| Airline
|
State or territory
|
Image
|
IATA
|
ICAO
|
Callsign
|
Hubs and focus cities
|
Commenced operations
|
Ceased operations
|
Notes
|
| J
|
| Jamaire |
Arkansas |
|
|
|
|
Harrell Field |
1979 |
1982 |
[1]
|
| Janair |
|
|
|
JAX |
JANAIR |
|
1988 |
1988 |
[2]
|
| Janss Airways |
Utah |
|
|
|
|
Salt Lake City |
1966 |
1969 |
Renamed to Sun Valley Airlines[3]
|
| Jefferson |
Minnesota |
|
|
|
|
Minneapolis |
1928 |
1928 |
Operated Ford Trimotor[4]
|
| Jet 24 |
Florida |
 |
TJ |
JTS |
|
Miami |
1979 |
1986 |
|
| Jet Alaska |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1985 |
1985 |
[5]
|
| Jet America |
California |
 |
SI |
JET |
|
Long Beach |
1981 |
1987 |
Merged into Alaska Airlines
|
| Jet Aviation |
|
|
|
BZF |
BIZFLEET |
|
1999 |
1999 |
[6]
|
| Jet Charter |
|
|
|
JCT |
JET CHARTER |
|
1997 |
1998 |
[7][8]
|
| Jet Charter Jets |
Nevada |
|
|
|
|
Las Vegas McCarran |
1994 |
1994 |
[9]
|
| Jet Courier |
Ohio |
|
|
DWW |
DON JUAN |
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky |
1974 |
1985 |
Renamed to Wright International Express[10]
|
| Jet East International |
Texas |
|
|
JED |
JET EAST |
Dallas Love Field |
1983 |
2000 |
Renamed to Express One International[11]
|
| Jet Express |
Virginia |
|
JI |
JEX |
JETEX |
Charlottesville–Albemarle |
1983 |
1993 |
Established as Bader Express. Become the last Midway Airlines [12]
|
| Jet Fleet International Airlines |
Texas |
|
|
JFC |
JET-FLEET |
Dallas/Fort Worth |
1969 |
1992 |
[13]
|
| Jet Freight Cargo |
Florida |
|
|
JED |
JET EAST |
Miami |
1977 |
1980 |
Renamed to Concord[14]
|
| Jet Hansa Corporation |
Florida |
|
XW |
WRC |
|
West Palm Beach |
1967 |
1975 |
Charter flights. Operated Hansa Jet. Renamed to Walker’s Cay Airlines[15]
|
| Jet U.S. |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Detroit |
1993 |
1993 |
Operated one week[16]
|
| Jet Way |
Michigan |
|
|
JWY |
|
Willow Run |
1970s |
1984 |
Acquired by Kalitta Air[17]
|
| JetAmerica |
Florida |
|
J1 |
BSK |
BISCAYNE |
Toledo Express |
2007 |
2009 |
As Air Azul
|
| Jetstream International Airlines |
Ohio |
|
|
VNA |
JETSTREAM INTERNATIONAL |
Dayton |
1983 |
1995 |
Established as Vee Neal Airlines. Renamed to PSA Airlines[18]
|
| JetTrain |
New York |
|
|
JTN |
JETTRAIN |
Newark Liberty |
1994 |
1996 |
Established as AirTrain Airlines[19]
|
| JetWest |
Colorado |
|
|
|
|
Denver |
1969 |
1970 |
Absorbed by Frontier Airlines (1950–1986)
|
| Jetwest International |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1994 |
1995 |
Charter operator[20]
|
| Jetwest International Airways |
Nevada |
|
|
|
|
Las Vegas McCarran |
1981 |
1982 |
Renamed to Sunworld International[21]
|
| Jetwingsco |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Fort Myers |
2001 |
2004 |
Operated Cessna Citation I, Gulfstream III[22]
|
| Jim Dodson Air Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1937 |
1943 |
Acquired by Ray Petersen Flying Service[23]
|
| Jim Hankins Air Services |
Mississippi |
|
HQ |
HKN |
HANKINS |
Jackson |
1958 |
2009 |
[24]
|
| Johnson Airways |
Louisiana |
|
|
|
|
New Orleans |
1932 |
1933 |
Established as The Gulf Coast Airlines[25]
|
| Johnson Flying Service |
Montana |
 |
JF |
JF |
JOHNSON SERVICE |
Missoula |
1924 |
1975 |
Sold to Evergreen Helicopters in 1975 to create Evergreen International Airlines
|
| Jolly Voyager Travel Club |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1970 |
1974 |
Air travel club. Operated DC-7[26]
|
| Juneau Air Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Juneau |
1980 |
1980 |
Renamed to Ward Air[27]
|
| Juneau Air Taxi Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Juneau |
1953 |
1951 |
Renamed to Loken Air Charter[28]
|
| K
|
| K-T Flying Service |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1934 |
1941 |
Founded by Charles Knox and Robert Tyce[29]
|
| Kahili Airlines (Trans National Airlines of Hawaii) |
Hawaii |
|
NX |
|
|
Honolulu |
1979 |
1981 |
[30]
|
| Kansas City Southern Skyways |
Kansas |
|
NX |
|
|
Kansas City |
1945 |
1949 |
Cargo carrier. Operated C-47[31][32]
|
| Kenai Air Alaska |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Kenai |
1978 |
1987 |
Established as Kenai Air Service[33]
|
| Kenai Air Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Kenai |
1977 |
1978 |
Founded by Vernon L. Lofsted. Renamed to Kenai Air Alaska[34]
|
| Kenmore Air Harbor |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Kenmore |
1946 |
1981 |
Renamed to Kenmore Air[35]
|
| KentuckySkies |
Kentucky |
|
|
|
|
Owensboro–Daviess |
2009 |
2012 |
A Pacific Wings subsidiary
|
| Ketchikan Air Service |
Alaska |
|
6S |
|
|
Ketchikan |
1997 |
1998 |
Acquired by Taquan Air[36]
|
| Ketchikan Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Ketchikan |
1933 |
1993 |
Established as Pioneer Airways[37]
|
| Key Air |
Utah |
|
|
KEY |
KEY AIR |
Salt Lake City |
1987 |
1989 |
Charter carrier[38]
|
| Key Airlines |
Idaho |
 |
|
KWY |
KEYAIR |
Savannah/Hilton Head |
1969 |
1993 |
Established as Thunderbird Airlines
|
| Key West Airlines |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Key West |
1980 |
1981 |
[39]
|
| Keyway Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
|
Rhein-Main Air Base |
1986 |
1992 |
|
| KeyWest Seaplane Service |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Key West |
1976 |
1997 |
Adventure tours carrier. Operated Cessna 206[40]
