jet Aviation | | | | BZF | BIZFLEET | | 1999 | 1999 | [765] |
Jet Charter | | | | JCT | JET CHARTER | | 1997 | 1998 | [766] [767] |
Jet Charter Jets | Nevada | | | | | Las Vegas McCarran | 1994 | 1994 | [768] |
Jet Courier | Ohio | | | DWW | DON JUAN | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky | 1974 | 1985 | Renamed to Wright International Express [769] |
Jet East International | Texas | | | JED | JET EAST | Dallas Love Field | 1983 | 2000 | Renamed to Express One International [770] |
Jet Express | Virginia | | JI | JEX | JETEX | Charlottesville–Albemarle | 1983 | 1993 | Established as Bader Express. Become the last Midway Airlines [771] |
Jet Fleet International Airlines | Texas | | | JFC | JET-FLEET | Dallas/Fort Worth | 1969 | 1992 | [772] |
Jet Freight Cargo | Florida | | | JED | JET EAST | Miami | 1977 | 1980 | Renamed to Concord [773] |
Jet Hansa Corporation | Florida | | XW | WRC | | West Palm Beach | 1967 | 1975 | Charter flights. Operated Hansa Jet. Renamed to Walker’s Cay Airlines [774] |
Jet U.S. | Michigan | | | | | Detroit | 1993 | 1993 | Operated one week [775] |
Jet Way | Michigan | | | JWY | | Willow Run | 1970s | 1984 | Acquired by Kalitta Air [776] |
JetAmerica | Florida | | J1 | BSK | BISCAYNE | Toledo Express | 2007 | 2009 | As Air Azul |
Jetstream International Airlines | Ohio | | | VNA | JETSTREAM INTERNATIONAL | Dayton | 1983 | 1995 | Established as Vee Neal Airlines. Renamed to PSA Airlines [777] |
JetTrain | New York | | | JTN | JETTRAIN | Newark Liberty | 1994 | 1996 | Established as AirTrain Airlines [778] |
JetWest | Colorado | | | | | Denver | 1969 | 1970 | Absorbed by Frontier Airlines (1950–1986) |
Jetwest International | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1994 | 1995 | Charter operator [779] |
Jetwest International Airways | Nevada | | | | | Las Vegas McCarran | 1981 | 1982 | Renamed to Sunworld International [780] |
Jetwingsco | Florida | | | | | Fort Myers | 2001 | 2004 | Operated Cessna Citation I, Gulfstream III [781] |
Jim Dodson Air Service | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 1937 | 1943 | Acquired by Ray Petersen Flying Service [782] |
Jim Hankins Air Services | Mississippi | | HQ | HKN | HANKINS | Jackson | 1958 | 2009 | [783] |
Johnson Airways | Louisiana | | | | | New Orleans | 1932 | 1933 | Established as The Gulf Coast Airlines [784] |
Johnsons Flying Service | Idaho | | JF | | JOHNSON SERVICE | Missoula | 1926 | 1975 | Changed name to Johnson Air, then Johnson International Airlines. In 1975 merged into Intermountain Aviation became Evergreen International Aviation [785] |
Jolly Voyager Travel Club | | | | | | | 1970 | 1974 | Operated DC-7 [786] |
Juneau Air Service | Alaska | | | | | Juneau | 1980 | 1980 | Renamed to Ward Air [787] |
Juneau Air Taxi Service | Alaska | | | | | Juneau | 1953 | 1951 | Renamed to Loken Air Charter [788] |
K |
K-T Flying Service | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 1934 | 1941 | Founded by Charles Knox and Robert Tyce [789] |
Kahili Airlines (Trans National Airlines of Hawaii) | Hawaii | | NX | | | Honolulu | 1979 | 1981 | [790] |
Kansas City Southern Skyways | Kansas | | NX | | | Kansas City | 1945 | 1949 | Cargo carrier. Operated C-47 [791] [792] |
Kenai Air Alaska | Alaska | | | | | Kenai | 1978 | 1987 | Established as Kenai Air Service [793] |
