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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.

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.

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Airline	Country	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	Ref
American Airlines	United States	210,692,000	199,288,000	165,682,000	95,324,000	215,182,000	203,745,000	199,640,000	198,714,575	201,249,127	197,340,801	193,739,825¹	107,806,578	^[1]
Delta Air Lines	United States	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	204,000,000	192,465,271	186,382,771	183,741,787	179,382,874	171,350,030	164,659,644	164,571,529	^[2]
Southwest Airlines	United States	171,817,000	156,982,000	123,264,000	67,785,000	162,681,000	163,605,833	157,677,218	151,740,357	144,574,882	135,767,188	133,155,030	133,978,100	^[3]
United Airlines	United States	164,927,000	144,300,000	104,082,000	57,761,000	162,443,000	158,330,000	148,067,000	143,177,000	140,369,000	138,029,000	139,209,000	140,441,000	^[4]
Air Canada	Canada	44,790,000	36,144,000	13,192,000	13,760,000	51,543,000	50,904,000	48,126,000	44,849,000	41,126,000	38,526,000	35,761,000	34,900,000	^[5]
Alaska Airlines	United States	44,557,000	41,468,000	32,407,000	17,927,000	46,733,000	45,802,000	44,034,000	41,947,000²	31,883,000	29,278,000	27,414,000	25,896,000	^[6]
Spirit Airlines	United States	44,105,000	38,463,000	30,828,000	18,746,000	34,537,000	29,312,000	24,183,070	21,618,039	17,921,419	14,293,703	12,413,812	10,422,548	^[7]
JetBlue Airways	United States	42,534,000	39,562,000	30,094,000	14,274,000	42,727,694	42,149,989	40,038,090	38,263,104	35,100,986	32,078,316	30,463,226	28,956,213	^[8]
Volaris	Mexico	33,497,000	31,051,000	24,405,000	14,100,000	21,975,000	18,396,000	16,427,000	15,005,000	11,983,000	9,809,000	8,900,000	7,057,700	^[9]
Frontier Airlines	United States	30,218,000	25,486,000	20,708,000	13,065,000	21,869,000	18,669,000	15,970,000	14,773,000	12,569,000	11,328,000	9,874,000	9,927,000	^[10]
WestJet	Canada	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	25,491,290	24,137,477	21,951,463	20,281,376	19,651,977	18,485,144	17,423,000	^[11]^[12]
VivaAerobus	Mexico	24,992,000	20,698,000	15,268,000	8,123,000	12,019,114	10,014,062	8,195,566	6,373,626	4,760,000	4,000,000	n/a	n/a	^[13]
Aeroméxico	Mexico	24,760,000	21,724,000	16,553,000	9,484,000	20,689,000	21,878,000	20,666,000	19,703,000	18,769,000	17,190,000	15,488,000	14,812,000	^[14]
Allegiant Air	United States	17,143,870	16,630,138	13,509,544	8,553,623	14,823,267	13,606,103	12,138,146	11,003,864	9,355,097	8,017,442	7,103,366	6,591,707	^[15]
Interjet	Mexico	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15,184,720	13,880,000	12,378,000	11,122,000	10,483,000	8,686,000	n/a	n/a	^[16]
Hawaiian Airlines	United States	10,879,000	10,015,000	6,543,000	3,363,000	11,751,003	11,840,178	11,505,324	11,050,911	10,672,667	10,195,145	9,935,743	9,484,204	^[17]
Sun Country Airlines	United States	4,140,663	3,598,584	2,733,364	1,740,000	3,127,000	2,089,000	2,062,000	1,793,000	1,851,000	1,576,000	1,439,000	1,228,000	^[18]

Notes

^1 Numbers on and after 2013 are for the merged American/US Airways
^2 Numbers on and after 2016 are for the merged Alaska/Virgin America
^3 For nine months ending September 2019

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Airline	Fleet size	Ref
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]

List_of_largest_airlines_in_North_America

List of largest airlines in North America

By passengers carried

By fleet size

By number of destinations

By frequency

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Airline	Destinations	Ref
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]

Airline	Daily departures	Ref
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