|
| King Airlines |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Wichita Falls |
1965 |
1972 |
Commuter air services. Operated Aero Commander 680, Piper Aztec, Cherokee Six[41]
|
| Kingman Aviation |
Arizona |
|
|
|
|
Kingman |
1973 |
1982 |
[42]
|
| Kitty Hawk Aircargo |
Indiana |
 |
KR |
KHA |
KITTYHAWK |
Fort Wayne |
1985 |
2008 |
Formed as Kitty Hawk Airways
|
| Kitty Hawk Airways |
Texas |
|
2K |
KHA |
|
Dallas Love Field |
1978 |
1990 |
|
| Kitty Hawk International |
Michigan |
 |
CB |
CKS |
|
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky |
1999 |
2000 |
To Kalitta Air
|
| Kiwi International Air Lines |
New Jersey |
 |
KP |
KIA |
KIWI AIR |
Newark Liberty |
1992 |
1999 |
Went bankrupt
|
| Knowles Air-Ways |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Flint |
1933 |
1935 |
Operated Ford Trimotor[43]
|
| Kobrin Airways |
New Jersey |
|
|
|
|
Princeton |
1982 |
1982 |
Operated Piper Navajo[44]
|
| Kodiak Airways |
Alaska |
 |
|
|
|
Kodiak |
1960 |
1973 |
Merged with Western Alaska Airlines[45]
|
| Kodiak Island Air |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Kodiak |
1995 |
1998 |
[46]
|
| Kodiak Western Alaska Airline |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Kodiak |
1973 |
1982 |
Formed by the merger of Kodiak Airways and Western Alaska Airlines. Operated Grumman Goose[47]
|
| L
|
| L.A.B. Flying Service |
Alaska |
 |
JA |
LAB |
LAB |
Haines |
1956 |
2008 |
|
| L'Express Airlines |
Louisiana |
|
|
LEX |
LEX |
New Orleans Louis Armstrong |
1989 |
1992 |
|
| LA Helicopter |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1986 |
1989 |
Operated Ecureuil 2[48]
|
| La Posada Airways |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Laredo |
1967 |
1969 |
Scheduled commuter services. Operated Britten-Norman Islander[49]
|
| Lake Central Airlines |
Indiana |
 |
LC |
|
|
Cleveland Hopkins |
1950 |
1968 |
Began as Turner Airlines. To Allegheny Airlines
|
| Lake Geneva Airways |
Wisconsin |
|
|
|
|
Lake Geneva |
1970 |
1973 |
[50]
|
| Lake Havasu Air Services |
Arizona |
|
|
HCA |
HAVASU |
Lake Havasu City |
1970s |
1970s |
Regional carrier[51]
|
| Lake State Airways |
Minnesota |
|
NT |
|
|
New Ulm |
1977 |
1979 |
Renamed to Midwest Aviation[52]
|
| Lake Union Air Service |
Washington |
 |
|
|
|
Lake Union Seaplane Base |
1946 |
1993 |
To Kenmore Air[53]
|
| Lakeland Airlines |
Wisconsin |
|
YQ |
LKL |
LAKELAND |
Rice Lake |
1980 |
1984 |
|
| Laker Airways Inc. |
Florida |
 |
6F |
LKR |
LAKER |
Fort Lauderdale |
1995 |
1999 |
Was a US-registered airline established as a sister company to Laker Airways Bahamas [54]
|
| Lance Air Transport |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
|
1962 |
1965 |
Operated C-46, DC-6A, DC-7[55]
|
| Landair International Airlines |
|
|
BN |
C29 |
|
|
1994 |
1994 |
Renamed to Forward Air International Airlines[56]
|
| Lang Aire |
Nevada |
|
|
|
|
Las Vegas |
1994 |
1998 |
Cargo carrier[57]
|
| Laredo Air |
Texas |
|
|
LRD |
LAREDO AIR |
Laredo |
1988 |
1989 |
[58]
|
| Larry’s Flying Service |
|
|
J6 |
|
|
|
1982 |
2006 |
[59]
|
| Las Vegas Airlines |
Nevada |
|
6G |
EER |
|
Las Vegas McCarran |
1973 |
1987 |
[60]
|
| Laughlin Express |
Nevada |
|
|
LEP |
LAUGHLIN EXPRESS |
Laughlin/Bullhead |
1992 |
1992 |
[61]
|
| Lavery Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Fairbanks |
1935 |
1987 |
Founded by William L. "Bill" Lavery. To Alaska Star Airlines[62]
|
| Lawrence Aviation |
|
|
|
LAR |
LAWRENCE |
|
1992 |
1992 |
[63]
|
| LB Ltd. |
|
|
LB |
LAB |
|
|
1999 |
2000 |
Established as Princess Vacations by Sir Freddie Laker. Renamed to the original Princess Vacations[64]
|
| Lear JeTravel |
Nevada |
|
|
|
|
Reno Stead |
1968 |
1969 |
Operated Learjet 23 and Learjet 24[65]
|
| Lebanon Airport Development Corp. |
New Hampshire |
|
|
LAD |
LADCO-AIR |
Lebanon |
1975 |
1976 |
Operated Aero Commander[66]
|
| Leconte Airlines |
|
|
|
LCA |
LECONTE |
|
1981 |
1981 |
[67]
|
| Legend Airlines |
Texas |
 |
LC |
LGD |
LEGENDARY |
Dallas Love Field |
1996 |
2000 |
Flights commenced in 2000; went bankrupt[68]
|
| Leisure Air |
North Carolina |
 |
L8 |
LWD |
LEISURE WORLD |
Chicago O'Hare |
1992 |
1995 |
|
| Lemco Flying Services |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1960 |
1964 |
Renamed to Chatham Airlines[69]
|
| Liberty Air |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1984 |
1984 |
Formed by the purchase and merger of Air North and Valdez Airlines[70]
|
| Liberty Airlines |
Ohio |
|
|
|
|
Toledo Express |
1982 |
1983 |
Operated Beech Baron and Convair 440[71]
|
| Liberty Express Airlines |
Pennsylvania |
|
|
|
|
Pittsburgh |
1994 |
1997 |
To Air Midwest
|
| Licon Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1933 |
1934 |
[72]
|
| Lincoln Air Service |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1928 |
1932 |
[73]
|
| Lincoln Airlines |
|
|
|
LUX |
FREEBIRD |
|
1989 |
1990 |
[74]
|
| Lindsay Aviation |
|
|
|
LSY |
LINDSAY AIR |
|
2004 |
2006 |
[75]
|
| Lisle Air Service |
California |
|
|
|
|
Fresno Chandler |
1965 |
1967 |
Commuter services. Operated Cessna 206[76]
|
| Livemercial Aviation |
Delaware |
|
|
|
|
Wilmington |
2008 |
2012 |
Charter carrier [77]
|
| Loening Air |
Idaho |
|
|
|
|
Boise |
1963 |
1970 |
Commuter service. Operated Cessna 411[78]
|
| Loken Air Charter |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Juneau |
