Airline
|
State or territory
|
Image
|
IATA
|
ICAO
|
Callsign
|
Hubs and
focus cities
|
Commenced operations
|
Ceased operations
|
Notes
|
0窶9
|
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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Douglas_DC-3A-227A%2C_Academy_Airlines_AN0208934.jpg/100px-Douglas_DC-3A-227A%2C_Academy_Airlines_AN0208934.jpg) |
|
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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Douglas_DC-6A%2C_Aerial_Transit_AN0205165.jpg/100px-Douglas_DC-6A%2C_Aerial_Transit_AN0205165.jpg) |
|
AEZ |
AERIAL TRANZ |
Miami |
1982 |
1994 |
Sold to
Southeast Cargo Airlines in 1994. Operated
707,
DC-6
[25]
|
Aerie Airlines |
Tennessee |
|
|
|
|
Clarksville窶溺ontgomery |
1971 |
1979 |
[26]
|
Aero Coach |
Florida |
|
DF |
DFA |
AEROCOACH |
Fort Lauderdale |
1983 |
1991 |
Operated
Cessna 402,
Embraer Bandeirante
[27]
|
Aero Commuter |
California |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/DHC-6AeroCommuterN66200_%284433369137%29.jpg/100px-DHC-6AeroCommuterN66200_%284433369137%29.jpg) |
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
|
|
Chico
|
1960
|
2011
|
Lost federal firefighting contract as a result of the
U.S. Forest Service airtanker scandal.
[34]
|
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
[35]
|
Aeroamerica
|
Washington
|
|
EO
|
AEO
|
AEROAMERICA
|
Seattle
Berlin Tegel
|
1973
|
1982
|
|
Aerocosta |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1972 |
1972 |
Cargo carrier
[36]
|
Aerodynamics Inc.
|
Georgia
|
|
4A
|
DYN
|
AERODYNAMICS
|
Denver
|
1959
|
2018
|
Acquired by
California Pacific Airlines.
|
Aeroflex Corporation |
New Jersey |
|
|
|
|
Aeroflex窶鄭ndover |
1958 |
1971 |
Operated
Beech E18S,
Beech Bonanza,
Hiller UH-12
[37]
|
Aerolaska |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
1982 |
1986 |
[38]
|
Aeromarine Airways |
Florida |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Aeromarine_75_Columbus_flying_over_Bimini_%28NASM-SI-71-1-72%29_%28cropped%2C_grayscale%2C_contrast%29.jpg/100px-Aeromarine_75_Columbus_flying_over_Bimini_%28NASM-SI-71-1-72%29_%28cropped%2C_grayscale%2C_contrast%29.jpg) |
Key West |
|
|
|
1921 |
1924 |
Operated
Felixstowe F5L flying boat
[39]
|
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
[40]
[41]
|
Aerostar Airlines |
Georgia |
|
|
|
|
Atlanta |
1981 |
1983 |
Went bankrupt and sold to
Flight International Airlines. Operated
Boeing 727
[42]
|
Aerosun International |
Florida |
|
|
ASI |
AEROSUN |
Miami |
1978 |
1982 |
Established as
Red Carpet Airlines. Operated
Convair 440,
DC-3
[43]
|
Aerovias Sud Americana |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Tampa |
1947 |
1965 |
Renamed to
Air Americana. Operated
C-46,
DC-6A,
DC-4
[44]
|
AEX Air |
Arizona |
|
|
DST |
DESERT |
Phoenix Sky Harbor |
2004 |
2006 |
Charter operator
[45]
|
aha! |
Nevada |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/N884HK.jpg/100px-N884HK.jpg) |
EV |
ASQ |
ACEY |
Reno-Tahoe |
2021 |
2022 |
Commenced operations as
ExpressJet in 1987. Announced liquidation in 2022.
[46]
|
Aho Flying Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1930 |
1930 |
[47]
|
Air 1 |
Missouri |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Boeing_727-51%2C_Air_One_JP5950376.jpg/100px-Boeing_727-51%2C_Air_One_JP5950376.jpg) |
CB |
AON |
GATEWAY |
St. Louis Lambert |
1983 |
1985 |
Operated
Boeing 727,
Jetstream 31
[48]
[49]
|
Air Alaska Cargo |
Washington |
|
8S |
|
|
Spokane |
1986 |
1998 |
Began as
Salair
[50]
|
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
[51]
|
Air Americana |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Tampa |
1965 |
1981 |
Established as
Aerovias Sud Americana in 1947. Operated
DC-3,
Lockheed L-1649
[52]
|
Air Astro |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1968 |
1971 |
Operated
Carstedt Jet Liner 600
[53]
|
Air Atlanta
|
Georgia
|
|
CC
|
CRB
|
AIRLAN
|
Atlanta
|
1984
|
1987
|
|
Air Aurora |
Illinois |
|
AX |
AAI |
|
Aurora |
1977 |
2000 |
Air taxi operator
[54]
|
Air Bahia
|
California
|
|
|
|
|
San Diego
|
1979
|
1980
|
|
Air Bama |
Alabama |
|
|
ABI |
|
Montgomery |
1978 |
1984 |
Operated
Beech 18,
HP Jetstream
[55]
|
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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Everts_Air_Cargo_DC-9_landing_at_ANC_%286863700901%29.jpg/103px-Everts_Air_Cargo_DC-9_landing_at_ANC_%286863700901%29.jpg) |
3K |
FXG |
CARGO EXPRESS |
Fairbanks |
1995 |
1995 |
[56]
|
Air Cargo Hawaii |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1977 |
1992 |
Established in 1973 as
Air Distribution. Operated
Shorts Skyvan
[57]
|
Air Cargo Masters |
South Dakota |
|
|
|
|
Sioux Falls |
1995 |
2006 |
Operated
Beech 1900,
Beech Queen Air,
SA227
[58]
|
Air Cargo Transport |
New Jersey |
|
|
|
|
Newark |
1945 |
1948 |
Operated
C-47
[59]
[60]
|
Air Caribbean
|
Puerto Rico
|
|
|
|
|
San Juan
|
1975
|
1979
|
|
Air Carolina
|
South Carolina
|
|
FN
|
|
|
Florence
|
1967
|
1980
|
Established as
Florence Airlines. Absorbed by
Atlantis Airlines.
[61]
|
Air Carriers |
Alabama |
|
|
FCI |
|
Chilton County |
1989 |
2003 |
Operated
Cessna 208 Caravan
[62]
[63]
|
Air Carriers Express Services |
Georgia |
|
|
|
|
Atlanta |
1985 |
1985 |
Operated
Cessna 208 Caravan
[64]
[65]
|
Air Catalina |
California |
|
|
|
|
Catalina |
1965 |
1976 |
Founded as
Catalina Channel Airlines
[66]
|
Air Central |
Minnesota |
|
|
|
|
Minneapolis窶鉄aint Paul |
1972 |
1973 |
Operated
Cessnas
[67]
|
Air Central |
Oklahoma |
|
|
|
|
Enid Woodring |
1978 |
1980 |
Renamed to
Trans-Central Airlines. Operated
Piper Chieftain
[68]
|
Air Central |
Texas |
|
|
ACS |
AIR CENTRAL |
Harlingen |
1978 |
1979 |
[48]
|
Air Chaparral
|
Nevada
|
|
|
MAV
|
MAVERICK
|
Reno窶典ahoe
|
1980
|
1983
|
|
Air Charter Service |
California |
|
|
|
|
Riverside |
1968 |
1972 |
Operated
Beech Bonanza,
Cessna 150
[69]
|
Air Charter West |
|
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/DC-3_N100ZZ_Air_Charter_West_%284800374737%29.jpg/100px-DC-3_N100ZZ_Air_Charter_West_%284800374737%29.jpg) |
|
|
|
|
1974 |
1977 |
[70]
|
Air Chicago |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
Chicago Midway |
1981 |
1982 |
[71]
|
Air Chico |
California |
|
|
|
|
Chico |
1980 |
1982 |
[48]
|
Air Choice One |
Missouri |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Air_Choice_One_-_Cessna_Caravan_208B_EX.jpg/100px-Air_Choice_One_-_Cessna_Caravan_208B_EX.jpg) |
3E |
WBR |
WEBER |
St. Louis |
1979 |
2022 |
Transferred to the
Southern Airways Express brand.