Kenai Air Service | Alaska | | | | | Kenai | 1977 | 1978 | Founded by Vernon L. Lofsted. Renamed to Kenai Air Alaska [794] |
Kenmore Air Harbor | Washington | | | | | Kenmore | 1946 | 1981 | Renamed to Kenmore Air [795] |
KentuckySkies | Kentucky | | | | | Owensboro–Daviess | 2009 | 2012 | A Pacific Wings subsidiary |
Ketchikan Air Service | Alaska | | 6S | | | Ketchikan | 1997 | 1998 | Acquired by Taquan Air [796] |
Ketchikan Airways | Alaska | | | | | Ketchikan | 1933 | 1993 | Established as Pioneer Airways [797] |
Key Air | Utah | | | KEY | KEY AIR | Salt Lake City | 1987 | 1989 | Charter carrier [798] |
Key Airlines | Idaho | | | KWY | KEYAIR | Savannah/Hilton Head | 1969 | 1993 | Established as Thunderbird Airlines |
Key West Airlines | Florida | | | | | Key West | 1980 | 1981 | [799] |
Keyway Air Transport | | | | | | Rhein-Main Air Base | 1986 | 1992 | |
KeyWest Seaplane Service | Florida | | | | | Key West | 1976 | 1997 | Adventure tours carrier. Operated Cessna 206 [800] |
King Airlines | | | | | | Wichita Falls | 1965 | 1972 | Commuter air services. Operated Aero Commander 680, Piper Aztec, Cherokee Six [801] |
Kingman Aviation | Arizona | | | | | Kingman | 1973 | 1982 | [802] |
Kitty Hawk Aircargo | Indiana | | KR | KHA | KITTYHAWK | Fort Wayne | 1985 | 2008 | Formed as Kitty Hawk Airways |
Kitty Hawk Airways | Texas | | 2K | KHA | | Dallas Love Field | 1978 | 1990 | |
Kitty Hawk International | Michigan | | CB | CKS | | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky | 1999 | 2000 | To Kalitta Air |
Kiwi International Air Lines | New Jersey | | KP | KIA | KIWI AIR | Newark Liberty | 1992 | 1999 | Went bankrupt |
Knowles Air-Ways | Michigan | | | | | Flint | 1933 | 1935 | Operated Ford Trimotor [803] |
Kobrin Airways | New Jersey | | | | | Princeton | 1982 | 1982 | Operated Piper Navajo [804] |
Kodiak Airways | Alaska | | | | | Kodiak | 1960 | 1973 | Merged with Western Alaska Airlines [805] |
Kodiak Island Air | Alaska | | | | | Kodiak | 1995 | 1998 | [806] |
Kodiak Western Alaska Airline | Alaska | | | | | Kodiak | 1973 | 1982 | Formed by the merger of Kodiak Airways and Western Alaska Airlines. Operated Grumman Goose [807] |
L |
L.A.B. Flying Service | Alaska | | JA | LAB | LAB | Haines | 1956 | 2008 | |
L'Express Airlines | Louisiana | | | LEX | LEX | New Orleans Louis Armstrong | 1989 | 1992 | |
LA Helicopter | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1986 | 1989 | Operated Ecureuil 2 [808] |
La Posada Airways | Texas | | | | | Laredo | 1967 | 1969 | Scheduled commuter services. Operated Britten-Norman Islander [809] |
Lake Central Airlines | Indiana | | LC | | | Cleveland Hopkins | 1950 | 1968 | Began as Turner Airlines. To Allegheny Airlines |
Lake Geneva Airways | Wisconsin | | | | | Lake Geneva | 1970 | 1973 | [810] |
Lake Havasu Air Services | Arizona | | | HCA | HAVASU | Lake Havasu City | 1970s | 1970s | Regional carrier [811] |
Lake Havasu City Airlines | California | | | | | Long Beach | 1964 | 1971 | Merged into McCulloch International [812] |
Lake State Airways | Minnesota | | NT | | | New Ulm | 1977 | 1979 | Renamed to Midwest Aviation [813] |
Lake Union Air Service | Washington | | | | | Lake Union Seaplane Base | 1946 | 1993 | To Kenmore Air [814] |
Lakeland Airlines | Wisconsin | | YQ | LKL | LAKELAND | Rice Lake | 1980 | 1984 | |
Laker Airways Inc. | Florida | | 6F | LKR | LAKER | Fort Lauderdale | 1995 | 1999 | Was a US-registered airline established as a sister company to Laker Airways Bahamas [815] |