1961 |
1964 |
Established as Juneau Air Taxi Service. Merged with Channel Flying Service[79]
|
| Loken Aviation |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Juneau |
1954 |
1997 |
Renamed to Alaska Seaplanes[80]
|
| Lon’s Flying Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Petersburg Johnson |
1967 |
1967 |
Renamed to Alaska Island Air. Operated DHC-2[81]
|
| Lone Star Air Cargo Lines |
Texas |
 |
|
|
|
Dallas Love Field |
1946 |
1947 |
irregular air carrier
|
| Lone Star Airlines |
Texas |
 |
AD |
LSS |
LONESTAR |
Dallas/Fort Worth |
1984 |
1998 |
Established as Exec Express II
|
| Long Island Airlines |
New York |
|
YL |
ORA |
LONG ISLAND |
Farmingdale |
1987 |
1991 |
Established as Montauk Caribbean Airways. Sold and renamed Executive Airlines[82]
|
| Longhorn Airlines |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Fort Worth Meacham |
1965 |
1971 |
Commuter air services. Operated Piper Cherokee[83]
|
| LorAir |
Arizona |
 |
|
LOR |
|
Tucson |
1995 |
2001 |
Charter carrier [84]
|
| Los Angeles Air Service |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1947 |
1960 |
Supplemental air carrier. Renamed to Trans International Airlines
|
| Los Angeles Air Taxi Service |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1965 |
1970 |
Operated de Havilland Dove, Beech 18, Aero Commander 680[85]
|
| Los Angeles Airways |
California |
|
|
|
|
Grand Central Airport |
1927 |
1928 |
[86]
|
| Los Angeles Airways |
California |
 |
LX |
|
LOS ANGELES |
Los Angeles |
1947 |
1971 |
|
| Los Angeles-San Diego Air Line |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1925 |
1925 |
Established by Ryan Airline. First scheduled airline in US[87]
|
| Louisa Flying Service |
Virginia |
|
|
|
|
Louisa |
1995 |
2005 |
[88]
|
| Louisiana Aircraft |
New Mexico |
|
|
|
|
Albuquerque |
1941 |
2003 |
Services for the U. S. Government. Renamed to Ross Aviation[89]
|
| Lubbock-Amarillo Armored Service |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Lubbock |
1967 |
1971 |
Urgent deliveries carrier, Operated Piper Navajo[90]
|
| Lucerne Airways |
California |
|
|
|
|
Oakland |
1931 |
1931 |
[91]
|
| Ludington Airline |
Pennsylvania |
|
|
|
|
Cleveland Hopkins |
1929 |
1933 |
|
| Luthi Aviation |
North Dakota |
|
|
|
|
Fargo |
1972 |
1974 |
Operated Beech C-45, Renamed to Sizer Airways[92]
|
| Lynch Flying Service |
Montana |
|
|
LCH |
LYNCH AIR |
|
1967 |
1996 |
Commuter services. Operated Cessna 310, Cessna 337[93]
|
| Lynx Air International |
Florida |
 |
|
LXF |
LYNX FLIGHT |
Fort Lauderdale |
1989 |
2009 |
|
| Lynx Aviation |
Colorado |
 |
L3 |
SSX |
SHASTA |
Denver |
2006 |
2011 |
|
| M
|
| Mac Dan Aviation |
New Jersey |
|
|
MCN |
MAC DAN |
Caldwell |
2004 |
2006 |
[94]
|
| MAC Helicopters |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
|
1973 |
1973 |
[95]
|
| MAC McMullen Airways |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Tampa |
1920 |
1931 |
Daily passenger services. Operated Stinson[96]
|
| Mackey Airlines |
Florida |
 |
MK |
MK |
|
Fort Lauderdale |
1953 |
1967 |
To Eastern Air Lines. Founder started Mackey International in 1968
|
| Mackey International |
Florida |
 |
MI |
MI |
|
Fort Lauderdale |
1968 |
1981 |
DBA Mackey International Air Taxi, then Mackey International Air Commuter then Mackey International Airlines
|
| Maddux Air Lines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Mines Field |
1927 |
1929 |
Merged with Transcontinental Air Transport to form TAT Maddux Air Lines
|
| Magic Carpet Air |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1961 |
1972 |
Air travel club. Renamed to Traventure Air Travel Club. Operated Convair 440[97]
|
| Mahalo Air |
Hawaii |
 |
BM |
MLH |
MAHALO |
Honolulu |
1993 |
1997 |
|
| Main Flying Services |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1930 |
1931 |
[98]
|
| Maine Air |
Maine |
|
|
|
|
Bangor |
1982 |
1983 |
Operated Piper Aircraft[99]
|
| Maine Air Cargo Express |
Maine |
|
|
|
|
|
1948 |
1949 |
[100]
|
| Maine Air Transport |
Maine |
|
|
MAT |
MAINE AIR |
|
1932 |
1933 |
[101]
|
| Maine Aviation |
Maine |
|
|
MAT |
|
Portland Jetport |
1962 |
2002 |
[102]
|
| Maine Coast Airways |
Maine |
|
|
|
|
|
1983 |
1992 |
[103]
|
| Maine State Airways |
Maine |
|
|
|
|
Augusta |
1931 |
1931 |
[104]
|
| Majestic Air |
Florida |
 |
QT |
PIA |
|
Miami |
1988 |
1989 |
Renamed to Carnival Air Lines. Operated a single Boeing 707-100[105]
|
| Majestic Airlines |
Utah |
|
2J |
MAJ |
MAGIC AIR |
Salt Lake City |
1988 |
1997 |
Operated Beech 99[106]
|
| Makani Kai Air |
Hawaii |
 |
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1998 |
2020 |
Merged into Mokulele Airlines[107]
|
| Mall Airways |
New York |
|
GH |
MLS |
MALL AIRWAYS |
Albany |
1973 |
1989 |
Merged into Business Express Airlines
|
| Mamer Air Transport |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Felts Field[108] |
1929 |
1932 |
Operated Ford Trimotor[109]
|
| Manhattan Airlines |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Syracuse |
1974 |
1976 |
Operated DC-3[110]
|
| Mannion Air Charter |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Willow Run |
1950s |
1980s |
Operated DC-3 and Beech C-45[111][112]
|
| Manufacturers Air Transport |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
Chicago Midway |
1967 |
1973 |