[72]
|
Air Colorado |
Colorado |
|
|
TAC |
|
Denver |
1980 |
1981 |
[73]
|
Air Commuter Airlines |
Ohio |
|
|
|
|
Cleveland Burke |
1967 |
1968 |
Merged with
Wright Airlines
[48]
|
Air Continental |
Ohio |
|
|
NAR |
NIGHT AIR |
Cleveland Hopkins |
1979 |
1989 |
Acquired by
US Check Airlines. Operated
Learjet 23
[74]
|
Air Contract Cargo |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Oakland County |
1983 |
1992 |
To
Gulf and Caribbean Cargo
[75]
|
Air Cortez
|
California
|
|
AB
|
ACI
|
AIR CORTEZ
|
Ontario
|
1977
|
1986
|
|
Air Distribution |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1973 |
1975 |
To
Air Cargo Hawaii. Operated
Shorts Skyvan
[76]
|
Air East |
Pennsylvania |
|
|
|
|
Johnstown窶鼎ambria |
1967 |
1974 |
[77]
|
Air East |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Scholes窶敵alveston |
1969 |
1971 |
Established as
Aerosmith Airlines
[78]
|
Air East Airlines |
Louisiana |
|
|
|
|
Lafayette |
1970 |
1980 |
Connected to
New Orleans
[48]
|
Air Enterprises |
West Virginia |
|
|
|
|
Huntington Tri-State |
1969 |
1971 |
Renamed to
Tri-State Flying Service
[79]
|
Air Excursions |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Gustavus |
2013 |
2013 |
Founded by Steve Wilson. To
Alaska Seaplane
[80]
|
Air Exec Ontario |
California |
|
|
|
|
Ontario |
1981 |
1985 |
Operated
DC-3
[81]
|
Air Express |
Colorado |
|
|
|
|
Denver |
1932 |
|
[48]
|
Air Ferries |
California |
|
|
|
|
Alameda |
1930 |
1933 |
Connected to
San Francisco and
Oakland
[48]
|
Air Florida
|
Florida
|
|
QH
|
FLA
|
PALM
|
Miami
|
1971
|
1984
|
Air Florida Commuter was an affiliate
[82]
|
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
[83]
|
Air Hawaii
|
Hawaii
|
|
XK
|
AHC
|
AIR HAWAII
|
Honolulu
|
1985
|
1986
|
|
Air Hemet |
California |
|
|
|
|
Hemet-Ryan |
1964 |
1984 |
Connected to desert cities with
Los Angeles
[48]
|
Air Holiday International
|
Wisconsin
|
|
|
|
|
Milwaukee
|
1973
|
1977
|
Owned by Robert W. Larson.
[84]
[85]
[86]
|
Air Idaho |
Idaho |
|
|
|
|
Twin Falls |
1974 |
1975 |
Founded as
Trans Magic Airlines
[87]
|
Air Illinois
|
Illinois
|
|
UX
|
AIL
|
AIR ILLINOIS
|
Springfield窶釘ranson
|
1970
|
1984
|
|
Air Indiana
|
Indiana
|
|
|
|
|
Evansville
|
|
|
|
Air Iowa |
Iowa |
|
|
|
|
Muscatine |
1971 |
1974 |
Operated
Beech 18
[88]
|
Air Irvine |
California |
|
|
|
|
Orange County |
1982 |
1983 |
Acquired by
Dash Air
[89]
|
Air Juneau |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Juneau |
2001 |
2001 |
[90]
|
Air Kentucky
|
Kentucky
|
|
KN
|
AKY
|
AIR KENTUCKY
|
Owensboro窶泥aviess
|
1970
|
1989
|
Commenced operations in 1974.
|
Air Ketchum |
Idaho |
|
L3 |
|
|
Hailey |
1999 |
2000 |
Operated
Beech King Air
[91]
|
Air L.A.
|
California
|
|
UE
|
UED
|
|
Los Angeles
|
1982
|
1995
|
Purchased
Conquest Airlines.
|
Air Lincoln |
Illinois |
|
|
ALN |
CHICAGO LINCOLN |
Chicago Midway |
1982 |
1982 |
[48]
|
Air Link Airlines |
Colorado |
|
|
LNK |
AIR LINK |
Denver |
1981 |
1984 |
Founded as
Valley Airpark. Acquired by
Fort Collins Flying Service in 1981.
[92]
|
Air Link Airways |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Houston Bush |
1986 |
1988 |
[93]
|
Air Marc |
New York |
|
|
|
|
New York Kennedy |
1984 |
1985 |
Founded as
Eastman Airways.
[94]
|
Air Metro Airlines |
Michigan |
|
DZ |
|
|
Traverse City |
1975 |
1976 |
Operated
Beech 99
[95]
|
Air Miami |
Florida |
|
VW |
|
|
Miami |
1977 |
1980 |
Renamed to
North American Airlines. Operated
CASA 212
[96]
|
Air Michigan |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Kalamazoo |
1969 |
1972 |
Operated
Beech 99,
Twin Otter,
Cessna 310
[48]
|
Air Mid-America Airlines |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
Chicago Meigs Field |
1969 |
1970 |
Operated
DC-3
[97]
|
Air Midway |
Nebraska |
|
|
|
|
Kearney |
1992 |
1994 |
Founded by Clyde Mikelson. Operated
Cessna 185,
Piper Aztec
[98]
|
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
[48]
|
Air Molokai |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1985 |
1988 |
Founded as
Tropic Airlines
[48]
|
Air National |
|
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Air_National_Boeing_727-200_Silagi-1.jpg/100px-Air_National_Boeing_727-200_Silagi-1.jpg) |
6A |
ANE |
AIR TARA |
|
1981 |
1984 |
[99]
|
Air Nebraska |
Nebraska |
|
|
|
|
Kearney |
1976 |
1981 |
Operated
Cessna 402,
Piper Navajo
[100]
|
Air Nevada |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1969 |
1970 |
Established as
Hawthorne-Nevada Airlines. Operated
DC-3
[101]
|
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
[102]
|
Air New-Mexico |
New Mexico |
|
|
|
|
|
1961 |
1964 |
[103]
|
Air New Orleans
|
Alabama
|
|
NT
|
ANL
|
AIR NEW ORLEANS
|
Birmingham窶鉄huttlesworth
|
1981
|
1988
|
|
Air New Ulm |
Minnesota |
|
|
|
|
New Ulm |
1973 |
1977 |
Renamed to
Lake State Airways
[104]
|
Air Newark Inc. |
New Jersey |
|
2N |
NER |
NEWAIR |
Fort Lee |
1961 |
1964 |
[105]
|
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.
[48]
|
Air North |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Fairbanks |
1982 |
1984 |
[106]
|
Air O'Hare |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
Chicago O'Hare |
1974 |
1975 |
Operated
C-47AQ Skytrain
[107]
|
Air Oasis |
California |
|
|
|
|
|
1962 |
1964 |
Operated
DC-3
[108]
|
Air Olympia |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Olympia |
1981 |
1982 |
[109]
|
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
[110]
|
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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Convair_240-0_N314H_Rajneesh_Carlsbad_02.08.87_edited-2.jpg/100px-Convair_240-0_N314H_Rajneesh_Carlsbad_02.08.87_edited-2.jpg) |
|
|
|
Big Muddy Ranch |
1985 |
1985 |
Operated
Convair 240
[111]
|
Air Resorts |
California |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Convair_580%2C_Air_Resorts_Airlines_AN0230641.jpg/100px-Convair_580%2C_Air_Resorts_Airlines_AN0230641.jpg) |
UZ |
ARZ |
AIR RESORTS |
McClellan窶撤alomar |
1975 |
1996 |
[112]
|
Air Response North |
New York |
|
|
RPS |
|
New York-LaGuardia |
1986 |
2003 |
Renamed to
Global Air Response. Operated
Learjet 24,
Learjet 25,
Learjet 35
[113]
[114]
|
Air San Juan |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Friday Harbor |
1990 |
1991 |
Founded as
ChartAir
[115]
|
Air Sedona |
Arizona |
|
|
|
|
Sedona |
1983 |
1988 |
[116]
|
Air Services Inc. |
|
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/C-46F_Air_Services_N4879V_%286026792579%29.jpg/100px-C-46F_Air_Services_N4879V_%286026792579%29.jpg) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Air Shamrock |
|
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Air_Shamrock_Boeing_737-700_KvW.jpg/100px-Air_Shamrock_Boeing_737-700_KvW.jpg) |
|
|
|
|
1999 |
2007 |
|
Air Shannon |
Virginia |
|
|
|
|
Washington National |
1966 |
1967 |
[117]
|
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
[118]
[119]
|
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
[120]
|
Air Spirit |
Texas |
|
|
SIP |
AIR SPIRIT |
Dallas Love Field |
1981 |
1984 |
Founded as
Cen-Tex Airlines. Operated
Embraer Bandeirante
[121]
|
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
[122]
|
Air Tahoma |
Ohio |
|
|
HMA |
TAHOMA |
Columbus |
1995 |
2009 |
[123]
|
Air Taos |
New Mexico |
|
|
|
|
Taos |
1977 |
1979 |
[124]
|
Air Taxi |
South Carolina |
|
|
|
|
Florence |
1969 |
1969 |
Renamed
Florence Airlines
[125]
|
Air Texana |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Lufkin |
1980 |
1981 |
[126]
|
Air Traders International |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1980 |
1980 |
Operated 2
L-1049 Super Constellation
[127]
[128]
|
Air Traffic Service |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1972 |
1980 |
[129]
|
Air Trails |
California |
|
|
|
|
Salinas |
1960 |
1999 |
Renamed
Million Air Monterey. Operated
Beech King Air,
Cessna 310,
Cessna 550
[130]
|
Air Train |
California |
|
|
|
|
San Jose |
1983 |
1989 |
Was a Part 204 commuter air carrier
[131]
|
Air Transit |
Arizona |
|
|
|
|
Show Low |
1959 |
1968 |
[132]
|
Air Transport Associates |
Washington |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/C-46_Air_Transport_Associates_%284889972806%29.jpg/100px-C-46_Air_Transport_Associates_%284889972806%29.jpg) |
|
|
|
Seattle |
1948 |
1957 |
Operated
C-46
[133]
|
Air Transport Services |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Kodiak |
1984 |
1988 |
Acquired by
PenAir
[134]
|
Air Travel |
New York |
|
|
ATH |
AIR TRAVEL |
New York Kennedy |
1946 |
1946 |
Renamed Calasia Air Transport
[135]
|
Air Trine |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1976 |
1977 |
Operated
Convair 880
[136]
[137]
|
Air U.S. |
Wyoming
Colorado |
|
|
|
|
Riverton
Denver |
1978 |
1984 |
Renamed
Excellair
[138]
|
Air Vectors Airways |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Newburgh |
1979 |
1985 |
Founded by Jim Aspin. Contract carrier for
FedEx.