Lance Air Transport | Florida | | | | | | 1962 | 1965 | Operated C-46, DC-6A, DC-7 [816] |
Landair International Airlines | | | C29 | | | 1994 | 1994 | Renamed to Forward Air International Airlines [817] |
Lang Aire | Nevada | | | | | Las Vegas | 1994 | 1998 | Cargo carrier [818] |
Laredo Air | Texas | | | LRD | LAREDO AIR | Laredo | 1988 | 1989 | [819] |
Larry’s Flying Service | | | J6 | | | | 1982 | 2006 | [820] |
Las Vegas Airlines | Nevada | | 6G | EER | | Las Vegas McCarran | 1973 | 1987 | [821] |
Laughlin Express | Nevada | | | LEP | LAUGHLIN EXPRESS | Laughlin/Bullhead | 1992 | 1992 | [822] |
Lavery Airways | Alaska | | | | | Fairbanks | 1935 | 1987 | Founded by William L. "Bill" Lavery. To Alaska Star Airlines [823] |
Lawrence Aviation | | | | LAR | LAWRENCE | | 1992 | 1992 | [824] |
LB Ltd. | | | LB | LAB | | | 1999 | 2000 | Established as Princess Vacations by Sir Freddie Laker. Renamed to the original Princess Vacations [825] |
Lear JeTravel | Nevada | | | | | Reno Stead | 1968 | 1969 | Operated Learjet 23 and Learjet 24 [826] |
Lebanon Airport Development Corp. | New Hampshire | | | LAD | LADCO-AIR | Lebanon | 1975 | 1976 | Operated Aero Commander [827] |
Leconte Airlines | | | | LCA | LECONTE | | 1981 | 1981 | [828] |
Legend Airlines | Texas | | LC | LGD | LEGENDARY | Dallas Love Field | 1996 | 2000 | Flights commenced in 2000; went bankrupt |
Leisure Air | North Carolina | | L8 | LWD | LEISURE WORLD | Chicago O'Hare | 1992 | 1995 | |
Lemco Flying Services | | | | | | | 1960 | 1964 | Renamed to Chatham Airlines [829] |
Liberty Air | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 1984 | 1984 | Formed by the purchase and merger of Air North and Valdez Airlines [830] |
Liberty Airlines | Ohio | | | | | Toledo Express | 1982 | 1983 | Operated Beech Baron and Convair 440 [831] |
Liberty Express Airlines | Pennsylvania | | | | | Pittsburgh | 1994 | 1997 | To Air Midwest |
Licon Airways | | | | | | | 1933 | 1934 | [832] |
Lincoln Air Service | | | | | | | 1928 | 1932 | [833] |
Lincoln Airlines | | | | LUX | FREEBIRD | | 1989 | 1990 | [834] |
Lindsay Aviation | | | | LSY | LINDSAY AIR | | 2004 | 2006 | [835] |
Lisle Air Service | California | | | | | Fresno Chandler | 1965 | 1967 | Commuter services. Operated Cessna 206 [836] |
Livemercial Aviation | Delaware | | | | | Wilmington | 2008 | 2012 | Charter carrier [837] |
Loening Air | Idaho | | | | | Boise | 1963 | 1970 | Commuter service. Operated Cessna 411 [838] |
Loken Air Charter | Alaska | | | | | Juneau | 1961 | 1964 | Established as Juneau Air Taxi Service. Merged with Channel Flying Service [839] |
Loken Aviation | Alaska | | | | | Juneau | 1954 | 1997 | Renamed to Alaska Seaplanes [840] |
Lon’s Flying Service | Alaska | | | | | Petersburg Johnson | 1967 | 1967 | Renamed to Alaska Island Air. Operated DHC-2 [841] |
Lone Star Air Cargo | Texas | | | | | Dallas Love Field | 1945 | 1947 | Cargo carrier [842] |
Lone Star Airlines | Texas | | AD | LSS | LONESTAR | Dallas/Fort Worth | 1984 | 1998 | Established as Exec Express II |
Long Island Airlines | New York | | YL | ORA | LONG ISLAND | Farmingdale | 1987 | 1991 | Established as Montauk Caribbean Airways. Sold and renamed Executive Airlines [843] |
Longhorn Airlines | Texas | | | | | Fort Worth Meacham | 1965 | 1971 | Commuter air services. Operated Piper Cherokee [844] |