Operated C-47, Cessna 206 and Cessna 310[113]
|
| Marco Island Airways |
Florida |
 |
LS |
|
|
Miami |
1973 |
1986 |
Merged into Provincetown-Boston Airlines
|
| Marine Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Juneau |
1936 |
1939 |
Merged with Alaska Air Transport to form Alaska Coastal Airlines[114]
|
| Mario’s Air |
Florida |
|
M2 |
|
|
Miami-Opa-locka |
1995 |
2006 |
Operated DC-3[115]
|
| MarkAir |
Alaska |
 |
BF |
MRK |
MARKAIR |
Anchorage |
1946 |
1995 |
Merged into Northern Air Cargo
|
| Markair Express |
Alaska |
|
2E |
MRX |
SPEEDMARK |
Bethel |
1974 |
1996 |
Established as Hermens Air. Acquired by MarkAir in 1987 [116]
|
| Marquette Airlines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1938 |
1941 |
To Trans World Airlines[117]
|
| Marsh Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Bethel |
1934 |
1935 |
Founded by Ray Petersen[118]
|
| Marshfield Aviation |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Marshfield |
1967 |
1971 |
Operated Cessna 172, Cessna 177 Cardinal, Cessna 337[119]
|
| Martz Air Lines |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Buffalo Niagara |
1930 |
1933 |
Absorbed by American Airways[120]
|
| Maryland Airways |
Maryland |
|
|
|
|
|
1964 |
1968 |
Operated Beech 18[121]
|
| Mason & Dixie Air Lines |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Detroit |
1929 |
1931 |
[122]
|
| Mass Air |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Boston |
1964 |
1971 |
Founded by E. Antony. Acquired and merged intoExecutive Airlines[123]
|
| Massachusetts Airlines |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Boston |
1949 |
1949 |
[124]
|
| MATS Cargo Airlines |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
Chicago O'Hare |
1972 |
1973 |
Scheduled and charter cargo operator [125]
|
| Matson Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
San Francisco |
1946 |
1948 |
Operated DC-4[126]
|
| Maui Airlines |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Kahului |
1985 |
1988 |
[127]
|
| Mauiva Air Tours |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Kissimmee |
2010 |
2014 |
Renamed ViaAir. Operated Embraer Brasilia[128]
|
| Maverick Airways |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Maverick County |
1974 |
1976 |
[129]
|
| Maverick Airways |
Colorado |
|
|
|
|
Denver |
1996 |
1997 |
Founded by Cody Diekroeger. Operated DHC 7[130]
|
| Maverick International |
New York |
|
YG |
|
|
New York Stewart |
1977 |
1979 |
Operated three Boeing 707. Transported cattle to Iran[131][132]
|
| Mavrik Aire |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Kenai |
1998 |
2007 |
Bush charter services [133]
|
| Max's Air Service |
Wisconsin |
|
|
|
|
Appleton |
1947 |
1967 |
Founded by Max Sagunsky. Renamed to Maxair[134]
|
| MAXjet Airways |
Virginia |
 |
MY |
MXJ |
MAX-JET |
Washington Dulles |
2003 |
2007 |
|
| May Air Xpress |
Texas |
|
|
MXP |
BEECHNUT |
|
1990 |
2004 |
Founded by Thomas W. May[135]
|
| Mayflower Airlines |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Boston |
1936 |
1945 |
Absorbed by Northeast Airlines
|
| McClain Airlines |
Arizona |
 |
|
|
|
Phoenix Sky Harbor |
1984 |
1987 |
|
| McCollum Aviation |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
|
1939 |
1986 |
[136]
|
| McCulloch International Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Long Beach |
1970 |
1977 |
McCulloch Properties bought Vance International Airways and merged w/ own operation.
|
| McCulloch Properties |
California |
 |
|
|
|
Long Beach |
1964 |
1970 |
Aircraft had "Lake Havasu City" titles. Merged into McColluch International Airlines.
|
| McGee Airways |
Alaska |
 |
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1932 |
1934 |
Merged with Star Air Service
|
| McKinley Air Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Talkeetna |
2003 |
2003 |
Operated Cessna 185[137]
|
| Mel Air |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1963 |
1971 |
Operated Cessna 402, Piper Aztec, Piper Apache[138]
|
| Mercer Airlines |
California |
 |
|
|
|
Burbank |
1950s |
1975 |
intrastate airline and uncertificated carrier. Became Pacific American Airlines in 1975.
|
| Mercury Air Lines |
California |
|
|
|
|
West Los Angeles |
1919 |
1921 |
Operated Junkers-Larsen JL-6[139]
|
| Mercury Airlines |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Houston-Hobby |
1946 |
1947 |
[140]
|
| Meridian Air Cargo |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1975 |
1979 |
Established as Key Brothers Flying Service[141]
|
| Merlin Express |
Texas |
 |
|
MEI |
|
San Antonio |
1996 |
2000 |
Established as SAT-Air. Renamed to Merlin Airways. Operated Swearingen Metroliner[142]
|
| Merrimack Air System |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Lawrence |
1975 |
1978 |
Moved to Bedford and renamed to Merimack Airlines[143]
|
| Merrimack Airlines |
Massachusetts |
|
ZE |
|
|
Hanscom Field |
1978 |
1980 |
Merged with New Jersey Airlines[144]
|
| Mesaba Airlines |
Tennessee |
 |
XJ |
MES |
MESABA |
Memphis |
1944 |
2012 |
Merged into Pinnacle Airlines
|
| Methow Aviation |
Washington |
|
|
MER |
METHOW |
|
1989 |
2006 |
[145]
|
| MetJet |
Wisconsin |
|
|
|
|
Green Bay–Austin Straubel |
2013 |
2013 |
[146]
|
| Meteor Air Transport |
New York |
 |
|
|
|
Teterboro |
1946 |
1958 |
Supplemental air carrier; ceased operation after IRS seized assets.