[139]
|
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
[140]
|
Air-Lift Commuter |
North Carolina |
|
3L |
WPK |
|
Raleigh Durham |
1976 |
1988 |
Operated
Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
[141]
|
Air-Speed |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Hanscom Field |
1974 |
1980 |
Operated
Beech 99,
Piper Cherokee
[142]
|
Air21
|
California
|
|
A7
|
UBA
|
ROCKETEER
|
Fresno Yosemite
|
1995
|
1997
|
Operated Fokker F-28, bankrupt
|
Airborne Express
|
Washington
|
|
GB
|
ABX
|
ABEX
|
Seattle窶典acoma
|
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
[143]
|
Airborne Transport |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1948 |
1948 |
Operated
Douglas DST-144
[144]
[145]
|
Aircharters World |
|
|
|
WFT |
WORLD FLIGHT |
|
1994 |
1994 |
Charter carrier
[146]
|
AirCal |
California |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/BAE_146-200_N141AC_Aircal_ORC_16.10.86_edited-2.jpg/100px-BAE_146-200_N141AC_Aircal_ORC_16.10.86_edited-2.jpg) |
OC |
ACL |
AIRCAL |
Orange County |
1981 |
1987 |
Established as
Air California
[147]
|
Aircraft Pool Leasing Coorporation |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1973 |
? |
Operated
L-1049 Super Constellation
[148]
|
AirExec |
Maryland |
|
|
|
|
Ocean City |
1973 |
1975 |
Operated
Twin Otter
[149]
|
Airgo Air Freight |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Dallas Love Field |
1977 |
1981 |
Operated
Vickers Viscount,
DC-3,
Convair 440
[150]
|
Airlift International
|
Florida
|
|
RD
|
AIR
|
AIRLIFT
|
Miami
|
1945
|
1991
|
Founded as
Riddle Airlines
|
Airline Transport Carriers |
California |
|
|
|
|
Burbank |
1946 |
1955 |
Founded by
Charles C. Sherman and
Edna K. Sherman Operated in tandem with
California Central Airlines Operated
Douglas DC-3
|
Airmark Aviation |
|
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Boeing_737-219%2C_Airmark_Aviation_AN0198205.jpg/100px-Boeing_737-219%2C_Airmark_Aviation_AN0198205.jpg) |
|
TRH |
TRANSTAR |
|
1991 |
1993 |
Renamed
Transtar Airlines
|
Airmark Corporation |
|
|
|
MRC |
AIRMARC |
|
1983 |
1985 |
VIP charters carrier
[151]
|
AirNow
|
Vermont
|
|
|
RLR
|
RATTLER
|
Bennington
|
1957
|
2011
|
Established as
Business Air
|
AirOne |
|
|
K3 |
QTN |
|
|
1998 |
2002 |
[152]
|
Airpac |
Alaska |
|
|
APM |
ALASKA PACIFIC |
|
1978 |
1986 |
[153]
|
Airplane Charter by Mercer |
|
|
|
|
|
Hollywood Burbank |
1946 |
1955 |
Renamed
Mercer Airlines in 1955
[154]
|
Airship Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood |
1998 |
2000 |
Renamed
Planet Airways
[155]
|
Airship Ventures |
California |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/285022main_airship_ventures_1600-1200.jpg/100px-285022main_airship_ventures_1600-1200.jpg) |
|
|
|
Moffett Federal Airfield |
2008 |
2012 |
|
AirSpur |
California |
|
OT |
ASU |
SPUR EXPRESS |
Los Angeles |
1981 |
1985 |
Acquired by
Evergreen International Airlines
[156]
|
AirTrain Airlines |
Pennsylvania |
|
|
|
|
Pittsburgh |
1993 |
1995 |
Renamed
Jettrain in 1996
[157]
|
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 |
[158]
|
Airvia Transportation Company |
New York |
|
|
|
|
New York City |
1929 |
1929 |
Operated
Savoia-Marchetti S.55
[159]
|
Airways International
|
Florida
|
|
4A
|
AWB
|
AIRNAT
|
Miami
|
1981
|
1999
|
|
Airways of New Mexico |
New Mexico |
|
|
ANM |
AIR NEW MEXICO |
|
1977 |
1984 |
[160]
|
Aladdin Air Services |
Utah |
|
|
|
|
Panguitch |
1996 |
2001 |
[161]
|
Alair |
Alabama |
|
KB |
|
|
Anniston |
1977 |
1979 |
[162]
|
Alamo Jet |
Alabama |
|
KB |
|
|
Stinson |
1992 |
1998 |
Charter carrier
[163]
|
Alaska Aerial Transportation Company |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
1924 |
1924 |
[164]
|
Alaska Air Taxi |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
1995 |
2006 |
Operated
Texas Turbines Super Otter
[165]
|
Alaska Air Transport
|
Alaska
|
|
|
|
|
Juneau
|
1935
|
1939
|
Merged with
Marine Airways to form
Alaska Coastal Airlines.
|
Alaska Cargo |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2004 |
[166]
|
Alaska Central Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Ruby |
1974 |
1981 |
Founded as
Tanana Air Taxi. Acquired by
Harold窶冱 Air Service in 1981.
[167]
|
Alaska Coastal Airlines
|
Alaska
|
|
|
|
|
Juneau
|
1939
|
1968
|
Acquired by
Alaska Airlines.
|
Alaska Flying Tours |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Fairbanks |
2001 |
2001 |
Tour service operator
[168]
|
Alaska Interior Airlines |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage Merrill Field |
1936 |
1937 |
Acquired by
Star Air Lines
[169]
|
Alaska International Air |
Alaska |
|
BF |
AKA |
INTERALAS |
Anchorage |
1972 |
1984 |
Founded as
Interior Airways. Acquired by
Great Northern Airlines in 1984 and renamed
Markair
[170]
|
Alaska Island Air |
Alaska |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Grumman_Goose_Alaska_Island_Air.jpg/100px-Grumman_Goose_Alaska_Island_Air.jpg) |
|
|
|
Petersburg Johnson |
1968 |
1988 |
Founded as
Lon's Flying Service
[171]
|
Alaska Island Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Juneau |
1946 |
1954 |
Merged with
Alaska Coastal Airlines
[172]
|
Alaska Mountain Flying Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
1992 |
2009 |
[173]
|
Alaska Southern Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
1932 |
1934 |
[174]
|
Alaska Star Airlines |
Alaska |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/StarBellancaOnFloats.jpg/100px-StarBellancaOnFloats.jpg) |
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1932 |
1944 |
Founded as
Star Air Lines. Renamed
Alaska Airlines in 1944.
