| Airline
|
State or territory
|
Image
|
IATA
|
ICAO
|
Callsign
|
Hubs and focus cities
|
Commenced operations
|
Ceased operations
|
Notes
|
| D
|
| Dailey Aviation |
North Carolina |
|
|
|
|
Jacksonville |
2000 |
2000 |
Charter operator[1]
|
| DAL Airlines |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Killeen–Fort Hood |
1966 |
1968 |
Merged into Hood Airlines[2]
|
| Dallas Express Airlines |
Texas |
|
EX |
DXP |
DALLAS EXPRESS |
Dallas Love Field |
1994 |
1995 |
Operated Beech 1300 Commuter[3]
|
| Danbury Airways |
Connecticut |
|
|
|
|
Danbury |
1980 |
1981 |
[4]
|
| Dash Air |
California |
|
WI |
IRV |
|
Santa Ana |
1981 |
1984 |
Established as Air Irvine[5]
|
| Data Air Courier |
Ohio |
|
|
|
|
Chicago Midway |
1996 |
1996 |
Acquired by Airnet Express. Delivery of documents[6]
|
| Davis Air Lines |
Georgia |
|
|
|
|
Atlanta |
1930 |
1930 |
Operated Travel Air aircraft[7]
|
| DayJet |
Florida |
 |
|
DJS |
DAYJET |
Boca Raton |
2002 |
2008 |
|
| Daylight Air |
Ohio |
|
|
|
|
Willow Run |
1996 |
1998 |
[8]
|
| Daytona Aviation |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Daytona Beach |
1962 |
1966 |
Renamed Trans-Florida Airlines[9]
|
| DB Aviation |
Illinois |
|
|
NSH |
NORTH SHORE |
Waukegan |
1987 |
2010 |
Acquired by Landmark Aviation [10]
|
| DC Aircraft |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Detroit |
1967 |
1967 |
Commuter services[11]
|
| DeBoer Aviation |
Kansas |
|
|
|
|
Wichita Eisenhower |
1973 |
1975 |
Renamed to Ryan Aviation[12]
|
| Decatur Commuter Airlines |
Illinois |
|
|
DAA |
DECUR |
Decatur |
1980 |
1981 |
Acquired by Air Illinois[13]
|
| Del Airways |
Georgia |
|
|
|
|
Adel |
1970 |
1971 |
[14]
|
| Delta Air Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Emmonak |
1971 |
1993 |
Renamed to Grant Aviation[15]
|
| Delta Express |
Georgia |
 |
DL |
DAL |
DELTA |
Orlando |
1996 |
2003 |
Replaced by Song; folded back into Delta Air Lines
|
| Delta Private Jets |
Kentucky |
 |
|
DPJ |
JET CARD |
Cincinnati |
2001 |
2020 |
Merged with Wheels Up.[16]
|
| Denver Ports of Call |
Colorado |
 |
PC |
POC |
PAPA CHARLIE |
Denver |
1967 |
1992 |
Originally an air travel club. Rebranded as Skyworld Airlines
|
| Des Moines Flying Service |
Iowa |
|
|
|
|
Des Moines |
1960 |
1968 |
[17]
|
| Desert Commuter Airlines |
California |
 |
|
|
|
Santa Monica |
1968 |
1970 |
|
| Desert Sun Airlines |
Arizona |
 |
|
|
|
Phoenix Sky Harbor |
1995 |
1996 |
Merged to America West Express
|
| Destination Sun Airways |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood |
1992 |
1993 |
[18]
|
| Detroit Northern Air Service |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Alpena County |
1950 |
1975 |
Known as Alpena Flying Service[19]
|
| Detroit – Grand Rapids Airline |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Dearborn |
1926 |
1926 |
Operated Stout 2-AT Pullman[20]
|
| Devoe Airlines |
Georgia |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1981 |
1983 |
[21]
|
| DHL Airways, Inc. (1979–2004) |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
|
1979 |
2004 |
Renamed Astar Air Cargo
|
| DHL Airways |
Kentucky |
 |
ER |
DHL |
|
|
1983 |
2003 |
Rebranded as Astar Air Cargo
|
| Diamond Aviation |
|
|
|
SPK |
SPARKLE |
|
1984 |
1985 |
[22]
|
| Direct Air |
Illinois |
|
UO |
XAP |
AIR DIRECT |
Chicago Gary |
1980 |
1994 |
Reorganized as Northern Star Airlines [23]
|
| Direct Air |
South Carolina |
 |
|
|
|
Myrtle Beach |
2006 |
2012 |
|
| Direct Airlines |
|
|
|
|
|
New York Kennedy |
1969 |
1969 |
[24]
|
| Discover Air |
Florida |
|
|
DCV |
DISCOVER |
Orlando Sanford |
1999 |
2003 |
[25]
|
| Discovery Airlines |
New Jersey |
 |
|
|
|
Trenton–Mercer |
1996 |
2000 |
Formed as Sky Trek International Air Lines
|
| Discovery Airways |
Hawaii |
|
DH |
DVA |
DISCOVERY AIRWAYS |
Honolulu |
1990 |
1990 |
|
| Dixie Aircharter |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1982 |
1983 |
[26]
|
| Dixie Airlines |
Utah |
|
|
|
|
St. George |
1969 |
1972 |
Renamed to SkyWest Airlines[27]
|
| Dixie Flying Service |
Virginia |
|
|
|
|
Charlottesville–Albemarle |
1930 |
1932 |
Renamed to Ludington Air Lines[28]
|
| Dolphin Airways |
Florida |
|
DV |
|
FLAGSHIP |
Tampa |
1981 |
1984 |
Acquired by Provincetown-Boston Airline[29]
|
| Dolphin Express Airlines |
Florida |
|
8U |
IXX |
ISLAND EXPRESS |
Saint Croix |
1994 |
2000 |
[30]
|
| Dorado Wings |
Puerto Rico |
|
|
|
|
|
1964 |
1982 |
To Crown Air
|
| Doug Geeting Aviation |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Talkeetna |
1990s |
2006 |
Merged into K2 Aviation[31]
|
| Dovair |
Delaware |
|
|
|
|
Delaware Airpark |
1976 |
1977 |
Briefly operated as Baltimore Airways[32]
|
| Dovair Air Transport |
Delaware |
|
|
|
|
Delaware Airpark |
1967 |
1969 |
Air taxi flights[33]
|
| Dove One |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood |
1990 |
1999 |
Air taxi operator[34]
|
| Downeast Airlines |
Maine |
|
|
|
|
Knox County |
1960 |
2007 |
Commuter airline[35]
|
| Downeast Express |
Maine |
|
E7 |
DOW |
DOWNEAST EXPRESS |
Portland |
1995 |
1997 |
Renamed Northeast Airlines[36]
|
| Downtown Airlines |
New York |
|
|
|
|
New York Skyports Seaplane Base |
1972 |
1975 |
Hourly service operated with float-equipped Piper Aztec[37]
|
| Drummond Island Air |
Michigan |
|
|
DRE |
MICHIGAN |
Drummond Island |
1989 |
1991 |
Established as Michigan Airways[38]
|
| Dynamic International Airways |
Pennsylvania |
 |
2D |
DYA |
DYNAMIC AIR |
Wayne |
2015 |
2018 |
Established as Dynamic Airways[39]
|
| E
|
| Eagle Air International |
Nevada |
|
V9 |
VIK |
|
Las Vegas McCarran |
1969 |
1993 |
Rebranded as Eagle Airlines[40]
|
| Eagle Airline |
Alabama |
|
|
|
|
Auburn |
1985 |
1986 |
Operated Piper Navajo[41]
|
| Eagle Airlines |
Kansas |
|
|
|
|
Kansas City Wheeler |
1930 |
1930 |
Scheduled passenger service[42]
|
| Eagle Airlines |
Nevada |
 |
V9 |
VIK |
|
Las Vegas McCarran |
1993 |
1997 |
Began as Eagle Air International[43]
|
| Eagle Canyon Airlines |
Nevada |
|
FE |
TLO |
TALON |
Las Vegas McCarran |
1969 |
1998 |
Merged into Scenic Airlines[44]
|
| Eagle Commuter Airlines |
Texas |
|
|
ECA |
EAGLEAIR |
Brownwood |