|
| Metro Air Northeast |
New York |
|
SS |
MNE |
NORTHEAST |
Plattsburgh |
1989 |
1991 |
[147]
|
| Metro Airlines |
Texas |
 |
|
|
|
Clear Lake City STOLport |
1969 |
1993 |
Originally Houston Metro Airlines
|
| Metroflight Airlines |
|
|
Part of Metro Airlines
|
| Metro Express II |
|
|
|
MEX |
EAGLE EXPRESS |
|
1984 |
1995 |
Established as Eastern Metro Express. Operated Jetstream 31[148]
|
| Metro Express Airlines |
Georgia |
|
|
EME |
EASTERN METRO |
Atlanta |
1984 |
1991 |
[149]
|
| Metro International Airlines |
New York |
 |
FT |
|
|
New York Kennedy |
1980 |
1983 |
Passenger division of Flying Tiger Line. Operated Boeing 747[150]
|
| MetroJet |
Virginia |
 |
US |
USA |
USAIR |
Baltimore–Washington |
1998 |
2001 |
|
| Metropolitan Air Ferry Service |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Newark |
1931 |
1931 |
Operated Ford Trimotor[151]
|
| MGM Grand Air |
California |
 |
MG |
MGM |
GRAND AIR |
Minneapolis–Saint Paul |
1987 |
1995 |
To Champion Air
|
| Miami Air Charter |
Florida |
|
|
HUR |
HURRICANE CHARTER |
Miami |
1987 |
1995 |
Renamed to Nations Air Express[152]
|
| Miami Air International |
Florida |
 |
LL |
BSK |
BISCAYNE |
Miami |
1990 |
2020 |
[153]
|
| Miami Air Lease |
Florida |
 |
MG |
MGD |
MIAMI AIR |
Miami |
1999 |
1999 |
[154]
|
| Miami Airlines |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1960 |
1961 |
[155]
|
| Miami Executive Aviation |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1997 |
1999 |
[156]
|
| Miami Seaplane Service |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami Seaplane Base |
1933 |
1933 |
[157]
|
| Miami Valley Aviation |
Ohio |
|
|
OWL |
NIGHT OWL |
Middletown |
1998 |
2006 |
Established as Hoganair[158]
|
| Miami-Key West Airways |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1937 |
1938 |
[159]
|
| Michigan Air Express |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
|
1930 |
1931 |
[160]
|
| Michigan Airways |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
|
1982 |
1989 |
Established as Emmet County Aviation. Acquired by Drummond Island Air[161]
|
| Michigan Central Airlines |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Bishop |
1938 |
1938 |
[162]
|
| Michigan Peninsular Airways |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Willow Run |
1978 |
1981 |
Operated DC-8[163]
|
| Michigan Trade Winds |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
|
1968 |
1968 |
[164]
|
| Mid Pacific Air |
Hawaii |
 |
HO |
MPA |
MID PAC |
Honolulu |
1981 |
1995 |
|
| Mid Pacific Cargo |
Indiana |
|
PF |
MPA |
|
Lafayette |
1999 |
1999 |
[165]
|
| Mid South Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1940 |
1940 |
[166]
|
| Mid-America Airlines |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
Peoria |
1970 |
1970 |
Operated Martin 2-0-2[167]
|
| Mid-American Air Transport |
Kansas |
|
|
|
|
|
1967 |
1971 |
Operated Beech 18[168]
|
| Mid-Atlantic Freight |
North Carolina |
|
|
MDC |
NIGHT SHIP |
Piedmont Triad |
1990 |
2005 |
Acquired by Martinaire in 2005 [169]
|
| Mid-Coast Airways |
Maine |
|
|
|
|
Rockland |
1960 |
1968 |
Renamed to Downeast Airlines[170]
|
| Mid-Continent Air Express |
Colorado |
|
|
|
|
Denver Stapleton |
1929 |
1931 |
Operated Fokker Super Universal. Acquired by Western Air Express[171]
|
| Mid-Continent Airlines |
Iowa |
 |
|
|
|
Sioux Gateway |
1938 |
1952 |
Established as Hanfords Tri-State Airlines in 1928. Acquired by Braniff[172]
|
| Mid-Continent Airlines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1964 |
1964 |
[173]
|
| Mid-Continent Airlines |
Tennessee |
|
|
|
|
Memphis |
1969 |
1970 |
Operated Cessna 402[174]
|
| Mid-Continent Airlines |
Oklahoma |
|
|
|
|
Halliburton Field |
1972 |
1974 |
Operated Piper Aircraft[175]
|
| Mid-Continent Airlines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
1982 |
Funded by Terry Hudik and Mike Gedmin. Renamed to American Central Airlines[176]
|
| Mid-Hudson Airline |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1951 |
1966 |
Renamed to Command Airways[177]
|
| Mid-South Airlines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1979 |
1983 |
Established as Resort Commuter Airlines. Renamed to Air Virginia[178]
|
| Mid-West Airways |
Iowa |
|
|
|
|
Des Moines |
1929 |
1931 |
Renamed to Des Moines Airways[179]
|
| Mid-West Airlines |
Iowa |
|
|
|
|
Des Moines |
1949 |
1952 |
Local service airline, briefly owned by Purdue University. Completely unrelated to the later Midwest Airlines of Wisconsin.
|
| MidAtlantic Airways |
Pennsylvania |
 |
BK |
PDC |
|
Pittsburgh |
2002 |
2006 |
|
| Midcontinent Airlines |
Nebraska |
|
CT |
MCA |
CONTINAIR |
Omaha |
1986 |
1989 |
Began as AAA Airlines. Operated as Braniff Express[180]
|
| Midet Aviation |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Palm Beach |
1938 |
1956 |
Acquired by Mackey Airlines[181]
|
| Midnight Express |
Georgia |
|
|
|
|
Atlanta |
1983 |
1988 |
[182]
|
| Midstate Airlines |
Wisconsin |
 |
IU |
MIS |
MIDSTATE |
Central Wisconsin |
1964 |
1989 |
To Sentry Insurance
|
| Midway Airlines (1976–1991) |
Illinois |
 |
ML |
MDW |
MIDWAY |
Chicago Midway |
1976 |
1991 |
|
| Midway Connection |
 |
|
XAP |
MID-TOWN |
1987 |
|
| Midway Metrolink |
|
|
|
|
1983 |
1985 |
Operated DC-9-30[183]
|
| Midway Express |
Florida |
 |
|
FLA |
PALM |
Miami |
1984 |
1990 |
Operated former Air Florida Boeing 737[184]
|
| Midway Airlines (1993–2003) |
North Carolina |
 |
JI |
MDW |
MIDWAY |
Chicago Midway |
1993 |
2003 |
|
| Midway Aviation |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Dallas Love Field |
1996 |
1996 |
Acquired by Airnet Express[185]
|
| Midwest Air Charter |
Ohio |
|
|
|
|
Willoughby |
1977 |
1980 |
Acquired by Airborne[186]
|
| Midwest Airlines |
Wisconsin |
 |
YX |
MEP |
MIDEX |
Milwaukee Mitchell |
2002 |
2010 |
Merged with Frontier Airlines, completely unrelated to earlier Mid-West Airlines.