[175]
|
Alaska West Air |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
1989 |
2009 |
[176]
|
Alaska-Washington Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
1929 |
1930 |
Acquired by
Seattle-Wenatchee-Yakima Airways
[177]
|
Alaskan Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
1930 |
1932 |
Acquired by
Pacific Alaska Airways
[178]
|
Alaskan Coastal Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
1986 |
1986 |
[179]
|
Albany Air
|
New York
|
|
YU
|
|
|
Albany
|
1979
|
1979
|
|
Albany Air Service |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Albany |
1962 |
1964 |
[180]
|
Alii Air Hawaii |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
|
1970 |
1975 |
Renamed
Brandt Air in 1975
[181]
|
ALL |
Colorado |
|
|
|
|
Front Range |
1988 |
2006 |
Cargo charter
[182]
|
All American Aviation
|
Pennsylvania
|
|
|
|
|
Pittisburgh
|
1937
|
1939
|
|
All Hawaii Air |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1979 |
1979 |
Cargo carrier
[183]
|
All Star Airlines |
Massachusetts |
|
|
ASR |
ALL STAR |
Woburn |
1985 |
1993 |
Charter carrier
[184]
|
All American Airways |
California |
|
|
|
|
Oakland |
1948 |
1959 |
Renamed to
Saturn Airways. Operated
C-46
[185]
|
All West Freight |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Nikiski |
1996 |
2012 |
Operated
Fairchild C-123 Provider
[186]
|
All-America Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Long Beach |
1994 |
1994 |
[187]
|
Allcair Air Transport |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Laredo |
1993 |
1993 |
Operated
Douglas C-118
[188]
|
Allegheny Air Cargo |
Pennsylvania |
|
|
|
|
Pittsburgh |
1947 |
1947 |
Operated
Douglas DC-3
[189]
|
Allegheny Airlines
|
Pennsylvania
|
|
AL
|
ALO
|
ALLEGHENY
|
Pittsburgh
|
1959
|
1979
|
Renamed to
US Airways
|
Allegheny Commuter |
Pennsylvania |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/DH.114_Riley_N15FB_Fischer_edited-2.jpg/100px-DH.114_Riley_N15FB_Fischer_edited-2.jpg) |
|
|
|
DuBois |
1969 |
|
Renamed to
Crown Airways
|
Allen Air Commuter |
Kansas |
|
|
|
|
Topeka |
1967 |
1975 |
Founded as
Allen Aviation. Acquired by
Capitol Airlines
[190]
|
Alliance Airlines |
Illinois |
|
|
ALZ |
ALLIANCE AIR |
Chicago O'Hare |
1984 |
1988 |
Acquired by
Great Lakes Airlines
[191]
|
Allied Air Freight |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami-Opa Locka |
1996 |
2001 |
Operated
Douglas C-47
[192]
|
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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Aloha_Island_Air_Dash_8_Silagi-1.jpg/100px-Aloha_Island_Air_Dash_8_Silagi-1.jpg) |
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1987 |
1992 |
Founded as
Princeville Airways. Acquired by
Island Air
[193]
|
Aloha Pacific |
Hawaii |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Aloha_Pacific_McDonnell_Douglas_DC-10-30_Groves.jpg/100px-Aloha_Pacific_McDonnell_Douglas_DC-10-30_Groves.jpg) |
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1984 |
1985 |
[194]
|
Alpha Air |
California |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Beech_1900C-1%2C_Alpha_Air_AN0195083.jpg/100px-Beech_1900C-1%2C_Alpha_Air_AN0195083.jpg) |
7V |
ALH |
ALPHA AIR |
Los Angeles |
1976 |
1995 |
[195]
|
Alpine Airbus |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1973 |
1973 |
[196]
|
Alpine Aviation |
Nevada |
|
|
|
|
Nevada County Air Park |
2005 |
2005 |
[197]
|
Alpine Aviation Corporation |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
Chicago Rockford |
1980 |
1981 |
[198]
|
Altair Airlines
|
Pennsylvania
|
|
AK
|
AAR
|
ALTAIR
|
Philadelphia
|
1967
|
1982
|
|
Altus Airlines |
Oklahoma |
|
2U |
AXS |
ALTUS |
Altus/Quartz Mountain |
1985 |
1987 |
[199]
|
Alyeska Air Service |
Alaska |
|
|
ALY |
ALYESKA |
Anchorage |
1982 |
1989 |
[200]
|
Ambassadair |
Indiana |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Ambassadair_Boeing_720-025_Silagi-1.jpg/100px-Ambassadair_Boeing_720-025_Silagi-1.jpg) |
|
|
|
Indianapolis |
1974 |
1981 |
Operated
Boeing 720,
Boeing 727
[201]
|
Ambassador Airlines |
Nevada |
|
|
|
|
Las Vegas McCarran |
1963 |
1968 |
Subsidiary of
American Trans Air. Operated
Beech 18,
Aero Commander 500
[202]
|
Amelia Airways |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Fort Lauderdale Executive |
1993 |
2000 |
On-demand service Operated
Piper Navajo Chieftain
[203]
|
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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/America_West_Express_%28Desert_Sun_Airlines%29_Fokker_70_%28F-28-0070%29_Silagi-1.jpg/100px-America_West_Express_%28Desert_Sun_Airlines%29_Fokker_70_%28F-28-0070%29_Silagi-1.jpg) |
RP |
CHQ |
AIR SHUTTLE CHATAUQUA |
Las Vegas McCarran |
1985 |
2005 |
|
AmericAir |
Oklahoma |
|
DE |
AAR |
PATRIOT |
Washington Dulles |
1983 |
1985 |
[204]
|
American Air Taxi |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Key West |
1960 |
1974 |
Renamed
Air Sunshine (1974). Operated
Beech 99,
Piper Aztec,
de Havilland Heron
[205]
|
American Air Transport |
Florida |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/C-46F_Cloud_Coach_N1693M_%286027344976%29.jpg/100px-C-46F_Cloud_Coach_N1693M_%286027344976%29.jpg) |
|
|
|
Miami |
1948 |
1954 |
Operated as
The Cloud Coach. Operated
C-46
[206]
|
American Central Airlines |
Iowa |
|
JR |
AAR |
|
Dubuque |
1980 |
1984 |
[207]
|
American Export Airlines |
New York |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Vought-Sikorsky_VS-44A_American_Export_Airlines_%2815954834667%29.jpg/100px-Vought-Sikorsky_VS-44A_American_Export_Airlines_%2815954834667%29.jpg) |
|
|
|
New York-LaGuardia |
1937 |
1945 |
Renamed to
American Overseas Airlines
[208]
|
American Flyers Airline
|
Oklahoma
|
|
|
|
|
Ardmore
|
1949
|
1971
|
Taken over by
Universal Airlines
|
American International Airways |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Key West |
1926 |
1927 |
Seaplane service to
Havana
[209]
|
American International Airways |
New York |
|
|
|
|
New York-LaGuardia |
1947 |
1949 |
Operated
Boeing 314,
DC-4
[210]
|
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
[211]
|
American Overseas Airlines
|
New York
|
|
|
|
|
New York-LaGuardia
|
1937
|
1950
|
Founded as
American Export Airlines. Merged with
Pan American Airways
|
American Overseas |
|
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Boeing_707-321B%2C_American_Overseas_AN0488398.jpg/100px-Boeing_707-321B%2C_American_Overseas_AN0488398.jpg) |
|
|
|
|
1980s |
1980s |
|
American Railway Express |
District of Columbia |
|
|
|
|
Washington, D.C. |
1918 |
1929 |
Freight service Renamed
Railway Express Agency Operated a
Handley Page converted bomber
[212]
|
American Trans-Oceanic Company |
New York |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Rc15190_Curtiss_H-16_%22Big_Fish%22_biplane_flying_boat.jpg/100px-Rc15190_Curtiss_H-16_%22Big_Fish%22_biplane_flying_boat.jpg) |
|
|
|
Port Washington |
1916 |
1928 |
|
AmericanConnection |
Illinois |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Embraer_EMB-135KL_%28ERJ-140LR%29_American_Connection_%28Chautauqua_Airlines%29_N299SK_%287295779272%29.jpg/100px-Embraer_EMB-135KL_%28ERJ-140LR%29_American_Connection_%28Chautauqua_Airlines%29_N299SK_%287295779272%29.jpg) |
AX |
|
|
Chicago O'Hare |
2001 |
2014 |
|
AMI Jet Charter |
California |
|
|
|
|
San Francisco |
1998 |
2007 |
[213]
|
Amistad Airline |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Del Rio |
1966 |
1980 |
[214]
|
Anchorage Air Transport |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1927 |
1928 |
[215]
|
Anchorage Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1981 |
1982 |
Established as
Air Logistics
[216]
|
Angier Flying Service |
North Carolina |
|
|
|
|
Piedmont Triad |
1975 |
1975 |
[217]
|
Antelope Airlines |
Wyoming |
|
|
|
|
Gillette窶鼎ampbell |
1974 |
1975 |
[218]
|
Apache Airlines |
Arizona |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/De_Havilland_DH-104_Dove%2C_Apache_Airlines_JP7385916.jpg/100px-De_Havilland_DH-104_Dove%2C_Apache_Airlines_JP7385916.jpg) |
|
|
|
Phoenix Sky Harbor |
1957 |
1970 |
[219]
|
Apex Air Cargo |
|
|
|
APX |
PARCEL EXPRESS |
Honolulu |
1987 |
1989 |
[220]
|
Apollo Airways |
California |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Handley_Page_HP137_Jetstream_%284933971282%29.jpg/100px-Handley_Page_HP137_Jetstream_%284933971282%29.jpg) |
|
SNC |
SONIC |
Santa Barbara |
1969 |
1982 |
Renamed to
Pacific Coast Airlines
[221]
|
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窶典acoma |
1948 |
1948 |
[222]
|
Arctic Guide Air Taxi |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Barrow |
1974 |
1985 |
Charter carrier
[223]
|
Arctic Pacific Airlines |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Seattle-Tacoma |
1947 |
1970 |
Charter carrier
[224]
|
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
[225]
|
Argosy Air Lines |
Florida |
|
VJ |
ARY |
GOSEY |
Fort Lauderdale Executive |
1971 |
1978 |
[226]
|
Aries Air Cargo |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1973 |
1973 |
Cargo carrier
[227]
|
Arista International Airlines |
New York |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Arista_International_Airlines_Douglas_DC-8_Volpati-1.jpg/100px-Arista_International_Airlines_Douglas_DC-8_Volpati-1.jpg) |
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
[228]
|
Arizona Airways |
Arizona |
|
|
AAE |
ARIZONA |
Phoenix Sky Harbor |
1946 |
1950 |
Merged with
Summit Airways and
Monarch Air Lines to form
Frontier Airlines (1950窶1986)
|
Arizona Airways (1993窶1996) |
Arizona |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Beech_1900C%2C_Arizona_Airways_AN0208098.jpg/100px-Beech_1900C%2C_Arizona_Airways_AN0208098.jpg) |
VZ |
AZY |
ARIZAIR |
Tucson |
1993 |
1996 |
To
Arizona Airways Express
|
Arizona Airways Express |
Arizona |
|
|
|
|
Tucson |
1995 |
1996 |
Merged into
Great Lakes Airlines
[229]
|
Arizona Express |
Arizona |
|
K7 |
TMP |
TEMPE |
Phoenix Sky Harbor |
2001 |
2005 |
[230]
|
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
[231]
|
Arkansas Traveler Airline |
Arkansas |
|
|
HOG |
HOG-AIR |
|
1984 |
1984 |
[232]
|
Armstrong Air Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Dillingham |
1985 |
1989 |
[233]
|
Arnold Air Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1946 |
Operated
Douglas DC-3
[234]
|
Aroostook Airways |
Maine |
|
|
|
|
Presque Isle |
1969 |
1972 |
|
Arrow Air |
Florida |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/375ae_-_Arrow_Air_Cargo_DC-10-30F%3B_N524MD%40MIA%3B01.09.2005_%288507027472%29.jpg/100px-375ae_-_Arrow_Air_Cargo_DC-10-30F%3B_N524MD%40MIA%3B01.09.2005_%288507027472%29.jpg) |
JW |
APW |
BIG A |
Miami |
1947 |
2010 |
|
Arrowhead International Airlines |
Minnesota |
|
|
|
|
Duluth |
1929 |
1930 |
Merged with
Canadian-American Airlines Operated
Lockheed Vega
[235]
|
ASA (Alaska Southcoast Airways) |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
1974 |
1974 |
[236]
|
ASA International Airlines |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Tampa |
1961 |
1965 |
Founded as
Aerovias Sud Americana Inc.