1976 |
1986 |
[45]
|
| Eagle Jet Charter |
Nevada |
|
|
|
|
Las Vegas McCarran |
1996 |
1998 |
Grand Canyon tours[46]
|
| Eagle Wings |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| East Coast Commuter |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Boston |
1963 |
1970 |
[47]
|
| East Hampton Aire |
New York |
|
IN |
EHA |
AIR HAMPTON |
East Hampton |
1978 |
1991 |
Operated subservices for Pilgrim Airlines[48]
|
| East Texas Airlines |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Longview |
1950s |
|
[45]
|
| Eastern Air Lines |
New York Florida |
 |
EA |
EAL |
EASTERN |
Miami |
1926 |
1991 |
Established as Pitcairn Aviation
|
| Eastern Air Lines (2015) |
Florida |
 |
|
|
|
Miami |
2015 |
2017 |
Operated Boeing 737[49]
|
| Eastern Air Lines Shuttle |
Virginia |
|
|
|
|
New York-LaGuardia |
1961 |
1989 |
To Trump Shuttle
|
| Eastern Metro Express |
Georgia |
 |
|
EME |
EMAIR |
Atlanta |
1984 |
1991 |
[50]
|
| Eastman Airways |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Albany |
1983 |
1984 |
Renamed to Air Marc[51]
|
| Eastwind Airlines |
New Jersey |
 |
W9 |
SGR |
STINGER |
Trenton, New Jersey |
1995 |
1999 |
|
| Economy Airways |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
1956 |
Irregular air carrier grounded by CAB for financial weakness
|
| Ed's Aircraft Service |
Oklahoma |
|
|
|
|
|
1972 |
1973 |
[52]
|
| Edde Airlines |
Utah |
 |
|
|
|
Salt Lake City |
1960 |
1965 |
[53]
|
| Ede-Aire |
Michigan |
|
DV |
|
|
Detroit Lakes |
1978 |
1981 |
Acquired by Mesaba Airlines[54]
|
| El Paso Transport |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Big Spring McMahon |
1975 |
1975 |
Renamed to Trans Regional Airlines[55]
|
| Elan Air |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Boston |
1980 |
1982 |
[56]
|
| Elite Airways
|
Maine
|
|
7Q
|
MNU
|
MAINER
|
Portland, MaineVero Beach, Florida
|
2014
|
2022
|
|
| Ellis Airlines |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Ketchikan |
1936 |
1962 |
To Alaska Coastal Airlines
|
| Emerald Air |
Texas |
|
OD |
EFF |
EMERALD |
Austin Bergstrom |
1978 |
1991 |
Established as Emerald Valley Airlines. To Braniff International Airlines, Inc.
|
| Emery Worldwide |
Ohio |
 |
EB |
EWW |
EMERY |
Dayton |
1946 |
2001 |
|
| Empire Air Lines |
Idaho |
 |
|
|
|
Spokane |
1946 |
1952 |
Purchased by West Coast Airlines
|
| Empire Airlines |
New York |
 |
|
UR |
|
Oneida County |
1976 |
1986 |
To Piedmont Airlines
|
| Empire Airways |
New York |
|
|
JKR |
JOKER |
Farmingdale |
2004 |
2012 |
|
| Empire State Airlines |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Syracuse |
1964 |
1966 |
Third level carrier[57]
|
| Encompass Aviation |
California |
|
LC |
ROM |
|
Hawthorne Jack Northrop |
2017 |
2019 |
Passenger charter carrier[58]
|
| Enterprise Airlines |
Ohio |
|
|
JSP |
JETSPEED |
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky |
1988 |
1990 |
Regional carrier connections to the Concorde[59]
|
| Eos Airlines |
New York |
 |
E0 |
ESS |
NEW DAWN |
New York Kennedy |
2004 |
2009 |
|
| Era Aviation |
Alaska |
 |
7H |
ERH |
ERAH |
Anchorage |
1948 |
2009 |
Formed as Economy Helicopters, acquired by Frontier Alaska, renamed to Era Alaska now Ravn Alaska
|
| Essair |
Texas |
 |
|
|
|
Houston-Hobby |
1939 |
1946 |
Renamed to Pioneer Air Lines. Legal name of the carrier was Essair, Inc.
|
| Eugene Aviation Services |
Oregon |
|
|
|
|
Eugene |
1956 |
1969 |
Operated on behalf of West Coast Airlines[60]
|
| Eureka Aero |
California |
|
|
|
|
Samoa Field |
1970 |
1979 |
Renamed Air Pacific (United States)
|
| Evergreen International Airlines |
Oregon |
 |
EZ |
EIA |
EVERGREEN |
New York Kennedy |
1975 |
2013 |
See also Evergreen International Aviation
|
| Evergreen International Aviation |
Oregon |
 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
2014 |
Formed as Evergreen Helicopters, see also Evergreen International Airlines and Intermountain Aviation
|
| Exec Air |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Sullivan County |
1996 |
1999 |
Renamed to Exec Air of Naples[61]
|
| Exec Express |
Texas |
 |
|
|
|
Dallas/Fort Worth |
1984 |
1998 |
See Lone Star Airlines
|
| Excellaire |
Colorado |
|
BH |
AUS |
|
Stapleton |
1974 |
1985 |
Edtablished as US Aviation. Changed to AIR US in 1977. Became Execellaire in 1984.[62]
|
| Execuair |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Seattle-Tacoma |
1971 |
1977 |
Renamed to Columbia Pacific Airlines[63]
|
| Executive Air Transport |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Muskegon |
1995 |
1995 |
Executive charter and cargo carrier[64]
|
| Executive Airlines |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
|
1964 |
1971 |
[65]
|
| Executive Airlines |
Massachusetts |
|
EX |
|
|
Boston |
1967 |
1973 |
Established as National Executive Flight Service[66]
|
| Executive Airlines |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Hanscom Field |
1976 |
1977 |
Established as Air Speed[67]
|
| Executive Airlines |
Puerto Rico |
|
OW |
EGF |
EAGLE FLIGHT |
San Juan |
1986 |
2013 |
Began as Executive Air Charter
|
| Executive Airlines |
New York |
|
YL |
ORA |
|
Farmingdale |
1991 |
2003 |
Began as Long Island Airlines[68]
|
| Executive Airshare |
Missouri |
|
|
XSR |
|
Kansas City Wheeler |
1974 |
2018 |
Rebranded Airshare[69]
|
| Executive Charter Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Bethel |
1983 |
1985 |
Acquired by Unalakleet Air Taxi[70]
|
| Executive Flight Services |
Oregon |
|
|
|
|
Portland |
1961 |
1977 |
Renamed to Air Oregon[71]
|
| Executive Jet Aviation |
Ohio |
|
|
|
|
Columbus Glenn |
1977 |
1978 |
Merged with Newport Aero to form EJA/Newport[72]
|
| Executive Jet Aviation |
New Jersey |
|
EJ |
EJA |
EXECJET |
Teterboro |
1965 |
2007 |
Established as Executive Jet Airways[73]
|
| Executive Yankee Airlines |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Pittsfield |
1968 |
1969 |
Established as Yankee Airlines[74]
|
| Express Air |
Arizona |
|
|
AAE |
ARIZONA |
Phoenix Sky Harbor |
1997 |
2001 |
[75]
|
| Express Airlines I |
Tennessee |
|
9E |
FLG |
FLAGSHIP |
Memphis |
1995 |
2002 |
Renamed to Pinnacle Airlines[76]
|