LorAir | Arizona | | | LOR | | Tucson | 1995 | 2001 | Charter carrier [845] |
Los Angeles Air Services | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1948 | 1960 | Renamed to Trans International Airlines [846] |
Los Angeles Air Taxi Service | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1965 | 1970 | Operated de Havilland Dove, Beech 18, Aero Commander 680 [847] |
Los Angeles Airways | California | | | | | Grand Central Airport | 1927 | 1928 | [848] |
Los Angeles Airways | California | | LX | | LOS ANGELES | Los Angeles | 1947 | 1971 | |
Los Angeles-San Diego Air Line | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1925 | 1925 | Established by Ryan Airline. First scheduled airline in US [849] |
Louisa Flying Service | Virginia | | | | | Louisa | 1995 | 2005 | [850] |
Louisiana Aircraft | New Mexico | | | | | Albuquerque | 1941 | 2003 | Services for the U. S. Government. Renamed to Ross Aviation [851] |
Lubbock-Amarillo Armored Service | Texas | | | | | Lubbock | 1967 | 1971 | Urgent deliveries carrier, Operated Piper Navajo [852] |
Lucerne Airways | California | | | | | Oakland | 1931 | 1931 | [853] |
Ludington Airline | Pennsylvania | | | | | Cleveland Hopkins | 1929 | 1933 | |
Luthi Aviation | North Dakota | | | | | Fargo | 1972 | 1974 | Operated Beech C-45, Renamed to Sizer Airways [854] |
Lynch Flying Service | Montana | | | LCH | LYNCH AIR | | 1967 | 1996 | Commuter services. Operated Cessna 310, Cessna 337 [855] |
Lynx Air International | Florida | | | LXF | LYNX FLIGHT | Fort Lauderdale | 1989 | 2009 | |
Lynx Aviation | Colorado | | L3 | SSX | SHASTA | Denver | 2006 | 2011 | |
M |
Mac Dan Aviation | New Jersey | | | MCN | MAC DAN | Caldwell | 2004 | 2006 | [856] |
MAC Helicopters | Texas | | | | | | 1973 | 1973 | [857] |
MAC McMullen Airways | Florida | | | | | Tampa | 1920 | 1931 | Daily passenger services. Operated Stinson [858] |
Mackey Air Taxi | Florida | | | | | Fort Lauderdale | 1967 | 1968 | Renamed to MacKey International Air Commuter [859] |
Mackey Airlines | Florida | | MK | | | Fort Lauderdale | 1946 | 1967 | To Eastern Air Lines, restarted as Mackey International Airlines, shut down 1981 |
MacKey International Air Commuter | Florida | | | | | Fort Lauderdale | 1968 | 1976 | Established as Mackey Air Taxi. Renamed to Mackey International [860] |
MacKey International Airlines | Florida | | MI | | | Fort Lauderdale | 1976 | 1980 | Established as MacKey International Air Commuter [861] |
Maddux Air Lines | California | | | | | Mines Field | 1927 | 1929 | Merged with Transcontinental Air Transport to form TAT Maddux Air Lines |
Magic Carpet Air | | | | | | | 1961 | 1972 | Renamed to Traventure Air Travel Club. Operated Convair 440 [862] |
Mahalo Air | Hawaii | | BM | MLH | MAHALO | Honolulu | 1993 | 1997 | |
Main Flying Services | | | | | | | 1930 | 1931 | [863] |
Maine Air | Maine | | | | | Bangor | 1982 | 1983 | Operated Piper Aircraft [864] |
Maine Air Cargo Express | Maine | | | | | | 1948 | 1949 | [865] |
Maine Air Transport | Maine | | | MAT | MAINE AIR | | 1932 | 1933 | [866] |
Maine Aviation | Maine | | | MAT | | Portland Jetport | 1962 | 2002 | [867] |
Maine Coast Airways | Maine | | | | | | 1983 | 1992 | [868] |
Maine State Airways | Maine | | | | | Augusta | 1931 | 1931 | [869] |
Majestic Air | Florida | | QT | PIA | | Miami | 1988 | 1989 | Renamed to Carnival Air Lines. Operated a single Boeing 707-100 [870] |