[237]
|
ASAP (All Seasons Air Pacific) |
California |
|
|
|
ALL |
Long Beach |
1981 |
1983 |
[238]
|
Asheville Flying Service |
North Carolina |
|
|
|
|
Asheville |
1982 |
1983 |
[239]
|
Aspen Airways |
Colorado |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Convair_580_N5818_Aspen_Aws_DEN_Stapleton_20.07.86_edited-3.jpg/100px-Convair_580_N5818_Aspen_Aws_DEN_Stapleton_20.07.86_edited-3.jpg) |
AP |
ASP |
ASPEN AIR |
Denver Stapleton |
1952 |
1990 |
Merged into
Air Wisconsin
|
Aspen Airways Air Taxi |
Colorado |
|
|
|
|
Aspen |
1953 |
1955 |
Renamed
Aspen Airways
[240]
|
Aspen Mountain Air |
Colorado |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Aspen_Mountain_Air_Dornier_328-110_Silagi-1.jpg/100px-Aspen_Mountain_Air_Dornier_328-110_Silagi-1.jpg) |
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
[241]
|
Astar Air Cargo |
Florida |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/N873SJ_Douglas_DC-8F_ASTAR_%288971219778%29.jpg/100px-N873SJ_Douglas_DC-8F_ASTAR_%288971219778%29.jpg) |
ER |
DHL |
DAHL |
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky |
1969 |
2012 |
|
Astec Air East |
New York |
|
|
AAE |
AIR EAST |
Canandaigua |
1974 |
1982 |
[242]
|
Astro Airways |
Arkansas |
|
JW |
AST |
ASTRO-AIR |
Pine Bluff |
1969 |
1995 |
[243]
|
ATA Airlines |
Indiana |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/ATA_Airlines_Boeing_737-800_KvW.jpg/100px-ATA_Airlines_Boeing_737-800_KvW.jpg) |
TZ |
AMT |
AMTRAN |
Chicago Midway |
1973 |
2008 |
Founded as
Ambassadair
|
ATA Connection |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
1983 |
|
Atlanta Express |
Georgia |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Short_330_Atlanta_Express_Paris_1981.jpg/100px-Short_330_Atlanta_Express_Paris_1981.jpg) |
FX |
|
AYTEX |
Atlanta |
1982 |
1987 |
Merged into
Sunbird Airlines
[244]
|
Atlanta Helicopter Airways |
Georgia |
|
|
|
CITRUS |
Atlanta |
1960 |
n/a |
[245]
|
Atlanta Skylarks |
Georgia |
|
|
SLK |
SKYLARK |
Atlanta |
1966 |
1986 |
Renamed
Independent Air in 1986
[246]
|
Atlantic & Pacific Airlines |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
|
1947 |
1947 |
Operated
Douglas DC-3
[247]
|
Atlantic Air |
Massachusetts |
|
|
GAA |
ATLANTIC AIR |
Boston |
1981 |
1984 |
Renamed to
BEX Business Express
[248]
|
Atlantic and Gulf Coast Airlines |
South Carolina |
|
|
|
|
Savannah-Hilton Head |
1937 |
1937 |
[249]
|
Atlantic Central Airlines |
Maine |
|
|
|
|
Bangor |
1975 |
1976 |
Operated
Beech 18
[250]
|
Atlantic City Airlines |
New Jersey |
|
|
|
|
Atlantic City |
1965 |
1977 |
Renamed
Southern Jersey Airways Operated
Twin Otters
[251]
|
Atlantic Coast Airlines |
Virginia |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/EM_N325UE_%283284088468%29.jpg/100px-EM_N325UE_%283284088468%29.jpg) |
|
|
|
Washington Dulles |
1989 |
2006 |
Merged into
Independence Air
|
Atlantic Coast Jet |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1989 |
2003 |
Operated
Dornier 328JET
[252]
|
Atlantic Gulf Airlines |
Florida |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Convair_CV-580_Atlantic_Gulf_F260-9-b.jpg/100px-Convair_CV-580_Atlantic_Gulf_F260-9-b.jpg) |
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 |
[253]
|
Atlantic Southeast Airlines |
Georgia |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Embraer_EMB-110P1_Bandeirante%2C_ASA_-_Atlantic_Southeast_Airlines_AN0067395.jpg/100px-Embraer_EMB-110P1_Bandeirante%2C_ASA_-_Atlantic_Southeast_Airlines_AN0067395.jpg) |
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
[254]
|
Atorie Air |
Texas |
|
|
PAV |
ATORIE-AIR |
El Paso |
1983 |
1986 |
Founded as
Pronto Aviation Services Operated
Douglas DC-3
[255]
|
ATX Air Services |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Fort Worth Alliance |
2013 |
2016 |
Rebranded to
Hillwood Airways
[256]
[257]
|
Austin Express |
Texas |
|
7V |
TXX |
COWBOY |
Austin-Bergstrom |
1997 |
2000 |
|
Austral Aviation |
Wisconsin |
|
AL |
SYX |
|
Milwaukee Mitchell |
1994 |
2008 |
[258]
|
Av Atlantic |
Florida |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Boeing_727-277-Adv%2C_Av_Atlantic_AN0200762.jpg/100px-Boeing_727-277-Adv%2C_Av_Atlantic_AN0200762.jpg) |
G6 |
KYC |
DOLPHIN |
Fort Lauderdale窶滴ollywood |
1991 |
1996 |
|
AVAir |
North Carolina |
|
|
|
|
Raleigh Durham |
1986 |
1989 |
Former
American Eagle operator
[259]
|
Avalon Air Transport |
California |
|
|
|
|
Long Beach |
1953 |
1963 |
|
Avery Aviation |
Wyoming |
|
|
|
|
Greybull |
1961 |
1969 |
Operated
Consolidated Privateer,
Cessna 180
[260]
|
Aviation Enterprises |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
|
1940 |
1947 |
Renamed to
Trans-Texas Airways
[261]
|
Aviation Services Inc. |
Kansas |
|
|
|
|
Wichita |
1967 |
1969 |
Founded by
Gary M. Adamson. Renamed to
Air Midwest
[262]
|
Aviex Jet |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Houston |
1979 |
1999 |
Operated
Super King Air 200,
Learjet 25,
Aero Commander 1121 Jet Commander
[263]
|
Avolar |
Nevada |
|
|
VLX |
AVOLAR |
Las Vegas McCarran |
2001 |
2002 |
[264]
|
Aztec Air |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Panama City |
1967 |
1996 |
[265]
|
Aztec Air |
California |
|
|
|
|
Long Beach |
1989 |
1989 |
Charter carrier
[266]
|
Aztec Airlines |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
El Paso |
1966 |
1967 |
[267]
|
B
|
B & C Aviation |
Tennessee |
|
|
|
|
Nashville |
1973 |
1999 |
Operated
Learjet 24,
Learjet 25
[268]
|
B Airways |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1989 |
1990 |
Operated
Douglas DC-3
[269]
|
B Airways Air Cargo |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1997 |
1999 |
[270]
|
B.A.S Airlines |
Ohio |
|
|
|
|
Youngstown窶展arren |
1981 |
1988 |
Founded as
Skyline Motors Aviation
[271]
|
Bahamas Express |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1987 |
1988 |
Established as
Pacific Inter Air. Renamed
Majestic Air
[272]
|
Baja Cortez Airlines |
California |
|
XT |
BCA |
|
Los Angeles |
1977 |
1983 |
Operated
BN Islander,
Riley Turbo Skyliner
[273]
|
Bakersfield Aviation Services |
California |
|
|
|
|
Meadows Field |
1973 |
1975 |
Operated
Beech E18S,
Beech Bonanza
[274]
|
Ball Brothers |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1977 |
1980 |
Fresh fish carrier
[275]
|
Baltia Air Lines |
New York |
|
|
|
|
New York Kennedy |
1989 |
2018 |
Renamed to
USGlobal Airways
[276]
|