| ExpressJet |
Georgia |
 |
EV |
ASQ |
ACEY |
|
1986 |
2022 |
Commenced flights in 1987. Ceased flights in 2020 and briefly relaunched as aha! before liquidating in 2022.[77]
|
| Express One International |
Texas |
 |
EO |
LHN |
LONGHORN |
Dallas/Fort Worth |
1995 |
2002 |
Renamed to Pinnacle Airlines then Endeavor Air[78]
|
| Express.Net Airlines |
Florida |
 |
|
XNA |
EXPRESSNET |
Naples |
1972 |
2008 |
Formed as Transcontinental Airlines
|
| F
|
| Fairbanks Air |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Fairbanks |
1965 |
1975 |
Renamed Great Northern Airlines[79]
|
| Fairbanks Air Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Fairbanks |
1955 |
1976 |
Pax and cargo charters within Alaska[80]
|
| Fairbanks Airplane Company |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Fairbanks |
1925 |
1926 |
Operated Fokker F.III. Absorbed into Wien Alaska Airways[81]
|
| Fairways Corp. |
Virginia |
|
|
FWY |
|
Washington National |
1969 |
1989 |
Intrastate carrier[82]
|
| Falcon Air Express |
Florida |
 |
F2 |
FAO |
PANTHER |
Miani |
1995 |
2015 |
|
| Falcon Airways |
Texas |
 |
|
|
|
Addison |
1971 |
1979 |
Operated Carvair[83]
|
| Family Airlines |
Nevada |
 |
|
|
|
Las Vegas McCarran |
1992 |
1992 |
Never started operations
|
| FAR Airlines |
New York |
|
|
|
|
New York Kennedy |
1968 |
1968 |
[84]
|
| Farthest North Airplane Company |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Fairbanks |
1923 |
1924 |
Ben Eielson first flight on a Curtiss Jenny JN-4D took place on 3 July 1923 [85]
|
| Far West Airlines |
California |
 |
|
FRW |
|
Fresno Yosemite |
1984 |
1984 |
Operated two leased NAMC YS-11[86]
|
| Farwest Airlines |
Arizona |
|
|
|
|
Phoenix Sky Harbor |
1999 |
2004 |
Operated DHC Dash 7[87]
|
| Federated Airlines |
New York |
|
|
|
|
New York-LaGuardia |
1948 |
1952 |
Irregular air carrier.[88]
|
| Ferguson Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1949 |
1949 |
Acquired by Wien Alaska Airlines[89]
|
| Ferns Flying Service |
New Hampshire |
|
|
|
|
Concord |
1969 |
1969 |
Daily commuter service between Concord and Boston[90]
|
| Fiesta Airline |
|
|
|
FIE |
FIESTA |
|
1971 |
1973 |
[91]
|
| Fina Air |
Puerto Rico |
|
|
|
|
San Juan |
2003 |
|
|
| Finair Express |
Florida |
|
|
FNX |
FINEX |
Miami |
1982 |
1984 |
Subcontract carrier for Air Florida Commuter then renamed to Southern Express[92]
|
| Financial Air Express |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Pontiac |
1974 |
1974 |
Founded by Gerald Mercer[93]
|
| Fine Air |
Florida |
 |
FB |
FBF |
FINE AIR |
Miami |
1989 |
2002 |
To Arrow Air
|
| First Air |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1982 |
1983 |
Renamed to Regentair. All-first class service[94]
|
| Fischer Brothers Aviation |
Ohio |
 |
GP |
GCS |
GALION |
Galion |
1989 |
2001 |
Established as Galion Commuter Service. Became an Allegheny Commuter. Acquired by Midway Airlines and renamed to Midway Commuter[95]
|
| Five Star Airlines |
Massachusetts |
|
|
FIV |
FIVE STAR |
|
1985 |
1989 |
Operated L-1011 TriStar[96]
|
| Flagship Airlines |
Tennessee |
 |
|
|
|
Nashville |
1991 |
1998 |
Formed by the merger of Command Airways into Nashville Eagle, merged with Simmons Airlines and Wings West Airlines to form American Eagle Airlines
|
| Flagship Express Services |
Massachusetts |
|
|
FSX |
FLAG |
|
1991 |
1991 |
Established as Rosenbalm Aviation[97]
|
| Fleet Airways |
Minnesota |
|
|
|
|
Duluth |
1967 |
1968 |
Renamed to Fleet Airlines[98]
|
| Fleetway Airlines |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Austin Mueller |
1967 |
1969 |
[99]
|
| Fleming International Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1973 |
1983 |
All-cargo carrier. Renamed to Cam Air International[100]
|
| Flight Alaska |
Alaska |
|
4Y |
UYA |
|
Bethel |
2000 |
2004 |
Established as Yute Air Alaska. Renamed to Yute Air[101]
|
| Flight Express |
|
|
|
EXR |
FLIGHT EXPRESS |
|
1985 |
2013 |
Established as Chapman Air[102]
|
| Flight International Airlines |
Georgia |
|
|
FIV |
FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL |
Atlanta |
1984 |
1987 |
[103]
|
| Flight Line |
Missouri |
|
|
FLN |
FAST LINE |
Cape Girardeau |
1985 |
1986 |
Renamed to Southern Airways[104]
|
| Flight Operations |
Ohio |
|
|
FOI |
|
Cleveland Hopkins |
1979 |
1979 |
Charter carrier. Acquired by Crow Executive Air[105]
|
| Flight Options |
New York |
 |
|
OPT |
OPTIONS |
Greater Binghamton |
1999 |
1999 |
[106]
|
| Flight Service |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Syracuse |
1953 |
1964 |
Third level carrier [107]
|
| Flightways Aviation System |
Pennsylvania |
|
|
|
|
Philadelphia |
1974 |
1975 |
Commuter services[108]
|
| Florence Airlines |
South Carolina |
|
|
|
|
Florence |
1974 |
1975 |
Established as Air Taxi[109]
|
| Florida Air Lines |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Sarasota-Bradenton |
1969 |
1981 |
Established as Florida Air Taxi. Became Southern International Airways. Operated DC-3, Cessna 402[110]
|
| Florida Air Taxi |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Tampa |
1964 |
1968 |
Renamed to Florida Airlines[111]
|
| Florida Aircraft Leasing |
Florida |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Florida Airlines |
Florida |
 |
FE |
|
|
Tampa |
1960 |
1981 |
|
| Florida Airmotive |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Lantana |
1940 |
1940 |
Charter carrier[112]
|
| Florida Airways |
Florida |
 |
|
|
|
Miami |
1923 |
1927 |
|
| Florida Airways |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Orlando |
1947 |
1949 |
local service airline, originally Orlando Airlines[113]
|
| Florida Atlantic Airlines |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Fort Lauderdale |
1968 |
1970 |
[114]
|
| Florida Coastal Airlines |
Florida |
|
PA |
FCL |
FLORIDA COASTAL |
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood |
1995 |
2010 |
|
| Florida Commuter Airlines |
Florida |
|
|
FCA |
|
Palm Beach |
1980 |
1981 |
To Southern Airways
|
| Florida Express |
Florida |
|
ZO |
FLX |
FLEXAIR |
Orlando |
1983 |
1988 |
Merged into Braniff (1983–1990)
|
| Florida West Airlines |
Florida |