Majestic Airlines | Utah | | 2J | MAJ | MAGIC AIR | Salt Lake City | 1988 | 1997 | Operated Beech 99 [871] |
Makani Kai Air | Hawaii | | | | | Honolulu | 1998 | 2020 | Merged into Mokulele Airlines [872] |
Mall Airways | New York | | GH | MLS | MALL AIRWAYS | Albany | 1973 | 1989 | Merged into Business Express Airlines |
Mamer Air Transport | Washington | | | | | Felts Field [46] | 1929 | 1932 | Operated Ford Trimotor [873] |
Manhattan Airlines | New York | | | | | Syracuse | 1974 | 1976 | Operated DC-3 [874] |
Mannion Air Charter | Michigan | | | | | Willow Run | 1950s | 1980s | Operated DC-3 and Beech C-45 [875] [876] |
Manufacturers Air Transport | Illinois | | | | | Chicago Midway | 1967 | 1973 | Operated C-47, Cessna 206 and Cessna 310 [877] |
Marco Island Airways | Florida | | LS | | | Miami | 1973 | 1986 | Merged into Provincetown-Boston Airlines |
Marine Airways | Alaska | | | | | Juneau | 1936 | 1939 | Merged with Alaska Air Transport to form Alaska Coastal Airlines [878] |
Mario’s Air | Florida | | M2 | | | Miami-Opa-locka | 1995 | 2006 | Operated DC-3 [879] |
MarkAir | Alaska | | BF | MRK | MARKAIR | Anchorage | 1946 | 1995 | Merged into Northern Air Cargo |
Markair Express | Alaska | | 2E | MRX | SPEEDMARK | Bethel | 1974 | 1996 | Established as Hermens Air. Acquired by MarkAir in 1987 [880] |
Marquette Airlines | | | | | | | 1938 | 1941 | To Trans World Airlines [881] |
Marsh Airways | Alaska | | | | | Bethel | 1934 | 1935 | Founded by Ray Petersen [882] |
Marshfield Aviation | Massachusetts | | | | | Marshfield | 1967 | 1971 | Operated Cessna 172, Cessna 177 Cardinal, Cessna 337 [883] |
Martz Air Lines | New York | | | | | Buffalo Niagara | 1930 | 1933 | Absorbed by American Airways [884] |
Maryland Airways | Maryland | | | | | | 1964 | 1968 | Operated Beech 18 [885] |
Mason & Dixie Air Lines | Michigan | | | | | Detroit | 1929 | 1931 | [886] |
Mass Air | Massachusetts | | | | | Boston | 1964 | 1971 | Founded by E. Antony. Acquired and merged intoExecutive Airlines [887] |
Massachusetts Airlines | Massachusetts | | | | | Boston | 1949 | 1949 | [888] |
MATS Cargo Airlines | Illinois | | | | | Chicago O'Hare | 1972 | 1973 | Scheduled and charter cargo operator [889] |
Matson Airlines | California | | | | | San Francisco | 1946 | 1948 | Operated DC-4 [890] |
Maui Airlines | Hawaii | | | | | Kahului | 1985 | 1988 | [891] |
Mauiva Air Tours | Florida | | | | | Kissimmee | 2010 | 2014 | Renamed ViaAir. Operated Embraer Brasilia [892] |
Maverick Airways | Texas | | | | | Maverick County | 1974 | 1976 | [893] |
Maverick Airways | Colorado | | | | | Denver | 1996 | 1997 | Founded by Cody Diekroeger. Operated DHC 7 [894] |
Maverick International | New York | | YG | | | New York Stewart | 1977 | 1979 | Operated three Boeing 707. Transported cattle to Iran [895] [896] |
Mavrik Aire | Alaska | | | | | Kenai | 1998 | 2007 | Bush charter services [897] |
Max's Air Service | Wisconsin | | | | | Appleton | 1947 | 1967 | Founded by Max Sagunsky. Renamed to Maxair [898] |
MAXjet Airways | Virginia | | MY | MXJ | MAX-JET | Washington Dulles | 2003 | 2007 | |
May Air Xpress | Texas | | | MXP | BEECHNUT | | 1990 | 2004 | Founded by Thomas W. May [899] |
Mayflower Airlines | Massachusetts | | | | | Boston | 1936 | 1945 | Absorbed by Northeast Airlines |
McClain Airlines | Arizona | | | | | Phoenix Sky Harbor | 1984 | 1987 | |