|
| Midwest Connect |
 |
|
|
|
1994 |
Regional airline associate of Midwest Airlines
|
| Midwest Express |
 |
|
|
|
1978 |
2002 |
Originally K-C Aviation, renamed to Midwest Airlines
|
| Midwest Airways |
Ohio |
|
|
|
|
Lunken Field |
|
|
|
| Midwest Aviation |
Minnesota |
|
|
|
|
New Ulm |
1973 |
1983 |
Operated as Air New Ulm (1973–1977), then as Lake State Airways (1977–1999)
|
| Midwest Commuter Airlines |
Indiana |
 |
|
|
|
Indianapolis |
1967 |
1974 |
[187]
|
| Militair |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1979 |
1980 |
Operated American Eagle Boeing 707 to fly military families[188]
|
| Million Air Monterey |
California |
|
|
|
|
Salinas |
1999 |
2012 |
Established as Air Trails. Operated Cessna Citation II, Learjet 35A[189]
|
| Millon Air |
Florida |
 |
OX |
OXO |
MILL AIR |
Miami |
1983 |
1998 |
Operated Boeing 707, CL-44[190]
|
| Mission Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Gillespie Field |
1969 |
1982 |
Operated Beech 18[191]
|
| Mississippi Valley Airlines |
Wisconsin |
 |
XV |
MVA |
VALAIR |
Quad City |
1968 |
1985 |
Merged with Air Wisconsin
|
| Missouri Air Commuter |
Missouri |
|
|
|
|
Kansas City |
1974 |
1978 |
Charter and air taxi. Operated Martin 4-0-4[192]
|
| Modern Air Transport |
New Jersey |
 |
KV |
|
MODERN |
Newark Liberty |
1946 |
1975 |
|
| Mohawk Airlines |
New York |
 |
MO |
|
MOHAWK |
Utica, New York |
1945 |
1972 |
As Robinson Airlines, to Allegheny Airlines
|
| Mokulele Flight Service |
Hawaii |
 |
|
|
|
Kona |
1998 |
2005 |
Rebranded as Mokulele Airlines[193]
|
| Monarch Air |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Dallas Addison |
1986 |
2017 |
Founded by the Sawtelle family. Operated Cessna Skyhawk[194]
|
| Monarch Air Lines |
Colorado |
|
|
|
|
Denver |
1946 |
1950 |
Merged with Arizona Airways and Challenger Airlines to form Frontier Airlines[195]
|
| Monarch Aviation |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1977 |
1982 |
[196]
|
| Montauk Caribbean Airways |
New York |
|
YL |
ORA |
|
Farmingdale |
1960 |
1987 |
Sold and renamed Long Island Airlines[197]
|
| Morris Air |
Utah |
 |
KN |
MSS |
WASATCH |
Salt Lake City |
1948 |
1994 |
As Morris Air Service, to Southwest Airlines
|
| Mountain Air Express |
Colorado |
|
M7 |
MAX |
PIKES PEAK |
Denver |
1996 |
1998 |
Sold to Air Wisconsin, formerly owned by Western Pacific Airlines
|
| Mountain Airways |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Kingston–Ulster |
1969 |
1970 |
Operated BN Islander[198]
|
| Mountain Aviation |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Sitka |
1977 |
1995 |
Operated amphibious Cessna 185, DHC Beaver[199]
|
| Mountain West Airlines |
Idaho |
|
FX |
|
|
Boise |
1979 |
1981 |
|
| Mountain West Airlines |
Arizona |
|
|
|
|
Phoenix Sky Harbor |
1995 |
1996 |
To Mesa Airlines
|
| Mountainwest Aviation |
Arizona |
|
|
|
|
Tucson |
1967 |
1981 |
Acquired Sierra Pacific Airlines, Operated Convair 580[200]
|
| MPA Michigan Peninsula Airlines |
Michigan |
|
MN |
XAT |
|
Willow Run |
1979 |
1984 |
Cargo operator[201]
|
| Munz Northern Airlines |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Nome |
1974 |
1983 |
[202]
|
| Mt. McKinley Air Freight |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1946 |
1949 |
Operated C-47A[203]
|
| Murray Air |
Michigan |
 |
5M |
MUA |
|
Oakland County |
1986 |
2008 |
Rebranded as National Airlines (N8)[204]
|
| Muse Air |
Texas |
 |
MC |
TST |
MUSE AIR |
Dallas Love Field |
1981 |
1986 |
Acquired by Southwest Airlines and renamed TranStar Airlines
|
| Mustang Airlines |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Dallas |
1967 |
1977 |
[205][unreliable source?]