 |
HG |
FWL |
FLO WEST |
Miami |
1989 |
1995 |
Acquired by Florida West International Airways[115]
|
| Florida West International Airways |
Florida |
 |
RF |
FWL |
FLO WEST |
Miami |
1981 |
2017 |
|
| FloridaGulf Airlines |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Tampa |
1991 |
1997 |
Merged into Air Midwest
|
| Fly First Class |
|
|
F3 |
SGB |
SONGBIRD |
|
2008 |
2008 |
[116]
|
| Fly Guam |
Guam |
 |
|
|
|
Guam |
2008 |
2012 |
|
| FlyHawaii Airlines |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Honolulu |
2005 |
2005 |
Never started operations
|
| Flying Fox Services |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1929 |
1929 |
Acquired by Delta Air Service[117]
|
| Flying Tiger Air Services |
|
|
|
|
|
Tokyo Narita |
1966 |
1967 |
Branch of Flying Tiger Lines. Contract to Military Airlift Command[118]
|
| Flying Tiger Line |
California |
 |
FT |
FTL |
TIGER |
Los Angeles |
1945 |
1989 |
Merged into FedEx Express
|
| Flying W Airways |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1967 |
1972 |
Subsidiary of Red Dodge Aviation[119]
|
| Focus Air Cargo |
Florida |
 |
F2 |
FKS |
FOCUS |
Fort Lauderdale |
2004 |
2008 |
|
| Folsom's Air Service |
Maine |
|
|
|
|
Greenville |
1989 |
2006 |
Charter carrier[120]
|
| Fontana Aviation |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Iron Mountain |
1967 |
1977 |
Third-level services[121]
|
| Ford Air Transport Service |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
Detroit |
1925 |
1932 |
Merged with Stout Air Service[122]
|
| Forde-Aire |
|
|
|
SQH |
SUSQUEHANNA |
|
1978 |
1979 |
Renamed to Susquehanna Airways[123]
|
| Fort Collins Flying Service |
Colorado |
|
|
|
|
Denver |
1980 |
1981 |
Established as Valley Airpark. Acquired by Air Link Corporation[124]
|
| Fort Vancouver Airlines |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
1979 |
1981 |
Commuter carrier. PATCO strike caused the closing.[125]
|
| Fort Wayne Air Service |
Indiana |
|
|
|
|
Fort Wayne |
1963 |
1967 |
Scheduled air taxi services to Detroit[126]
|
| Fort Worth Airlines |
Texas |
|
|
FTW |
FORT WORTH AIR |
Fort Worth Meacham |
1984 |
1985 |
Went bankrupt[127]
|
| Foster Aviation |
Alaska |
|
|
FSA |
FOSTER-AIR |
Nome |
1973 |
1984 |
Was an FBO operator by Neal Foster[128]
|
| Four Star Air Cargo |
Puerto Rico |
 |
HK |
FSC |
FOUR STAR |
San Juan |
1982 |
2009 |
Started in the United States Virgin Islands
|
| Fox Cities Airlines |
Wisconsin |
|
|
|
|
|
1963 |
1965 |
Operated de Havilland Dove. Merged into Air Wisconsin[129]
|
| Frank Martz Coach Co. |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Buffalo Niagara |
1929 |
1930 |
Renamed to Martz Air Lines[130]
|
| Freedom Airlines |
Ohio |
|
DN |
|
LIBERTY |
Cleveland Hopkins |
1980 |
1984 |
Subsidiary of Red Dodge Aviation[131]
|
| Freedom Airlines |
Texas |
|
F8 |
FRL |
FREEDOM AIR |
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky |
2002 |
2010 |
Shut down by parent company
|
| Freelandia |
|
|
|
|
|
Newark Liberty |
1973 |
1974 |
|
| Friedkin Airlines |
California |
 |
|
|
|
San Diego |
1948 |
1948 |
[132]
|
| Friendship Air Alaska |
Alaska |
|
4H |
FAL |
FRIENDSHIP |
Fairbanks |
1986 |
1989 |
Established as Harold's Air Service. Resumed as Tanana Air Service in 1992[133]
|
| Fromhagen Aviation |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
St. Pete-Clearwater |
1969 |
1998 |
[134]
|
| Frontier Airlines |
Colorado |
 |
FL |
FTA |
FRONTIER |
Denver |
1950 |
1986 |
Went bankrupt; some operations absorbed by Continental Airlines
|
| Frontier Alaska |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
2008 |
2014 |
[135]
|
| Frontier Express |
Wisconsin |
 |
|
|
|
Milwaukee Mitchell |
2011 |
2013 |
Operated by Chautauqua Airlines[136]
|
| Frontier Flying Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Fairbanks |
1950 |
2014 |
|
| Frontier Horizon Airlines |
Colorado |
 |
FL |
FLH |
MILE HIGH |
Denver Stapleton |
1983 |
1986 |
|
| Funair |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1996 |
2001 |
Operated for Carnival Cruise Lines[137]
|
| Funworld International Airways |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1993 |
1994 |
Operated Boeing 727-200[138]
|
| Futura Air Lines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Oakland |
1962 |
1962 |
[139]
|
| G
|
| Galaxy Airlines |
Tennessee |
|
|
|
|
Cleveland Hopkins |
1968 |
1969 |
Commuter services. Operated Douglas DC-3[140]
|
| Galaxy Airlines |
Florida |
|
9G |
GAL |
GALAXY |
Fort Lauderdale |
1978 |
1987 |
|
| Galena Air Service |
Alaska |
|
|
GAS |
GALENA AIR SERVICE |
Galena |
1986 |
1989 |
Acquired by Hermen’s Air[141]
|
| Gateway Aviation |
Wisconsin |
|
|
|
|
La Crosse |
1968 |
1969 |
Renamed to Mississippi Valley Airways[142]
|
| Gem State Airlines |
Idaho |
 |
GS |
|
|
Coeur d'Alene |
1978 |
1980 |
Merged with Air Pacific (United States) to become Golden Gate Airlines
|
| Gemini Air Cargo |
Minnesota |
 |
GR |
GCO |
GEMINI |
Miami |
1995 |
2008 |
|
| General Air Lines |
|
|
|
|
|
San Diego |
1934 |
1934 |
Renamed to Western Air Express[143]
|
| General Airlines |
Pennsylvania |
|
|
GNL |
GENERAL |
|
1978 |
1979 |
Established as General Aviation Service[144]
|
| Geo Air |
Florida |
 |
|
|
|
|
1995 |
2008 |
|
| Georgia Air |
Georgia |
|
|
|
|
Atlanta |
1970 |
1972 |
[145]
|
| Georgia Air Freight |
Georgia |
|
GS |
|
|
Atlanta |
1978 |
1979 |
[146]
|
| Georgia Skies |
Georgia |
 |
LI |
NMI |
TSUNAMI |
Atlanta |
2008 |
2013 |
A Pacific Wings subsidiary
|
| GID Air Services |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Fort Worth Meacham |
1982 |
1986 |
Operated CV-580[147]
|
| Gillam Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Valdez |
1932 |
1932 |
[148]
|
| Gilley Airways |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Glens Falls |
1961 |
1979 |
All-cargo commuter[149]
|
| Gilpin Air Lines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1931 |
1934 |
Renamed to C&G Air Lines[150]
|
| GLO Airlines |
Louisiana |
 |
|
|
|
New Orleans |
2015 |
2017 |
[151]
|
| Global International Airways |
Missouri |
 |
GX |
GAX |
GLOBAL |
Kansas City |
1981 |
1984 |
|
| Globe Air |
Arizona |