Baltimore Air Charter |
Maryland |
|
|
|
|
Baltimore窶展ashington |
2004 |
2006 |
[277]
|
Baltimore Airways |
Maryland |
|
|
|
|
Logan Field |
1929 |
1930 |
[278]
|
Baltimore Airways Company |
Maryland |
|
|
|
|
Park Heights, Baltimore |
1929 |
1929 |
[279]
|
Baltimore Helicopter Services |
Maryland |
|
|
|
|
Baltimore窶展ashington |
2004 |
2015 |
Renamed
GrandView Aviation
[280]
|
Bar Harbor Airlines |
Maine |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Convair_CV-600%2C_Bar_Harbor_Airlines_JP5946198.jpg/100px-Convair_CV-600%2C_Bar_Harbor_Airlines_JP5946198.jpg) |
QO |
AJC |
BAR HARBOR |
Bangor |
1950 |
1971 |
Merged into
Continental Express
|
Barnes and Gorst Air Mail |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Seattle Lake Union Seaplane Base |
1927 |
1927 |
[281]
|
Barnhill & McGee Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1931 |
1932 |
Forerunner of
McGee Airways
|
Barr Air Transport |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
1935 |
1938 |
Founded by Frank Barr
[282]
|
BAX Global |
Florida |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/N829BX_Taxiing_at_KBFI.jpg/100px-N829BX_Taxiing_at_KBFI.jpg) |
8W |
|
|
Miami |
1997 |
2011 |
Founded as
Burlington Northern Airfreight then
Burlington Air Express
[283]
|
Bay Valley Air Service |
California |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/JRF-6Bbayvalley_%284434560928%29.jpg/100px-JRF-6Bbayvalley_%284434560928%29.jpg) |
|
|
|
San Francisco |
1947 |
|
|
Bee Line |
Connecticut |
|
|
|
|
|
1923 |
1925 |
Renamed to
Colonial Air Transport
[284]
|
Beeson Aviation |
Kansas |
|
|
|
|
Concordia |
1965 |
1968 |
Absorbed by
Trans-Mo Airlines
[285]
|
Bellair |
Alaska |
|
7G |
|
|
Anchorage |
1980 |
2004 |
Operated
Volpar Turboliner
[286]
|
Bellingham-Seattle Airways |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Bellingham |
1964 |
1969 |
Merged into
Puget Sound Airlines
[287]
|
Bennett-Rodebaugh Company |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
1927 |
1927 |
[288]
|
Best Airlines |
Kentucky |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Model_of_Best_Airlines_DC-9-10.jpg/100px-Model_of_Best_Airlines_DC-9-10.jpg) |
IW |
BST |
BESTWAY |
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky |
1982 |
1986 |
|
Biegert Aviation |
Arizona |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Douglas_C-54P_Skymaster_%28DC-4%29%2C_Biegert_Aviation_AN0213046.jpg/100px-Douglas_C-54P_Skymaster_%28DC-4%29%2C_Biegert_Aviation_AN0213046.jpg) |
|
|
|
Chandler |
1984 |
1993 |
Cargo carrier Operated
Douglas C-54
[289]
|
Big Sky Airlines |
Montana |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Big_Sky_Airlines_Beech_1900D.jpg/100px-Big_Sky_Airlines_Beech_1900D.jpg) |
GQ |
BSY |
BIG SKY |
Billings Logan |
1978 |
2008 |
|
Bimini Island Air |
Florida |
|
|
BMY |
BIMINI |
Fort Lauderdale窶滴ollywood |
1993 |
2010 |
AOC removed by the
FAA in 2011
|
BizAir Shuttle |
Ohio |
|
UE |
|
|
DuPage |
2015 |
2015 |
Established as
BizCharters Operated
Dornier 328,
ERJ-135
[290]
|
Blackhawk Airways |
Wisconsin |
|
BB |
BAK |
BLACKHAWK |
Southern Wisconsin |
1970 |
1996 |
Operated
Beech E18S
[291]
|
Blatz Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Burbank |
1947 |
1962 |
Operated
DC-3,
DC-4
[292]
|
Blatz Airlines |
Nevada |
|
|
|
|
|
1963 |
1963 |
Renamed
Nevada Airlines. Formed
Hawthorne-Nevada Airlines in 1964
[293]
|
Blue Dog |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Omak |
1968 |
1971 |
Commuter services Operated
Aero Commander 560,
Cessna 182
[294]
|
Blue Line Air Express |
Wisconsin |
|
4U |
|
|
Medford |
1982 |
1982 |
[295]
|
Blue Moon Aviation |
Minnesota |
|
|
|
|
Minneapolis窶鉄aint Paul |
2003 |
2005 |
[296]
|
Bluebell Aviation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1969 |
1973 |
Renamed to
Wrangler Aviation
[297]
|
Bluegrass Airlines |
Kentucky |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Mr._Charles_Gartrell%2C_member_of_Kentucky_aeronautics_commission%2C_arrives_at_Bowling_Green%2C_Kentucky%2C_to_speak_at_an_aero_club_meeting..jpg/100px-Mr._Charles_Gartrell%2C_member_of_Kentucky_aeronautics_commission%2C_arrives_at_Bowling_Green%2C_Kentucky%2C_to_speak_at_an_aero_club_meeting..jpg) |
|
|
|
Bowling Green |
1944 |
1946 |
|
Bo-S-Aire |
|
|
|
BAA |
BOWMAN AIR |
|
1979 |
1989 |
[298]
|
Bob Harris Flying Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Bethel |
1956 |
1975 |
Renamed
Yute Air Alaska
[299]
|
Boeing Air Transport |
Washington |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Boeing_Air_Transport_B-40.jpg/100px-Boeing_Air_Transport_B-40.jpg) |
|
|
|
Boeing Field |
1927 |
1930 |
To
United Airlines
|
Boise Aviation |
Idaho |
|
|
|
|
Boise |
1967 |
1971 |
Third-level services
[300]
|
Bonanza Air Lines |
Nevada |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Fairchild_F-27A%2C_Bonanza_Airlines_JP6837551.jpg/100px-Fairchild_F-27A%2C_Bonanza_Airlines_JP6837551.jpg) |
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
[301]
|
Borrego Springs Airline |
California |
|
|
|
|
Borrego Valley |
1968 |
1968 |
Renamed
Sun Aire Lines
[302]
|
Boone County Airlines |
Kentucky |
|
|
|
|
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky |
1946 |
1950 |
|
Boston Airport Corporation |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
East Boston |
1925 |
1926 |
Operated
Travel Air
[303]
|
Boston Maine-Central Vermont Airways |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Boston |
1933 |
1940 |
Formed by the merger of
Boston Maine Airways and
Central Vermont Airways
[304]
|
Boston-Maine Airways |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Boston |
1931 |
1933 |
[305]
|
Boston-Maine Airways |
New Hampshire |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Boeing_727-2J0-Adv%2C_Pan_American_Airways_-_Pan_Am_AN0618049.jpg/100px-Boeing_727-2J0-Adv%2C_Pan_American_Airways_-_Pan_Am_AN0618049.jpg) |
E9 |
CXS |
CLIPPER CONNECTION |
Hanscom Field |
1999 |
2008 |
|
Bowen Air Lines |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Dallas/Fort Worth |
1930 |
1935 |
Acquired by
Braniff Airways
[306]
|
Braniff International Airways |
Texas |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Boeing_707-327C_N7097_BN_HNL_21.04.71_edited-3.jpg/100px-Boeing_707-327C_N7097_BN_HNL_21.04.71_edited-3.jpg) |
BN |
BNF |
BRANIFF |
Dallas/Fort Worth |
1930 |
1982 |
Went bankrupt, some assets sold to
Braniff Inc.