|
| Mutual Air Lines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1928 |
1929 |
Operated Ryan Brougham[206]
|
| Myrtle Beach Jet Express |
South Carolina |
|
|
|
|
Myrtle Beach |
1996 |
1999 |
[207]
|
| N
|
| Nantucket Airlines |
Massachusetts |
 |
|
ACK |
ACK AIR |
Hyannis |
1986 |
1989 |
Merged with Cape Air[208]
|
| Nantucket Shuttle |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Hyannis |
2006 |
2011 |
Founded as Horizon Air Charter. Acquired by Island Airlines[209]
|
| Napier Air Service |
Alabama |
|
|
NAP |
NAPIER |
Dothan |
1948 |
1991 |
[210]
|
| Naples Airlines |
Florida |
 |
|
|
|
Naples |
1960 |
1980 |
Merged into Provincetown-Boston Airlines[211]
|
| Nashville Eagle |
Tennessee |
|
|
|
|
Nashville |
1987 |
1991 |
Acquired AVAir. Merged with Command Airways to become Flagship Airlines[212]
|
| National Air Transport |
Illinois |
 |
|
|
|
Chicago Midway |
1925 |
1934 |
|
| National Airlines (1934–1980) |
Florida |
 |
NA |
NA |
NATIONAL |
Miami |
1934 |
1980 |
Merged into Pan American World Airways
|
| National Airlines (1983–1985) |
|
 |
OV |
NAN |
NATION AIR |
|
1983 |
1985 |
dba for United Air Carriers, which flew 1982–1983 as "Overseas National Airways"
|
| National Airlines (1999–2002) |
Nevada |
 |
N7 |
ROK |
RED ROCK |
Las Vegas McCarran |
1999 |
2002 |
|
| National Airlines / Private Jet Expeditions |
Kansas |
 |
5J |
PJE |
Pee Jay |
Atlanta |
1994 |
1995 |
|
| National Airways |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Boston |
1931 |
1940 |
Founded by Paul Collins, Sam Solomon, Amelia Earhart. Operated 2 Stinson Airliner. To Delta Air Lines[213]
|
| National Commuter Airlines
|
Florida
|
|
|
|
|
Miami
|
1982
|
1984
|
Acquired by Air Florida
|
| National Executive Flight Service |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Boston |
1960 |
1967 |
Renamed to Executive Airlines[214]
|
| National Florida Airlines |
Florida |
|
|
NFA |
VOYAGER |
Daytona Beach |
1981 |
1983 |
|
| National Freight Service |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1945 |
1949 |
Renamed to Flying Tigers Airlines. Operated Budd Conestoga, C-46[215]
|
| National Parks Airways |
Idaho |
|
|
|
|
Salt Lake City |
1927 |
1937 |
Bought by Western Airlines
|
| National Skyway Freight Corporation |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1945 |
1946 |
Operated Budd Conestoga. Renamed to Flying Tiger Line[216]
|
| Nations Air |
Pennsylvania |
 |
N5 |
NAE |
NATIONS EXPRESS |
Pittsburgh |
1995 |
1998 |
|
| Nationwide Air Transport Service |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1946 |
1951 |
Cargo carrier[217]
|
| Nationwide Airlines |
Michigan |
|
|
|
|
Detroit |
1947 |
1952 |
Air mail and passenger service[218]
|
| Nationwide Airlines Southeast |
Georgia |
 |
|
|
|
Atlanta |
1969 |
1978 |
Name changed to Air South (Georgia)
|
| Navajo Airlines |
Arizona |
|
|
|
|
Winslow |
1930 |
n/a |
Operated Kreutzer Air Coach[219]
|
| Nenana Fuel Company |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Fairbanks |
1958 |
1992 |
Cargo carrier. Operated C-46, DC-3[220]
|
| Nevada Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles Grand Central |
1929 |
1929 |
Operated four Lockheed Vega[219]
|
| Nevada Airlines |
Nevada |
|
|
|
|
|
1963 |
1962 |
Established as Blatz Airlines. Succeeded by Hawthorne-Nevada Airlines in 1964 [221]
|
| New England Air Express |
New Jersey |
 |
|
|
|
Teterboro |
1949 |
1952 |
Irregular air carrier shut by CAB in 1952 for mistreating passengers
|
| New England Air Transport |
Maine |
|
|
|
|
|
2008 |
2009 |
|
| New England Central Airways |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Boston |
1946 |
1947 |
Operated Cessna Bobcat[222]
|
| New England Commuter |
New Hampshire |
|
|
|
|
Manchester–Boston |
1971 |
1971 |
Operated Cessna 402[223]
|
| New England & Western Air Transportation Co. |
Massachusetts |
|
|
|
|
Westfield-Barnes |
1930 |
1930 |
|
| New Haven Airways |
Connecticut |
|
|
|
HAVEN AIR |
Tweed New Haven |
1978 |
1980 |
Renamed to NewAir[224]
|
| New Jersey Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1977 |
1980 |
Merged into Merrimack Airlines[225]
|
| New Mexico Airlines |
Arizona |
 |
LW |
NMI |
TSUNAMI |
Albuquerque |
2007 |
2015 |
A Pacific Wings subsidiary
|
| New Orleans Air Lines |
Louisiana |
|
|
|
|
New Orleans Lakefront |
1931 |
1931 |
[219]
|
| New York & Western Airlines |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Newark Liberty |
1931 |
n/a |
Subsidiary of Pittsburgh Airlines[219]
|
| New York Air |
New York |
 |
NY |
NYA |
APPLE |
New York-LaGuardia |
1980 |
1987 |
To Continental Airlines
|
| New York Air Connection |
|
1985 |
Routes feeding New York Air[226]
|
| New York Airways |
New York |
 |
NY |
NYA |
NEW YORK |
New York-LaGuardia |
1949 |
1979 |
Helicopter services
|
| New York Helicopter |
New York |
 |
HD |
NYH |
|
East 34th Street Heliport |
1980 |
1988 |
|
| New York Safety Airlines |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Roosevelt Field |
1929 |
1930 |
Established as Tri-Motor Safety Airlines. Acquired by New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line[227]
|
| New York-Newport Air Service |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Newark Liberty |
1922 |
1923 |
[219]
|
| New York, Philadelphia & Washington Airways |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Newark Liberty |
1929 |
1934 |
Acquired by Eastern Air Transport[219]
|
| New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line |
New York |
|
|
|
|
New York Curtiss |
1929 |
1930 |
To Pan American World Airways
|
| NewAir |
Connecticut |
|
|
|
|
Tweed New Haven |
1980 |
1990 |
Established as New Haven Airways[228]
|
| Niemeyer Aviation |
Indiana |
|
|
|
|
|
1972 |
1999 |
Founded by Don Neimeyer. Operated Grumman AA-5 Tiger[229]
|
| Noland-Decoto Flying Service |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Yakima |
1966 |