|
|
|
|
New Orleans |
1981 |
1985 |
Operating name of Aircraft Specialities of Mesa Airlines[152]
|
| Globe Freight Airline |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1945 |
1948 |
[153]
|
| go! |
Hawaii |
 |
YV |
ASH |
AIR SHUTTLE |
Honolulu |
2006 |
2014 |
|
| Go! Mokulele |
Hawaii |
 |
|
|
|
Honolulu |
2009 |
2012 |
|
| Go Transportation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1971 |
1977 |
Established as Ron Clark Enterprises. Renamed to Go Air[154]
|
| Gold Coast Air |
California |
|
|
GMR |
EXPEDITOR |
Los Angeles |
1981 |
1982 |
[155]
|
| Gold Coast Air Taxi |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1966 |
1967 |
Renamed to Gold Coast Airways[156]
|
| Gold Coast Airways |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1967 |
1969 |
Acquired by Executive Airlines[157]
|
| Golden Airlines |
|
|
|
GDD |
GOLDEN AIRLINES |
|
1999 |
1999 |
[158]
|
| Golden Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
1983 |
Established as Ancar Aviation[159]
|
| Golden Carriage Air |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1979 |
1980 |
[160]
|
| Golden Eagle Airlines |
|
|
|
GEL |
GOLDEN EAGLE |
|
1978 |
1979 |
Absorbed by WestAir Airlines[161]
|
| Golden Gate Airlines |
California |
 |
GG |
|
|
Monterey |
1980 |
1981 |
Merged with Swift Aire Lines
|
| Golden Gate Airways |
California |
|
|
|
|
San Francisco |
1960 |
1962 |
[162]
|
| Golden Isles Airlines |
Georgia |
|
|
|
|
McKinnon St. Simons Island |
1960 |
1960 |
Operated de Havilland Dove[163]
|
| Golden North Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
1947 |
1949 |
Operated C-46[164]
|
| Golden Nugget Aviation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1982 |
2001 |
[165]
|
| Golden Pacific Airlines |
California |
 |
|
|
|
San Francisco |
1969 |
1973 |
|
| Golden Pacific Airlines |
Arizona |
|
YB |
GPA |
GOLD PAC |
Kingman |
1981 |
1989 |
|
| Golden South Airlines |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Fort Pierce |
1979 |
1979 |
[166]
|
| Golden State Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Burbank |
1951 |
1952 |
California intrastate airline
|
Golden State Airlines |
California |
 |
|
|
|
|
1955 |
1987 |
[167]
|
| Golden State Airlines |
Arizona |
|
|
GSC |
GOLDEN STATE |
Santa Ana |
1979 |
1985 |
[168]
|
| Golden Valley Aero |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1982 |
1982 |
[169]
|
| Golden West Airlines |
California |
 |
GW |
GWA |
GOLDEN WEST |
Long Beach |
1967 |
1983 |
|
| Golden West Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Van Nuys |
1968 |
1969 |
[170]
|
| Gopher Airlines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1968 |
1968 |
[171]
|
| Gopher Aviation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1959 |
1959 |
[172]
|
| Gordon Air |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1984 |
2000 |
Founded by John Gordon. Renamed to Ultimate Jetcharters[173]
|
| Gorst Air Transport |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Seattle Lake Union Seaplane Base |
1929 |
1935 |
Founded by Vern C. Gorst[174]
|
| GP Express Airlines |
Nebraska |
|
|
GPE |
REGIONAL EXPRESS |
Grand Island |
1975 |
1996 |
|
| Graham Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
1932 |
1935 |
[175]
|
| Grand Aire Express |
Ohio |
 |
|
GAE |
GRAND EXPRESS |
Toledo Express |
1985 |
2003 |
|
| Grand Airways |
Nevada |
 |
QD |
GNV |
GRAND VEGAS |
Las Vegas McCarran |
1980 |
1996 |
|
| Grand Forks Airmotive |
North Dakota |
|
|
|
|
Grand Forks |
1975 |
1975 |
Scheduled airmail carrier[176]
|
| Grand Valley Aviation |
Idaho |
|
|
|
|
Driggs–Reed |
1992 |
1995 |
Charters and scenic flights[177]
|
| Gray Line Air |
New York |
 |
WS |
WSA |
|
Niagara Falls |
1994 |
1995 |
[178]
|
| Great American Airways |
Nevada |
 |
MV |
GRA |
GREAT AMERICAN |
Reno–Tahoe |
1979 |
1997 |
|
| Great Arctic Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Fairbanks |
1996 |
1996 |
Operated ATL-98 Carvair[179]
|
| Great Lakes Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Burbank |
1946 |
1961 |
Supplemental air carrier, shut down in 1961 by CAB for combine activity
|
| Great Lakes Airlines |
Wyoming |
 |
ZK |
GLA |
LAKES AIR |
Cheyenne |
1979 |
2018 |
Formerly Spirit Lake Airways
|
| Great Lakes Commuter |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Traverse City |
1972 |
1974 |
Acquired by Skystream Airlines[180]
|
| Great Northern Airlines |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Fairbanks |
1975 |
1982 |
Established as Fairbanks Air Service[79]
|
| Great Plains Airlines |
|
|
ZN |
|
|
|
1977 |
1979 |
Established as Trinity Airlines[181]
|
| Great Plains Airlines |
Oklahoma |
 |
ZO |
OZR |
OZARK |
Oklahoma City Rogers |
2001 |
2004 |
|
| Great Planes Express |
Kansas |
|
|
|
|
Augusta |
1995 |
1995 |
[182]
|
| Great Sierra Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Lake Tahoe |
1980 |
1981 |
[183]
|
| Great Southern Airways |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1988 |
1989 |
Cargo carrier[184]
|
| Great Western Air |
|
|
|
GWA |
G-W AIR |
|
1994 |
1994 |
[185]
|
| Great Western Airlines |
Oklahoma |
|
DQ |
GWS |
GREAT WESTERN |
|
1975 |
1979 |
Scheduled mail and freight services operating Beech 18[186]
|
| Great Western Aviation |
South Dakota |
|
|
|
|
Sioux Fall |
1990 |
1990 |
Operated Cessna P210R[187]
|
| Greater Pacific Airways |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1982 |
1988 |
Operated Embraer Bandeirante. Renamed to Air LA[188]
|
| Greatland Air Cargo |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1995 |
2001 |
Operated DHC-4 Caribou[189]
|
| Green Bay Aviation |
Wisconsin |
|
HE |
GBA |
|
Green Bay–Austin Straubel |
1965 |
1981 |
[190]
|
| Green Hills Aviation |
|
|
|
GRH |
GREEN HILLS |
|
1978 |
1987 |
[191]
|
| Green Mountain Airlines |
New York |
|
|
|
|
New York-LaGuardia |
1979 |
1980 |
Operated Cessna 402[192]
|
| Greenbriar Airlines |
West Virginia |
|
|
|
|
Greenbrier |
1939 |
1969 |
Commuter carrier. Operated Cessna 172[193]
|
| Grey Goose Air Lines |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
Chicago Midway |
1928 |
1929 |
Sightseeing service. Operated Ford Trimotor[194]