McCollum Aviation | Illinois | | | | | | 1939 | 1986 | [900] |
McCulloch International Airlines | California | | | | | Long Beach | 1966 | 1978 | Acquired by Vance International Airways [901] |
McGee Airways | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 1932 | 1934 | Merged with Star Air Service |
McKinley Air Service | Alaska | | | | | Talkeetna | 2003 | 2003 | Operated Cessna 185 [902] |
Mel Air | | | | | | | 1963 | 1971 | Operated Cessna 402, Piper Aztec, Piper Apache [903] |
Mercer Airlines | California | | | | | Burbank | 1946 | 1976 | Began as Airplane Charter by Mercer. [152] Became Pacific American Airlines [904] |
Mercury Air Lines | California | | | | | West Los Angeles | 1919 | 1921 | Operated Junkers-Larsen JL-6 [905] |
Mercury Airlines | Texas | | | | | Houston-Hobby | 1946 | 1947 | [906] |
Meridian Air Cargo | | | | | | | 1975 | 1979 | Established as Key Brothers Flying Service [907] |
Merlin Express | Texas | | | MEI | | San Antonio | 1996 | 2000 | Established as SAT-Air. Renamed to Merlin Airways. Operated Swearingen Metroliner [908] |
Merrimack Air System | Massachusetts | | | | | Lawrence | 1975 | 1978 | Moved to Bedford and renamed to Merimack Airlines [909] |
Merrimack Airlines | Massachusetts | | ZE | | | Hanscom Field | 1978 | 1980 | Merged with New Jersey Airlines [910] |
Mesaba Airlines | Tennessee | | XJ | MES | MESABA | Memphis | 1944 | 2012 | Merged into Pinnacle Airlines |
Methow Aviation | Washington | | | MER | METHOW | | 1989 | 2006 | [911] |
MetJet | Wisconsin | | | | | Green Bay–Austin Straubel | 2013 | 2013 | [912] |
Meteor Air Transport | New York | | | | | Teterboro | 1946 | 1958 | Operated C-46, C-47 and DC-4 [913] |
Metro Air Northeast | New York | | SS | MNE | NORTHEAST | Plattsburgh | 1989 | 1991 | [914] |
Metro Airlines | Texas | | | | | Clear Lake City STOLport | 1969 | 1993 | Originally Houston Metro Airlines |
Metroflight Airlines | | | Part of Metro Airlines |
Metro Express II | | | | MEX | EAGLE EXPRESS | | 1984 | 1995 | Established as Eastern Metro Express. Operated Jetstream 31 [915] |
Metro Express Airlines | Georgia | | | EME | EASTERN METRO | Atlanta | 1984 | 1991 | [916] |
Metro International Airlines | New York | | FT | | | New York Kennedy | 1980 | 1983 | Passenger division of Flying Tigers Line. Operated Boeing 747 [917] |
MetroJet | Virginia | | US | USA | USAIR | Baltimore–Washington | 1998 | 2001 | |
Metropolitan Air Ferry Service | New York | | | | | Newark | 1931 | 1931 | Operated Ford Trimotor [918] |
MGM Grand Air | California | | MG | MGM | GRAND AIR | Minneapolis–Saint Paul | 1987 | 1995 | To Champion Air |
Miami Air Charter | Florida | | | HUR | HURRICANE CHARTER | Miami | 1987 | 1995 | Renamed to Nations Air Express [919] |
Miami Air International | Florida | | LL | BSK | BISCAYNE | Miami | 1990 | 2020 | [920] [921] |
Miami Air Lease | Florida | | MG | MGD | MIAMI AIR | Miami | 1999 | 1999 | [922] |
Miami Airlines | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1960 | 1961 | [923] |
Miami Executive Aviation | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1997 | 1999 | [924] |
Miami Seaplane Service | Florida | | | | | Miami Seaplane Base | 1933 | 1933 | [925] |
Miami Valley Aviation | Ohio | | | OWL | NIGHT OWL | Middletown | 1998 | 2006 | Established as Hoganair [926] |
Miami-Key West Airways | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1937 | 1938 | [927] |
