List of largest airlines in North America

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

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By passengers carried

This is a list of North America's largest passenger airlines in terms of enplaned passengers. Passenger numbers shown are inclusive of regional carriers operating under contract where applicable.

AirlineCountry202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012Ref
American Airlines United States210,692,000199,288,000165,682,00095,324,000215,182,000203,745,000199,640,000198,714,575201,249,127197,340,801193,739,825 1 107,806,578 [1]
Delta Air Lines United StatesTBATBATBATBA204,000,000192,465,271186,382,771183,741,787179,382,874171,350,030164,659,644164,571,529 [2]
Southwest Airlines United States171,817,000156,982,000123,264,00067,785,000162,681,000163,605,833157,677,218151,740,357144,574,882135,767,188133,155,030133,978,100 [3]
United Airlines United States164,927,000144,300,000104,082,00057,761,000162,443,000158,330,000148,067,000143,177,000140,369,000138,029,000139,209,000140,441,000 [4]
Air Canada Canada44,790,00036,144,00013,192,00013,760,00051,543,00050,904,00048,126,00044,849,00041,126,00038,526,00035,761,00034,900,000 [5]
Alaska Airlines United States44,557,00041,468,00032,407,00017,927,00046,733,00045,802,00044,034,00041,947,000 2 31,883,00029,278,00027,414,00025,896,000 [6]
Spirit Airlines United States44,105,00038,463,00030,828,00018,746,00034,537,00029,312,00024,183,07021,618,03917,921,41914,293,70312,413,81210,422,548 [7]
JetBlue Airways United States42,534,00039,562,00030,094,00014,274,00042,727,69442,149,98940,038,09038,263,10435,100,98632,078,31630,463,22628,956,213 [8]
Volaris Mexico33,497,00031,051,00024,405,00014,100,00021,975,00018,396,00016,427,00015,005,00011,983,0009,809,0008,900,0007,057,700 [9]
Frontier Airlines United States30,218,00025,486,00020,708,00013,065,00021,869,00018,669,00015,970,00014,773,00012,569,00011,328,0009,874,0009,927,000 [10]
WestJet CanadaTBATBATBATBATBA25,491,29024,137,47721,951,46320,281,37619,651,97718,485,14417,423,000 [11] [12]
VivaAerobus Mexico24,992,00020,698,00015,268,0008,123,00012,019,11410,014,0628,195,5666,373,6264,760,0004,000,000n/an/a [13]
Aeroméxico Mexico24,760,00021,724,00016,553,0009,484,00020,689,00021,878,00020,666,00019,703,00018,769,00017,190,00015,488,00014,812,000 [14]
Allegiant Air United States17,143,87016,630,13813,509,5448,553,62314,823,26713,606,10312,138,14611,003,8649,355,0978,017,4427,103,3666,591,707 [15]
Interjet Mexicon/an/an/an/a15,184,72013,880,00012,378,00011,122,00010,483,0008,686,000n/an/a [16]
Hawaiian Airlines United States10,879,00010,015,0006,543,0003,363,00011,751,00311,840,17811,505,32411,050,91110,672,66710,195,1459,935,7439,484,204 [17]
Sun Country Airlines United States4,140,6633,598,5842,733,3641,740,0003,127,0002,089,0002,062,0001,793,0001,851,0001,576,0001,439,0001,228,000 [18]
Notes

By fleet size

This is a list of airlines ranked by fleet size, as of December 6,2023:

AirlineFleet sizeRef
American Airlines 952 [19]
Delta Air Lines 947 [20]
United Airlines 924 [21]
Southwest Airlines 814[ citation needed ]
SkyWest Airlines 493 [22]
JetBlue 286[ citation needed ]
Republic Airways 230
Alaska Airlines 221[ citation needed ]
Spirit Airlines 201[ citation needed ]
Air Canada 197[ citation needed ]
Envoy Air 147
Endeavor Air 137
WestJet 133[ citation needed ]
PSA Airlines 119
Aeroméxico 106[ citation needed ]
Mesa Airlines 106
Frontier Airlines 132[ citation needed ]
Allegiant Air 126[ citation needed ]
Volaris 118[ citation needed ]
Jazz Aviation 107
VivaAerobús 79[ citation needed ]
GoJet Airlines 67
CommuteAir 64
Hawaiian Airlines 61[ citation needed ]
Piedmont Airlines 61
Porter Airlines 54[ citation needed ]
Sun Country Airlines 43[ citation needed ]
Aerolitoral 40
Air Canada Rouge 40
Air Wisconsin 40
Air Transat 36[ citation needed ]
Breeze Airways 35 [23]
Sunwing Airlines 22[ citation needed ]
Silver Airways 15 [24]

By number of destinations

This is a list of airlines ranked by number of destinations, as of March 9,2021:

AirlineDestinationsRef
United Airlines 431 [25]
American Airlines 352 [26]
Delta Air Lines 290 [27]
SkyWest Airlines 244 [28]
Air Canada 192 [29]
Allegiant Air 128 [30]
Alaska Airlines 119 [31]
Southwest Airlines 111 [32]
Frontier Airlines 110 [33]
WestJet 105 [34]
JetBlue 104 [35]
Spirit Airlines 91 [36]
Aeromexico 78 [37]
Volaris 66 [38]
Air Transat 64 [39]
Sun Country Airlines 60 [40]
VivaAerobús 56 [41]
Breeze Airways 35 [42]
Hawaiian Airlines 32 [43]

By frequency

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

AirlineDaily departuresRef
Delta Air Lines 4,200
American Airlines 5,400
United Airlines 5,000
Southwest Airlines 4,000
Air Canada 1,500
Alaska Airlines 1,200
JetBlue 925
WestJet 777 [44]
Aeromexico 600
Spirit Airlines 400
Frontier Airlines 270
Interjet 270
Allegiant Air 242
Hawaiian Airlines 212
Volaris 200
VivaAerobus 115
Breeze Airways 105
Sun Country Airlines 47

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bulgaria Air</span> Bulgarian national carrier

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