|
| Grognet Flying Service |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Houghton |
1973 |
1975 |
Summer schedule service to Isle Royale[195]
|
| Gross Aviation |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Tacoma Narrows |
1972 |
1974 |
Air taxi operator [196]
|
| Gulf Air International |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Arcadia |
1979 |
1989 |
Renamed to Trans Ocean Airways[197]
|
| Gulf Air Transport |
Louisiana |
 |
QG |
GAT |
GULFTRANS |
New Iberia |
1979 |
1989 |
Renamed to Trans Ocean Airways
|
| Gulf and Caribbean Cargo |
|
|
8G |
TSU |
|
|
2004 |
2009 |
[198]
|
| Gulf Central Airlines |
Florida |
|
BJ |
GCN |
GULF CENTRAL |
Melbourne Orlando |
1981 |
1984 |
Established as Devoe Airlines[199]
|
| Gulf Coast Airlines |
Mississippi |
|
|
GFC |
GULF COAST |
Gulfport |
1971 |
1975 |
Renamed to Coastal Airways[200]
|
| Gulfstream Airlines |
|
|
|
GFS |
GULFSTAR |
|
1971 |
1975 |
[201]
|
| Gulfstream International Airlines |
Florida |
 |
3M |
GFT |
GULF FLIGHT |
Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood |
1990 |
2010 |
Now Silver Airways
|
| Gulkana Air Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Gulkana |
1963 |
1997 |
Operated Cessna 185 Skywagon, Cessna 206, Cessna 402[202]
|
| Gull Air |
Massachusetts |
|
JI |
|
|
Hyannis |
1975 |
1987 |
Founded by Robert Welch[203]
|
| Gull Air |
Florida |
|
|
GUL |
GULL-AIR |
Miami |
1982 |
1987 |
Was an Air Florida Commuter[204]
|
| Guy-America Airways |
New York |
|
GK |
GAM |
GUY AMERICA |
New York Kennedy |
1981 |
1984 |
See also American Overseas Airlines
|
| H
|
| H & D Aviation |
Indiana |
|
|
|
|
Terre Haute |
1980 |
1981 |
Renamed to Terre Haute Air Commuter[205]
|
| Hageland Aviation Services |
Alaska |
 |
H6 |
HAG |
HAGELAND |
Anchorage |
1981 |
2008 |
Merged with Frontier Alaska
|
| Hagerty’s Air Transportation |
North Carolina |
|
|
|
|
Charlotte |
1984 |
1984 |
Merged into Sunbird Airlines[206]
|
| Haines Airways |
Alaska |
|
7A |
|
|
Haines |
1986 |
2000 |
Founded by Reg Radcliffe. Operated Piper PA-32[207]
|
| Hammonds Air Service |
Louisiana |
|
|
|
|
Houma–Terrebonne |
1977 |
1985 |
Operated Piper Navajo, Twin Otter[208]
|
| Hampton Air Service |
New York |
|
|
|
|
East Hampton |
1936 |
1937 |
Operated Stinson Reliant[209]
|
| Hanford Airlines |
Iowa |
|
|
|
|
Sioux City |
1937 |
1937 |
Established as Hanford Tri-State Airlines[210]
|
| Happy Hours Air Travel Club |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1973 |
1973 |
Air travel club founded by James Ruscoe. Operated Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation[211]
|
| Harbor Airlines |
Washington |
|
HB |
HAR |
HARBOR |
Seattle–Tacoma |
1971 |
2001 |
|
| Harold's Air Service |
Alaska |
|
|
HAS |
HAROLDS |
Fairbanks |
1974 |
1986 |
Renamed to Friendship Air Alaska[212]
|
| Harrisburg Commuter |
Pennsylvania |
|
|
|
|
Harrisburg |
1965 |
1970 |
Renamed to Pennsylvania Commuter Airlines[213]
|
| Hartford Airlines |
Connecticut |
|
|
|
|
Robertson Field |
1966 |
1966 |
Operated Aero Commander 500[214]
|
| Hartzog Schneck Aviation |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
Chicago Rockford |
1966 |
1969 |
Operated Beechcraft King Air[215]
|
| HATS Hawaiian Air Tour Service |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1946 |
1950 |
Operated Beechcraft D-18[216]
|
| HATS Hawaiian Air Tour Service |
Hawaii |
|
|
RES |
RESORT |
Honolulu |
1953 |
1979 |
Absorbed Resort Airways in 1967. Operated de Havilland Dove[217]
|
| Havasu Airlines |
Arizona |
|
HW |
HCA |
HAVASU |
Lake Havasu City |
1963 |
1987 |
Subsidiary of Nicholson Air Service and Cumberland Airlines[218]
|
| Hawaii Express |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1982 |
1984 |
[219]
|
| Hawaii Island Hoppers |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1992 |
1992 |
Scenic tours[220]
|
| Hawaii Jet-Aire |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1968 |
1968 |
Third level services. Operated Twin Otter[221]
|
| Hawaii Pacific Air |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1973 |
1995 |
Operated Carvair[222]
|
| Hawaiian Airventures |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Keahole |
1992 |
1992 |
Scenic tours[223]
|
| Hawaiian Pacific Airlines |
Hawaii |
|
HP |
|
|
Los Angeles |
1992 |
1992 |
Established as Alii Air Hawaii[224]
|
| Hawkeye Airlines |
Iowa |
|
|
|
|
Ottumwa |
1974 |
1974 |
Operated DC-3[225]
|
| Hawkaire |
North Carolina |
|
|
HKI |
HAWKEYE |
Charlotte Douglas |
1991 |
2009 |
[226]
|
| Hawkins and Powers Aviation |
Wyoming |
 |
|
|
|
Greybull |
1989 |
2006 |
Aerial firefighting. Operated Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer and Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar[227]
|
| Hawthorne Nevada Airlines |
Nevada |
 |
|
|
|
Hawthorne |
1964 |
1969 |
Renamed to Nevada Airlines[228]
|
| Heartland Airlines |
Ohio |
|
|
|
|
Dayton |
1998 |
2001 |
Never started operations
|
| Helicopter Air Service |
Delaware |
|
|
|
|
|
1949 |
1956 |
Renamed to Chicago Helicopter Airways[229]
|
| Hemet Valley Flying Services |
California |
 |
|
|
|
Hemet-Ryan |
1946 |
1997 |
Aerial firefighting. Operated Boeing KC-97L, PBY Catalina, C-119C[230]
|
| Hemisphere Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1950 |
1957 |
A member carrier of North American Airlines
|
| Henry's Charter Air Service |
Kansas |
|
|
|
|
Concordia |
1965 |
1968 |
Operated Cessna 337 and Cessna 210[231]
|
| Hensley Flying Service |
Montana |
|
|
|
|
Havre |
1944 |
1978 |
[232]
|
| Henson Airlines |
Maryland |
 |
PI |
HNA |
|
Charlotte Douglas |
1962 |
1993 |
Rebranded as Piedmont Airlines
|
| Henson Aviation |
|
|
|
HNA |
HENSON |
|
1967 |
1979 |
[233]
|
| Hermen's Air |
Alaska |
|
2E |
HRM |
HERMENS |
Bethel |
1974 |
1990 |
Established as Galena Air Service[234]
|
| Heussler Air |
Pennsylvania |
|
|
HUS |
HEUSSLER |
Erie |
1977 |
1994 |
Air taxi[235]
|
| Hoganair |
Ohio |
|
|
HGA |
HOGAN AIR |
Middletown |
1989 |
1998 |
Renamed to Miami Valley Aviation[236]
|
| Holiday Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Oakland |
1956 |
1956 |
Operated de Havilland Dove[237]