Michigan Air Express | Michigan | | | | | | 1930 | 1931 | [928] |
Michigan Airways | Michigan | | | | | | 1982 | 1989 | Established as Emmet County Aviation. Acquired by Drummond Island Air [929] |
Michigan Central Airlines | Michigan | | | | | Bishop | 1938 | 1938 | [930] |
Michigan Peninsular Airways | Michigan | | | | | Willow Run | 1978 | 1981 | Operated DC-8 [931] |
Michigan Trade Winds | Michigan | | | | | | 1968 | 1968 | [932] |
Mid Pacific Air | Hawaii | | HO | MPA | MID PAC | Honolulu | 1981 | 1995 | |
Mid Pacific Cargo | Indiana | | PF | MPA | | Lafayette | 1999 | 1999 | [933] |
Mid South Airways | | | | | | | 1940 | 1940 | [934] |
Mid-America Airlines | Illinois | | | | | Peoria | 1970 | 1970 | Operated Martin 2-0-2 [935] |
Mid-American Air Transport | Kansas | | | | | | 1967 | 1971 | Operated Beech 18 [936] |
Mid-Atlantic Freight | North Carolina | | | MDC | NIGHT SHIP | Piedmont Triad | 1990 | 2005 | Acquired by Martinaire in 2005 [937] |
Mid-Coast Airways | Maine | | | | | Rockland | 1960 | 1968 | Renamed to Downeast Airlines [938] |
Mid-Continent Air Express | Colorado | | | | | Denver Stapleton | 1929 | 1931 | Operated Fokker Super Universal. Acquired by Western Air Express [939] |
Mid-Continent Airlines | Iowa | | | | | Sioux Gateway | 1938 | 1952 | Established as Hanfords Tri-State Airlines in 1928. Acquired by Braniff [940] |
Mid-Continent Airlines | | | | | | | 1964 | 1964 | [941] |
Mid-Continent Airlines | Tennessee | | | | | Memphis | 1969 | 1970 | Operated Cessna 402 [942] |
Mid-Continent Airlines | Oklahoma | | | | | Halliburton Field | 1972 | 1974 | Operated Piper Aircraft [943] |
Mid-Continent Airlines | | | | | | | 1980 | 1982 | Funded by Terry Hudik and Mike Gedmin. Renamed to American Central Airlines [944] |
Mid-Hudson Airline | | | | | | | 1951 | 1966 | Renamed to Command Airways [945] |
Mid-South Airlines | | | | | | | 1979 | 1983 | Established as Resort Commuter Airlines. Renamed to Air Virginia [946] |
Mid-West Airways | Iowa | | | | | Des Moines | 1929 | 1931 | Renamed to Des Moines Airways [947] |
MidAtlantic Airways | Pennsylvania | | BK | PDC | | Pittsburgh | 2002 | 2006 | |
Midcontinent Airlines | Nebraska | | CT | MCA | CONTINAIR | Omaha | 1986 | 1989 | Began as AAA Airlines. Operated as Braniff Express [948] |
Midet Aviation | Florida | | | | | Palm Beach | 1938 | 1956 | Acquired by Mackey Airlines [949] |
Midnight Express | Georgia | | | | | Atlanta | 1983 | 1988 | [950] |
Midstate Airlines | Wisconsin | | IU | MIS | MIDSTATE | Central Wisconsin | 1964 | 1989 | To Sentry Insurance |
Midway Airlines (1976–1991) | Illinois | | ML | MDW | MIDWAY | Chicago Midway | 1976 | 1991 | |
Midway Connection | | | XAP | MID-TOWN | 1987 | |
Midway Metrolink | | | | | 1983 | 1985 | Operated DC-9-30 [951] |
Midway Express | Florida | | | FLA | PALM | Miami | 1984 | 1990 | Operated former Air Florida Boeing 737 [952] |
Midway Airlines (1993–2003) | North Carolina | | JI | MDW | MIDWAY | Chicago Midway | 1993 | 2003 | |
Midway Aviation | Texas | | | | | Dallas Love Field | 1996 | 1996 | Acquired by Airnet Express [953] |
Midwest Air Charter | Ohio | | | | | Willoughby | 1977 | 1980 | Acquired by Airborne [954] |
Midwest Airlines | Wisconsin | | YX | MEP | MIDEX | Milwaukee Mitchell | 1948 | 2010 | As K-C Aviation, merged with Frontier Airlines |
Midwest Connect | | | | | 1994 | Regional airline associate of Midwest Airlines |