|
Braniff (1983窶1990) |
Texas |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Braniff_Airbus_A320_Maiwald.jpg/100px-Braniff_Airbus_A320_Maiwald.jpg) |
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窶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
[307]
|
Bremerton Air Taxi |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Bremerton |
1964 |
1969 |
[308]
|
Britt Airways |
Indiana |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/N376NE_Fairchild_FH.227_Friendship_Britt_Airlines_ORD_24DEC86_%2812714608443%29.jpg/100px-N376NE_Fairchild_FH.227_Friendship_Britt_Airlines_ORD_24DEC86_%2812714608443%29.jpg) |
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
[309]
|
Brockway Air |
Vermont |
|
SS |
CVA |
BROCKWAY |
Burlington |
1984 |
1989 |
Merged into
Metro Airlines
|
Brooks Air Transport |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Fairbanks |
1986 |
1986 |
Renamed to
Brools Fuel
[310]
|
Brooks Fuel |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Fairbanks |
1986 |
2008 |
Founded as
Brools Air Transport
[311]
|
Brower Airlines |
Iowa |
|
UD |
|
|
Fort Madison |
1968 |
1980 |
Founded as
Brower Airways
[312]
|
Buckeye Air Service |
Ohio |
|
|
|
|
Cleveland Hopkins |
1967 |
1971 |
[313]
|
Budyer Air |
Wyoming |
|
|
|
|
Evanston |
1981 |
1982 |
[314]
|
Buffalo Airways |
Texas |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Buffalo_Airways_Boeing_707-399C_N106BV_%2824715638762%29.jpg/100px-Buffalo_Airways_Boeing_707-399C_N106BV_%2824715638762%29.jpg) |
BV |
BVA |
|
Waco |
1982 |
1996 |
Operated
Boeing 707,
Canadair CL-44,
Douglas DC-8
[315]
|
Buker Airlines |
Vermont |
|
|
|
|
Hartness |
1966 |
1968 |
Renamed to
Trans East Airlines
[316]
|
Burdett Air Lines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1919 |
1927 |
Jack Frye merged with
Aero Corporation and
Standard Air Lines
[317]
|
Burlington Air Express |
California |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/11at_-_Burlington_Air_Express_DC-8-71F%3B_N824BX%40FLL%3B30.01.1998_%285326722493%29.jpg/100px-11at_-_Burlington_Air_Express_DC-8-71F%3B_N824BX%40FLL%3B30.01.1998_%285326722493%29.jpg) |
8W |
|
|
Miami |
1986 |
1997 |
Merged into
BAX Global
|
Burlington Airways |
|
|
|
BUR |
BURLINGTON |
|
1979 |
1982 |
[318]
|
Burlington Northern Airfreight |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
|
1972 |
1985 |
Renamed to
Burlington Air Express
[319]
|
Business Express Airlines |
Massachusetts |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Saab-Fairchild_SF-340A%2C_Delta_Connection_%28BEX_-_Business_Express%29_AN0215742.jpg/100px-Saab-Fairchild_SF-340A%2C_Delta_Connection_%28BEX_-_Business_Express%29_AN0215742.jpg) |
HQ |
GAA |
BIZEX |
Boston |
1982 |
2000 |
Merged into
American Eagle Airlines
|
Byerly Airlines |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
Jacksonville |
1955 |
1961 |
[320]
|
C
|
C & M Airlines |
California |
|
|
REM |
REM |
Inyokern |
1979 |
1985 |
Renamed to
Indian Wells Airlines
[321]
|
C & R Connair |
Connecticut |
|
|
|
|
|
1967 |
1971 |
Scheduled commuter services
[322]
|
C-Air |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1964 |
1969 |
[323]
|
Cable Commuter Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Cable |
1967 |
1969 |
Established as
Cable Air Taxi. Acquired by
Aero Commuter
[324]
|
Cal Aero Airways |
California |
|
|
|
|
Van Nuys |
1969 |
1970 |
[325]
|
Cal Jet Elite Air |
California |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Cal_Jet_Carlsbad.jpg/100px-Cal_Jet_Carlsbad.jpg) |
|
|
|
McClellan窶撤alomar |
2015 |
2018 |
[326]
|
Cal Sierra Airlines |
California |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Convair_440_Metropolitan%2C_Cal_Sierra_Airlines_AN1895759.jpg/100px-Convair_440_Metropolitan%2C_Cal_Sierra_Airlines_AN1895759.jpg) |
|
|
|
San Diego |
1980 |
1981 |
|
Calasia Air Transport |
California |
|
|
|
|
New York Kennedy |
1946 |
1950 |
Established as
Air Travel
[327]
|
California Air Charter |
California |
|
|
CAC |
CALAIR |
Hollywood Burbank |
1968 |
1971 |
Renamed to
Ameriflight
[328]
|
California Air Commuter |
California |
|
|
CLM |
CALCOM |
Oakland |
1975 |
1979 |
Owned by
Martin Aviation
[329]
|
California Air Freight |
California |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/C46CalifAirFreight_%284439431506%29.jpg/100px-C46CalifAirFreight_%284439431506%29.jpg) |
|
|
|
|
1959 |
1959 |
[330]
|
California Air Shuttle |
California |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/California_Air_Shuttle_Swearingen_SA-226TC_Metro_II_Silagi-1.jpg/100px-California_Air_Shuttle_Swearingen_SA-226TC_Metro_II_Silagi-1.jpg) |
|
|
|
Oxnard |
1990 |
1990 |
Operated
Swearingen Metro
[331]
|
California Airways |
California |
|
|
|
|
Santa Monica |
1979 |
1986 |
[332]
|
California Central Airlines |
California |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Martin_2-0-2_%284563917854%29.jpg/100px-Martin_2-0-2_%284563917854%29.jpg) |
|
|
|
Hollywood Burbank |
1947 |
1955 |
Assets bought by
Southwest Airways and
Allegheny Airlines
|
California Eastern Airways |
California |
|
|
|
|
Oakland |
1946 |
1961 |
Military contract charter
[333]
|
California Hawaiian Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1962 |
A brand of
Airline Transport Carriers
|
California Pacific (CalPac) |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1993 |
2005 |
To
Mesa Airlines
|
California Pacific Airlines |
California |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/California_Pacific_E170_N176EC_CLD.jpg/100px-California_Pacific_E170_N176EC_CLD.jpg) |
4A |
DYN |
AERODYNAMICS |
McClellan窶撤alomar |
2018 |
2019 |
|
California Seaboard Airlines |
Arizona |
|
|
SSB |
CAL SEABOARD |
Laughlin/Bullhead |
1983 |
1986 |
[334]
|
California Time Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Hollywood Burbank |
1963 |
1963 |
[335]
|
Cal-State Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1968 |
1970 |
[336]
|
Cam Air International |
|
|
OX |
FLM |
BOXHAULER |
|
1983 |
1986 |
Established as
Fleming International Airways. Renamed to
Spirit of America Airlines
[337]
|
Canadian Colonial Airways |
New York |
|
|
|
|
New York Flushing |
1928 |
1942 |
Operated flight to
Montreal. Renamed to
Colonial Airlines
[338]
|
Canadian-American Airlines |
Minnesota |
|
|
|
|
Minneapolis |
1929 |
1930 |
Merged with
Arrowhead International Airlines Operated
Lockheed Vega,
Travel Air 6000
[339]
|
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
[340]
|
Cape Smythe Air |
Alaska |
|
6C |
CMY |
CAPE SMYTHE AIR |
Barrow |
1975 |
2005 |
To
Frontier Flying Service
|
Capital Airlines |
Washington, D.C. |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Vickers_Viscount_745D%2C_Capital_Airlines_JP7167210.jpg/100px-Vickers_Viscount_745D%2C_Capital_Airlines_JP7167210.jpg) |
CA |
CAP |
CAPITOL |
Washington National |
1948 |
1961 |
Merged into
United Airlines
|
Capital Cargo International Airlines |
Florida |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/429aq_-_Capital_Cargo_International_Airlines_Boeing_727-200F%2C_N286SC%40PHX%2C05.10.2006_-_Flickr_-_Aero_Icarus.jpg/100px-429aq_-_Capital_Cargo_International_Airlines_Boeing_727-200F%2C_N286SC%40PHX%2C05.10.2006_-_Flickr_-_Aero_Icarus.jpg) |
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
[341]
|
Capitol Airways |
Tennessee |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/N9718C_L1049E_Super_Constellation_Capitol_Aws_PMI_17SEP67_%285941530688%29.jpg/100px-N9718C_L1049E_Super_Constellation_Capitol_Aws_PMI_17SEP67_%285941530688%29.jpg) |
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
[342]
|
Cargo 360 |
Washington |
|
GG |
GGC |
LONGHAUL |
Seattle窶典acoma |
2005 |
2008 |
To
Southern Air
|
Caribair |
Puerto Rico |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/N967PR_Douglas_DC-9-31_Caribair_Puerto_Rico_KIN_18JAN71.jpg/100px-N967PR_Douglas_DC-9-31_Caribair_Puerto_Rico_KIN_18JAN71.jpg) |
ZQ |
SFG |
CARIB SUN |
San Juan |
1939 |
1973 |
Merged into
Eastern Airlines
|
Caribbean Express |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1983 |
1988 |
Operated
Embraer Bandeirante,
Cessna 402B
[343]
|
Caribbean Sun |
Florida |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Caribbean_Sun_Airlines_De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-8-103_Dash_8_Jurado.jpg/100px-Caribbean_Sun_Airlines_De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-8-103_Dash_8_Jurado.jpg) |
|
|
|
Miami |
2002 |
2007 |
To
World Atlantic Airlines
|
Carnival Air Lines |
Florida |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/11dx_-_Carnival_Airlines_Boeing_737-4Q8%3B_N404KW%40FLL%3B30.01.1998_%285327337470%29.jpg/100px-11dx_-_Carnival_Airlines_Boeing_737-4Q8%3B_N404KW%40FLL%3B30.01.1998_%285327337470%29.jpg) |
KW |
CAA |
CARNIVAL AIR |
Fort Lauderdale窶滴ollywood |
1988 |
1998 |
Merged into
Pan Am (1996), to
Boston-Maine Airways
|
Cascade Airways |
Washington |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Beech_99_N954SM_Cascade_LAX_13.10.73_edited-2.jpg/100px-Beech_99_N954SM_Cascade_LAX_13.10.73_edited-2.jpg) |
CZ |
CCD |
CASCADE |
Seattle-Tacoma |
1969 |
1986 |
|
Casino Express Airlines |
Nevada |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Casino_Express_Boeing_737-200_Silagi-1.jpg/100px-Casino_Express_Boeing_737-200_Silagi-1.jpg) |
XP |
CXP |
CASINO EXPRESS |
Las Vegas McCarran |
1987 |
2005 |
Rebranded as
Xtra Airways
|
Catalina Air Lines |
California |
|
|
CAI |
CATALINA |
Long Beach |
1963 |
1967 |
Avalon Air Transport (1953), then Catalina Air Lines (1963), acquired by
Golden West Airlines
|
Catalina Air Transport |
California |
|
|
|
|
Santa Catalina Island |
1931 |
1942 |
Founded as
Wilmington-Catalina Airline in 1931. Renamed to Catalina Air Transport in 1941. Contracted with United Air Lines to operate to Catalina 1946-1954.