|
| Holiday Airlines |
California |
 |
HD |
HD |
HOLIDAY |
Lake Tahoe |
1965 |
1975 |
intrastate airline that operated Electra. Founder was co-founder of Paradise Airlines
|
| Holiday Airlines |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Sullivan County |
1970 |
1970 |
Known as Catskill Holiday Airlines. Operated Beech 99[238]
|
| Holiday Airlines |
New Jersey |
|
|
|
|
Newark |
1979 |
1989 |
Owned subsidiary of Clinton Industries[239]
|
| Holiday Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Orange County |
1988 |
1990 |
Renamed to Pacific Coast Airline[240]
|
| Holiday Ways |
California |
|
|
|
|
Ontario |
1988 |
1990 |
Operated Beech 18[241]
|
| Hood Airlines |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Killeen–Fort Hood |
1964 |
1970 |
Acquired by Rio Airways. Operated Beech 99[242]
|
| Hooters Air |
South Carolina |
 |
H1 |
|
|
Myrtle Beach |
2003 |
2006 |
Shut down by parent company
|
| Hop-A-Jet |
|
|
|
HPJ |
HOPA-JET |
|
1999 |
1999 |
[243]
|
| Horizon Airlines |
Virginia |
|
|
QXE |
HORIZON AIR |
|
1964 |
1970 |
Operated Piper Navajo and Piper Apache[244]
|
| Horizon Airways |
Missouri |
|
|
|
|
Kirksville |
1969 |
1976 |
Renamed to Air Missouri[245]
|
| Horizon Cargo Transport |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1978 |
1979 |
Renamed to Kahili Airlines[246]
|
| Houston Airlines |
Virginia |
|
|
|
|
Lynchburg |
1967 |
1967 |
[247]
|
| Houston Commuter Airlines |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Houston Bush |
1968 |
1968 |
[248]
|
| Houston Metro Airlines |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Clear Lake City STOLport |
1969 |
1993 |
Renamed Metro Airlines
|
| Huachuca Airlines |
Arizona |
|
7H |
|
|
Sierra Vista |
1983 |
1985 |
[249]
|
| Hub Airlines |
Illinois |
 |
|
HUB |
HUB |
Chicago Meigs Field |
1968 |
1974 |
Acquired Commuter Airlines. Operated Beech 99[250][251]
|
| Hub Air Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
McGrath |
1964 |
1976 |
Operated Cessna 195, Cherokee Six, Piper PA-22[252]
|
| Hubbard Air Transport |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Seattle Lake Union Seaplane Base |
1919 |
1920 |
On 3 March 1919 a B & W Seaplane made the first international US airmail flight [253][254]
|
| Hudson Air Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Talkeetna |
1947 |
2010 |
Renamed to Sheldon Air Services[255]
|
| Hughes Airwest |
California |
 |
RW |
|
HUGHES-AIR |
San Francisco |
1968 |
1980 |
To Republic Airlines
|
| Hughes Float Plane Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Homer |
1990s |
1990s |
Air taxi[256]
|
| Hulman Airlines |
Indiana |
|
|
|
|
Terre Haute |
1968 |
1975 |
Established as Hulman Field Aviation. Operated Cessna 310[257]
|
| Hulman Field Aviation |
Indiana |
|
|
|
|
Terre Haute |
1959 |
1968 |
Renamed to Hulman Airlines[258]
|
| Hyannis Aviation |
Massachusetts |
|
YB |
HAN |
AIR HYANNIS |
Barnstable |
1977 |
1977 |
[259]
|
| I
|
| IAero Airways |
Florida |
 |
WQ |
SWQ |
SWIFTFLIGHT |
Miami |
1997 |
2024 |
Founded as Swift Air. Went bankrupt.[260]
|
| IASCO International Air Service Company |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1978 |
1992 |
Operated Boeing 727-100[261]
|
| Ilan Airways, Inc. |
New York |
|
|
|
|
|
1984 |
1988 |
No flights
|
| Illini Airlines |
Ohio |
|
|
|
|
Chicago Rockford |
1956 |
1957 |
Merged with Taxi Air Group to form TAG Airlines[262]
|
| Illinois Airways |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
Southern Illinois |
1969 |
1972 |
Renamed to Air Illinois. Intrastate scheduled-service carrier[263]
|
| ImagineAir |
Georgia |
 |
|
IMG |
|
Lawrenceville |
2004 |
2018 |
[264]
|
| Imperial Airlines |
|
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1960 |
1961 |
Supplemental air carrier previously Regina Cargo Airlines. Grounded after notorious 1961 crash
|
| Imperial Airlines |
California |
 |
II |
IMP |
|
Imperial |
1964 |
1986 |
Founded as Visco Flyging Service[265]
|
| Imperial Commuter Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Imperial |
1967 |
1968 |
Operated Beech 18, Beech Bonanza[266]
|
| Imperial International |
Minnesota |
|
|
PNX |
PHOENIX |
South St. Paul |
1981 |
1992 |
[267]
|
| Independence Air |
Virginia |
 |
DH |
IDE |
INDEPENDENCE |
Washington Dulles |
1989 |
2006 |
Formed as Atlantic Coast Airlines
|
| Independent Air |
Georgia |
 |
ID |
IDN |
INDEPENDENT |
Atlanta |
1966 |
1990 |
Founded as Atlanta Skylarks[268]
|
| Indian Wells Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Inyokern |
1985 |
1985 |
Established as C&M Airlines[269]
|
| Indiana Airways |
|
|
WY |
INA |
INDI-AIR |
|
1978 |
1980 |
[270]
|
| Indigo Airlines |
Illinois |
|
I9 |
IBU |
INDIGO BLUE |
Chicago Midway |
1999 |
2001 |
|
| Industrial Air Transport |
California |
|
|
|
|
Ontario |
1945 |
1946 |
Trans-Pacific freight carrier. Renamed to Pacific Overseas Airlines. Operated C-54 Skymaster.[271]
|
| Indy Air Travel Club |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1960s |
1960s |
Air travel club established as Four Winds. Operated Convair 880. Charter carrier [272]
|
| Inland Air Lines |
Wyoming |
|
|
|
|
Casper–Natrona |
1930 |
1952 |
Incorporated under Western brand [273]
|
| Inland Aviation Services |
|
|
7N |
|
|
|
1996 |
2009 |
[274]
|
| Inland Empire Airlines |
California |
 |
CC |
IEA |
INLAND EMPIRE |
Reno–Tahoe |
1978 |
1981 |
Acquired by Air Chaparral
|
| Inlet Airlines |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Homer |
1989 |
1999 |
Founded by Dennis Rothberg. Established as Cook Inlet Aviation. Operated Piper Cherokee[275]
|
| Inter Citiair Express |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Seattle-Tacoma |
1930 |
1930 |
Acquired by Alaska-Washington Airways. Operated Stinson Detroiter, Lockheed Vega[276]
|
| Inter-City Air Lines |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Boston |
1932 |
1933 |
Operated Travel Air 6000[277]
|
| Inter-Island Air |
Hawaii |
|
|
UGL |
UGLY VAN |
Kahului |
1990 |
1991 |
[278]
|
| Inter-Island Airways |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1929 |
1941 |
Renamed to Hawaiian Airlines[279]
|
| Intercoastal Airways |