Midwest Express | | | | | 1978 | 2002 | Renamed to Midwest Airlines |
Midwest Airways | Ohio | | | | | Lunken Field | | | |
Midwest Aviation | Minnesota | | | | | New Ulm | 1973 | 1983 | Operated as Air New Ulm (1973–1977), then as Lake State Airways (1977–1999) |
Midwest Commuter Airlines | Indiana | | | | | Indianapolis | 1967 | 1974 | [955] |
Militair | | | | | | | 1979 | 1980 | Operated American Eagle Boeing 707 to fly military families [956] |
Million Air Monterey | California | | | | | Salinas | 1999 | 2012 | Established as Air Trails. Operated Cessna Citation II, Learjet 35A [957] |
Millon Air | Florida | | OX | OXO | MILL AIR | Miami | 1983 | 1998 | Operated Boeing 707, CL-44 [958] |
Mission Airlines | California | | | | | Gillespie Field | 1969 | 1982 | Operated Beech 18 [959] |
Mississippi Valley Airlines | Wisconsin | | XV | MVA | VALAIR | Quad City | 1968 | 1985 | Merged with Air Wisconsin |
Missouri Air Commuter | Missouri | | | | | Kansas City | 1974 | 1978 | Charter and air taxi. Operated Martin 4-0-4 [960] |
Modern Air Transport | New Jersey | | KV | | MODERN | Newark Liberty | 1946 | 1975 | |
Mohawk Airlines | New York | | MO | | MOHAWK | Ithaca Tompkins | 1945 | 1972 | As Robinson Airlines, to Allegheny Airlines |
Mokulele Flight Service | Hawaii | | | | | Kona | 1998 | 2005 | Rebranded as Mokulele Airlines [961] |
Monarch Air | Texas | | | | | Dallas Addison | 1986 | 2017 | Founded by the Sawtelle family. Operated Cessna Skyhawk [962] |
Monarch Air Lines | Colorado | | | | | Denver | 1946 | 1950 | Merged with Arizona Airways and Challenger Airlines to form Frontier Airlines [963] |
Monarch Aviation | Florida | | | | | Miami | 1977 | 1982 | [964] |
Montauk Caribbean Airways | New York | | YL | ORA | | Farmingdale | 1960 | 1987 | Sold and renamed Long Island Airlines [965] |
Morris Air | Utah | | KN | MSS | WASATCH | Salt Lake City | 1948 | 1994 | As Morris Air Service, to Southwest Airlines |
Mountain Air Express | Colorado | | M7 | MAX | PIKES PEAK | Denver | 1996 | 1998 | Sold to Air Wisconsin, formerly owned by Western Pacific Airlines |
Mountain Airways | New York | | | | | Kingston–Ulster | 1969 | 1970 | Operated BN Islander [966] |
Mountain Aviation | Alaska | | | | | Sitka | 1977 | 1995 | Operated amphibious Cessna 185, DHC Beaver [967] |
Mountain West Airlines | Idaho | | FX | | | Boise | 1979 | 1981 | |
Mountain West Airlines | Arizona | | | | | Phoenix Sky Harbor | 1995 | 1996 | To Mesa Airlines |
Mountainwest Aviation | Arizona | | | | | Tucson | 1967 | 1981 | Acquired Sierra Pacific Airlines, Operated Convair 580 [968] |
MPA Michigan Penninsula Airlines | Michigan | | MN | XAT | | Willow Run | 1979 | 1984 | Cargo operator [969] |
Munz Northern Airlines | Alaska | | | | | Nome | 1974 | 1983 | [970] |
Mt. McKinley Air Freight | Alaska | | | | | Anchorage | 1946 | 1949 | Operated C-47A [971] |
Murray Air | Michigan | | 5M | MUA | | Oakland County | 1986 | 2008 | Rebranded as National Airlines (N8) [972] |
Muse Air | Texas | | MC | TST | MUSE AIR | Dallas Love Field | 1981 | 1986 | Acquired by Southwest Airlines and renamed TranStar Airlines |
Mustang Airlines | Texas | | | | | Dallas | 1967 | 1977 | [973] |
Mutual Air Lines | California | | | | | Los Angeles | 1928 | 1929 | Operated Ryan Brougham [974] |
Myrtle Beach Jet Express | South Carolina | | | | | Myrtle Beach | 1996 | 1999 | [975] |