|
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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Convair_CV-600%2C_Central_Airlines_JP6936719.jpg/100px-Convair_CV-600%2C_Central_Airlines_JP6936719.jpg) |
|
|
|
Dallas Love Field |
1949 |
1967 |
Merged into
Frontier Airlines (1950窶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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Centurion_Cargo_MD-11.jpg/100px-Centurion_Cargo_MD-11.jpg) |
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窶摘ureka |
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窶冱 Flying Service |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1919 |
1936 |
Renamed to
Chalk's International Airlines Operated
Stinson Voyager with floats
[359]
|
Chalk's International Airlines |
Florida |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Grumman_G-73T_Turbo_Mallard%2C_Chalk%27s_Ocean_Airways_AN0171402.jpg/100px-Grumman_G-73T_Turbo_Mallard%2C_Chalk%27s_Ocean_Airways_AN0171402.jpg) |
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窶冱 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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-8-63PF%28F%29%2C_Challenge_Air_Cargo_-_CAC_AN0263783.jpg/100px-McDonnell_Douglas_DC-8-63PF%28F%29%2C_Challenge_Air_Cargo_-_CAC_AN0263783.jpg) |
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 (1946) |
Utah |
|
|
|
|
Salt Lake City |
1946 |
1946 |
Utah
intrastate airline, same parent company as
Challenger Airlines
|
Challenger Airlines |
Wyoming |
|
|
|
|
Laramie, Wyoming,
Salt Lake City,
Denver |
1947 |
1950 |
Merged with
Monarch Air Lines and
Arizona Airways to form
Frontier Airlines (1950窶1986)
|
Champion Air |
Minnesota |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Champion_Air_727-2S7_LAS_N682CA.jpg/100px-Champion_Air_727-2S7_LAS_N682CA.jpg) |
MG |
CCP |
CHAMPION AIR |
Minneapolis窶鉄aint 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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/N294SK_Embraer_ERJ.145LR_Chautauqua_Airlines_%289317948974%29.jpg/100px-N294SK_Embraer_ERJ.145LR_Chautauqua_Airlines_%289317948974%29.jpg) |
RP |
CHQ |
CHAUTAUQUA |
Chicago O'Hare |
1973 |
2014 |
To
Shuttle America
|
Cherokee Airlines |
|
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/CherokeeAirlinesSkyvanN3419SAN4-69.jpg/100px-CherokeeAirlinesSkyvanN3419SAN4-69.jpg) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cherokee Airtaxi |
Florida |
|
|
|
CITRUS |
Athens Ben Epps |
1968 |
1971 |
[372]
|
Chesapeake Airways |
Maryland |
|
|
|
|
Salisbury窶徹cean 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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Douglas_DC-3_NC25626_C%26S_09.50_edited-3.jpg/100px-Douglas_DC-3_NC25626_C%26S_09.50_edited-3.jpg) |
|
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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Chicago_-_Express_AirlinesN828JS_at_MDW_%2815963607260%29.jpg/100px-Chicago_-_Express_AirlinesN828JS_at_MDW_%2815963607260%29.jpg) |
C8 |
WDY |
WINDY CITY |
Chicago Midway |
1993 |
2005 |
|
Chicago Helicopter Airways |
Illinois |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Sikorsky_S-58C%2C_Chicago_Helicopter_Airways_JP7386310.jpg/100px-Sikorsky_S-58C%2C_Chicago_Helicopter_Airways_JP7386310.jpg) |
|
|
|
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 |
|
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/FokkerSupUnivCAF_%284533345043%29.jpg/100px-FokkerSupUnivCAF_%284533345043%29.jpg) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operated
Fokker Super Universal
|
Coastal Air Lines |
California |
|
|
|
|
San Francisco |
1947 |
1962 |
Began as Coastal Cargo
[388]
|
Coastal Airlines |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
St. Petersburg窶鼎learwater |
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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/ColganSaab340BIAD20060101.jpg/100px-ColganSaab340BIAD20060101.jpg) |
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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Douglas_C-54A_NC93266_Colonial_Als_05.47_edited-2.jpg/100px-Douglas_C-54A_NC93266_Colonial_Als_05.47_edited-2.jpg) |
|
|
|
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窶滴ollywood |
1995 |
1996 |
Established as
Liberty Airways
[399]
|
Colvin Air Charter |
Georgia |
|
|
|
|
Athens Ben Epps |
1999 |
2004 |
[400]
|
Comair |
Kentucky |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Embraer_110P1_N64CZ_Comair_CLE_24.06.82_edited-2.jpg/100px-Embraer_110P1_N64CZ_Comair_CLE_24.06.82_edited-2.jpg) |
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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Short_330%2C_Command_Airways_JP5954377.jpg/100px-Short_330%2C_Command_Airways_JP5954377.jpg) |
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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/N201NN_CDG_%2824378532792%29.jpg/100px-N201NN_CDG_%2824378532792%29.jpg) |
CP |
CPZ |
COMPASS |
Minneapolis窶鉄aint 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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/N2816J_C-118A_Hill_Air_Co_Inc_FLL_07DEC82_%285575536964%29.jpg/100px-N2816J_C-118A_Hill_Air_Co_Inc_FLL_07DEC82_%285575536964%29.jpg) |
CS |
|
|
Miami |
1948 |
1992 |
Operated
C-46,
DC-3,
DC-6,
DC-8
|
Connie Kalitta Services |
Michigan |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Hamilton_Westwind_II_%28Beech_18%29%2C_Connie_Kalitta_Services_AN0252983.jpg/100px-Hamilton_Westwind_II_%28Beech_18%29%2C_Connie_Kalitta_Services_AN0252983.jpg) |
|
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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Conquest_Sun_Airlines_Boeing_737-200_Bidini.jpg/100px-Conquest_Sun_Airlines_Boeing_737-200_Bidini.jpg) |
|
|
|
Atlanta |
1993 |
1994 |
Renamed to
AirTran Airways
[413]
|
Continental Air Services, Inc |
Nevada |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/DSCF2213.JPG/100px-DSCF2213.JPG) |
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1965 |
|
A subsidiary of
Continental Airlines
|
Continental Airlines |
Texas |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Continental.b777.gatwick.arp.750pix.jpg/100px-Continental.b777.gatwick.arp.750pix.jpg) |
CO |
COA |
CONTINENTAL |
Houston Bush |
1937 |
2012 |
Merged into
United Airlines
|
Continental Charters |
Florida |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/C-46_Continental_Charters_%286810400535%29.jpg/100px-C-46_Continental_Charters_%286810400535%29.jpg) |
|
|
|
Miami |
1945 |
1959 |
[414]
|
Continental Connection |
|
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/ContinentalConnection.jpg/100px-ContinentalConnection.jpg) |
|
|
|
Cleveland Hopkins |
|
2012 |
Included
Cape Air,
Colgan Air,
CommutAir and
Silver Airways, merged with
United Express
|
Continental Express |
Texas |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Chautauqua_Airlines_CRJ-200_%28385599046%29.jpg/100px-Chautauqua_Airlines_CRJ-200_%28385599046%29.jpg) |
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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/ContinentalB737800Cipher.JPG/100px-ContinentalB737800Cipher.JPG) |
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 |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Convair_CV-340%2C_Contract_Air_Cargo_JP6562683.jpg/100px-Convair_CV-340%2C_Contract_Air_Cargo_JP6562683.jpg) |
|
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
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Cordova Airlines |
Alaska |
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Cordova |
1934 |
1968 |
Acquired by
Alaska Airlines
[419]
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Coronado Flyers |
California |
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1975 |
1981 |
Operated
DC-3
[420]
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Corporate Air Fleet |
Tennessee |
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CTX |
CATBIRD |
Nashville |
1978 |
1998 |
[421]
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Corporate Airlines |
Tennessee |
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3C |
CEA |
CORP X |
Smyrna |
1996 |
2007 |
Renamed as Corporate Airlines in 1997. Changed name to
RegionsAir in 2004.
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Corporate Express Airlines |
Tennessee |
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Nashville |
1996 |
1998 |
Renamed to
Corporate Airlines
[423]
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Cortland Air Company |
Ohio |
|
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|
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Youngstown窶展arren |
2003 |
2009 |
[424]
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Cosmopolitan Airlines |
New York |
|
|
|
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Republic |
1978 |
1980 |
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Cromwell Air Lines |
Texas |
|
|
|
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Dallas Love Field |
1929 |
1931 |
Operated
Stinson Aircraft Company
[425]
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Cross Sound Commuter |
Washington |
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Seattle窶典acoma |
1970 |
1974 |
[426]
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Crown Airways |
Pennsylvania |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Henson_Airlines_Shorts_330_at_Baltimore_-_11_September_1983.jpg/100px-Henson_Airlines_Shorts_330_at_Baltimore_-_11_September_1983.jpg) |
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CRO |
CROWN AIRWAYS |
DuBois |
1969 |
1994 |
Began as Allegheny Commuter, to
Mesa Airlines
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Cryderman Air Service |
Michigan |
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Oakland County |
1977 |
1978 |
[427]
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Crystal Air Aviation |
California |
|
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Van Nuys |
2007 |
2012 |
Renamed to
Fuga Air Charter
[428]
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Crystal Shamrock Airlines |
Minnesota |
|
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CYT |
CRYSTAL AIR |
Minneapolis Crystal |
1972 |
1991 |
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Cumberland Airlines |
Maryland |
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NQ |
|
|
Greater Cumberland |
1969 |
1988 |
Established as
Nicholson Air Services
[429]
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Curtiss Flying Service |
Massachusetts |
|
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Boston |
1929 |
1932 |
Operated amphibious aircraft
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Curtiss Metropolitan Airplane Company |
Florida |
|
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Miami-Opa Locka |
1921 |
1924 |
Established as
America Trans-Oceanic Company. Newspaper deliveries
[430]
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Custom Air Transport |
Florida |
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5R |
CTT |
CATT |
Fort Lauderdale窶滴ollywood |
1985 |
2008 |
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Cutter Flying Service |
New Mexico |
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Albuquerque |
1969 |
1969 |
[431]
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