Illinois |
|
|
ICA |
INTERCOASTAL |
Willow Run |
1986 |
1989 |
Operated C-117D[280]
|
| Intercontinental Airways |
|
|
IL |
|
|
|
1977 |
1981 |
Operated Boeing 707-321C, Douglas DC-8-33[281]
|
| Intercontinental US Inc. |
New York |
|
|
|
|
New York-LaGuardia |
1960 |
1966 |
Operated Carvair, DC-4[282]
|
| Interior Air Taxis |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Fairbanks |
1965 |
1968 |
Third-level services. Affiliate of Interior Airways[283]
|
| Interior Airways |
Alaska |
 |
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1946 |
1972 |
To Alaska International Air
|
| Intermountain Airways |
Colorado |
|
|
|
|
|
1978 |
1978 |
To ExpressJet Airlines[284]
|
| Intermountain Aviation |
Arizona |
 |
|
IMA |
INTER MOUNTAIN |
Pinal Airpark |
1969 |
1975 |
CIA front acquired by Evergreen[285]
|
| International Air Cargo |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Boston |
1974 |
1975 |
All-cargo operator[286]
|
| International Air Cargo |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Willow Run |
1980 |
1985 |
[287]
|
| International Air Response |
Arizona |
 |
|
|
|
Buckeye |
1997 |
2000 |
Established as T & G Aviation. Aerial firefighting[288]
|
| International Air Taxi |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1965 |
1970 |
Operated Cessna 180[289]
|
| International Air Taxi |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1980 |
1983 |
Affiliated with Wien Air Alaska[290]
|
| International Airlines |
North Dakota |
|
|
|
|
Minot |
1928 |
1931 |
Operated Lockheed Vega. First US operator[291]
|
| International Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Burbank |
1961 |
1966 |
uncertificated carrier[292]
|
| International Airlines |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
San Antonio |
1966 |
1967 |
Operated Douglas DC-7[293]
|
| International Airlines Academy |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
Willow Run |
1972 |
1975 |
Renamed Trans Continental Airlines[294]
|
| International Cargo Xpress |
Michigan |
 |
2C |
|
|
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky |
1989 |
1994 |
Merged into ATI – Air Transport International
|
| International Charter Express |
Texas |
|
|
ICX |
INTEX |
Houston Bush |
1988 |
1994 |
[295]
|
| International Parcel Express |
|
|
|
IPX |
SPEED PACK |
|
1986 |
1988 |
[296]
|
| International U.S. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1968 |
1974 |
[297]
|
| Interstate Air Lines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Buchanan Field |
1928 |
1930 |
[298]
|
| Interstate Airlines |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
Springfield |
1966 |
1968 |
Third-level carrier. Operated Cherokee Six[299]
|
| Interstate Airlines |
Michigan |
|
8C |
INT |
INTER-FLIGHT |
Willow Run |
1978 |
1986 |
Established as Air Traffic Service Corp.[300]
|
| Interstate Airmotive |
Missouri |
|
|
|
|
Lambert Field |
1968 |
1972 |
Small supplemental air carrier. Operated DC-3s
|
| Interstate World Airways |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1974 |
1975 |
Scheduled all-cargo services[301]
|
| Iowa Airways |
Iowa |
|
JT |
IOA |
IOWA AIR |
Dubuque |
1985 |
1994 |
Agreement with Midway Airlines. Operated Embraer Bandeirante[302][303]
|
| Iowa Airplane Company |
Iowa |
|
|
|
|
|
1933 |
1949 |
Renamed to Mid-West Airlines[304]
|
| Irvine Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1932 |
1932 |
[305]
|
| Island Air |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Bremerton |
1970 |
1970 |
Established as Island Sky Ferries. To form Puget Sound Airlines[306]
|
| Island Air |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1971 |
1972 |
[307]
|
| Island Air |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Farmingdale |
1976 |
1976 |
Operated DC-3[308]
|
| Island Air |
Hawaii |
 |
WP |
MKU |
MOKU |
Honolulu |
1980 |
2017 |
Established as Princeville Airways[309]
|
| Island Air |
New York |
|
WS |
|
|
Farmingdale |
1984 |
1984 |
Successor to Trans East International[310]
|
| Island Air Charters |
Florida |
|
|
ILF |
|
Fort Lauderdale |
1986 |
2006 |
[311]
|
| Island Air Ferries |
New York |
|
|
|
|
New York-LaGuardia |
1945 |
1953 |
Shuttle between JFK and LGA. Operated DC-3, Noorduyn Norseman[312]
|
| Island Airlines |
Ohio |
|
|
|
|
Erie–Ottawa |
1929 |
1979 |
[313]
|
| Island Airlines |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
New Bedford |
1932 |
1932 |
Acquired by Maine Air Transport[314]
|
| Island Airlines |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
|
1934 |
1934 |
Operated six Fairchild 71[314]
|
| Island Airlines |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
|
1962 |
1962 |
Established as Sky Tours[315]
|
| Island Airlines |
Massachusetts |
 |
IS |
ISA |
ISLAND |
Hyannis |
1991 |
2015 |
[316]
|
| Island Airlines Hawaii |
Hawaii |
|
|
ACH |
|
Honolulu |
1960 |
2002 |
Operated Convair 440[317]
|
| Island Airways |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Charlevoix |
1975 |
2006 |
[318]
|
| Island Express |
|
|
2S |
SDY |
SANDY ISLE |
|
1996 |
2006 |
[319]
|
| Island Express Air |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1994 |
1994 |
Renamed to Mahalo Air[320]
|
| Island Helicopters |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Garden City |
1968 |
1977 |
Scheduled services to Manhattan[321]
|
| Island Mail |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Friday Harbor |
1966 |
1979 |
Scheduled commuter services. Operated Cessna 206[322]
|
| Island Pacific Air |
Hawaii |
|
|
PCR |
PACAIR |
Honolulu |
1975 |
1977 |
[323]
|
| Island Sky Ferries |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Bremerton |
1948 |
1950 |
Established as Orcas Island Air Service. Operated Lockheed Model 10 Electra[324]
|
| Isle Royale Airways |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Houghton |
1965 |
1965 |
Operated Grumman Mallard[325]
|
| Isle Royale Seaplane Service |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Houghton |
1973 |
1975 |
Summer schedule[326]
|
| ITR Airlines |
Colorado |
|
|
ITR |
OUTBACK |
Denver |
1984 |
1985 |
Assumed the Frontier Commuter operations[327]
|