1998 |
Charter, aerial photography, ambulance service [230]
|
| Nomads Travel Club |
Michigan |
 |
|
|
|
Detroit Metro |
1965 |
2011 |
Oldest air travel club. Operated 727-200[231]
|
| Nome Flying Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Nome |
1971 |
1979 |
[232]
|
| North American Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Lockheed Air Terminal |
1952 |
1956 |
Name of Twentieth Century Airlines 1952–1956. Part of North American Airlines Group
|
| North American Airlines |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1980 |
1982 |
Established as Air Miami. Operated CASA 212[233]
|
| North American Airlines |
Georgia |
 |
NA |
NAO |
NORTH AMERICAN |
Tampa |
1989 |
2014 |
Went bankrupt
|
| North American Airlines Group |
California |
 |
|
|
|
Lockheed Air Terminal |
1949 |
1957 |
A combine: rogue virtual airline flying as "North American". "Trans American" 1956–1957
|
| North American Airways |
Wisconsin |
|
|
|
|
Appleton |
1930s |
1930s |
Operated Stinson Detroiter[219]
|
| North Central Airlines |
Wisconsin |
 |
NC |
|
NORTH CENTRAL |
Chicago O'Hare |
1944 |
1979 |
Merged with Southern Airways to form Republic Airlines (1979-1986)
|
| North Continent Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Long Beach |
1983 |
1991 |
Operated Hamilton Westwind III, Beech 1900, Twin Otter[234]
|
| North Pacific Airlines |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1983 |
1992 |
Founded by Roy Musgrove[235]
|
| North Pacific Airlines |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Seattle–Tacoma |
1987 |
1991 |
Merged with WestAir Commuter Airlines
|
| North Slope Supply Company |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1969 |
1969 |
Went bankrupt[236]
|
| North South Airways |
Georgia |
|
SPK |
|
SPK |
Statesboro |
1983 |
2003 |
Founded as Diamond Aviation[237]
|
| North Star Air Cargo |
Alaska |
|
|
SBX |
SKY BOX |
Anchorage |
1989 |
2008 |
[238]
|
| North Star Group |
New York |
 |
|
|
|
New York-LaGuardia |
|
|
1950s combine. Aircraft shown is Caribbean American Lines
|
| Northcoast Executive Airlines |
Ohio |
|
5N |
NCE |
TOP HAT |
Dayton |
1990 |
1991 |
|
| Northeast Airlines |
Massachusetts |
 |
NE |
DOW |
NORTHEAST |
Boston |
1940 |
1972 |
Founded 1931 as Boston-Maine Airways, merged into Delta Air Lines
|
| Northeast Airlines |
Maine |
|
|
NEE |
NORTHEAST |
Portland Jetport |
1997 |
1999 |
Began as Downeast Express[239]
|
| Northeast Express Regional Airlines |
New Hampshire |
 |
2V |
NEE |
|
Manchester–Boston |
1974 |
1994 |
Went bankrupt
|
| Northeastern International Airways |
Florida |
 |
QS |
QSA |
NORTHEASTER |
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood |
1982 |
1986 |
|
| Northern Air Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
1930 |
1930 |
[240]
|
| Northern Air Transport |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
|
1924 |
1926 |
Renamed to Wien Airways of Alaska[241]
|
| Northern Airlines |
North Dakota |
|
|
|
|
Minot |
1928 |
1929 |
[219]
|
| Northern Airlines |
Ohio |
|
|
|
|
St. Marys |
1968 |
1970 |
Operated Beech 18, Twin Otter[242]
|
| Northern Airlines |
Minnesota |
|
|
|
|
St. Paul Downtown |
1981 |
1982 |
Filed for bankruptcy[243]
|
| Northern Consolidated Airlines |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1947 |
1968 |
Merged into Wien Airways of Alaska. Operated DC-3, Short Skyvan
|
| Northern Illinois Commuter Airlines |
Illinois |
|
|
NIC |
ILLINOIS COMMUTER |
|
1979 |
1980 |
Operated Beech 99[244]
|
| Northern International Airlines |
New York |
|
|
|
|
New York Kennedy |
1954 |
1966 |
Renamed to Direct Airlines[245]
|
| Northern Star Airlines |
Illinois |
|
UO |
XAP |
MID TOWN |
Chicago Gary |
1994 |
1995 |
Reorganized as Northern Star Airlines [246]
|
| Northwest Airlines |
Minnesota |
 |
NW |
NWA |
NORTHWEST |
Minneapolis–Saint Paul |
1934 |
2010 |
Formed 1926 as Northwest Airways, merged into Delta Air Lines
|
| Northwest Orient Airlines |
 |
|
|
Renamed to Northwest Airlines
|
| Northwest Airlink |
 |
|
NWX |
FLAG SHIP |
1984 |
2010 |
|
| Northwest Sky Ferry |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Friday Harbor |
2007 |
2014 |
Established as Rugby Aviation in 1999. Merged into San Juan Airlines[247]
|
| O
|
| Oahu & Kauai Airlines |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1976 |
1976 |
Operated Cessna 402[248]
|
| Oak Harbor Airlines |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Oak Harbor |
1971 |
1974 |
Renamed to Harbor Airlines[249]
|
| Ocean Airways |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
1980 |
[250]
|
| Ocean Reef Airways |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Key Largo |
1970 |
1982 |
Merged into Provincetown-Boston Airlines[251]
|
| Ocean Wings |
Massachusetts |
|
|
TUK |
TUCKERNUCK |
Nantucket |
1990 |
2002 |
To Island Airlines[252]
|
| Ocean Air Tradeways |
New York |
|
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1950 |
Original name of United States Overseas Airlines
|
| Oceanair |
Puerto Rico |
 |
|
TJ |
|
|
1970s |
1980s |
To Trans Commuter Airline
|
| Odyssey Transport |
Nevada |
|
|
|
|
Las Vegas McCarran |
1998 |
2002 |
Cargo operator[253]
|
| Okair (Oaha and Kauai Airlines) |
Hawaii |
|
YQ |
|
|
Honolulu |
1975 |
1980 |
[219]
|
| Oklahoma Short Line Airways |
Oklahoma |
|
|
|
|
Tulsa |
1930 |
1931 |
Founded by L H Atkinson. Operated Ryan Brougham[219]
|
| Oklahoma-Texas Air Line |
Oklahoma |
|
|
|
|
Oklahoma City |
1929 |
1932 |
[219]
|
| Olson Air Service |
Alaska |
|
4B |
|
|
Nome |
1987 |
2006 |
[254]
|
| Omaha Aviation Commuter |
Nebraska |
|
|
|
|
Omaha |
1979 |
1980 |
[255]
|
| Omega Air Cargo |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood |
2004 |
2004 |
Renamed to Focus Air Cargo[256]
|
| Omni Air Express |
Oklahoma |
|
|
|
OMNI-EXPRESS |
Tulsa |
1993 |
1997 |
Renamed Omni Air International[257]
|
| Omni Airlines |
Arizona |
|
OE |
|
|
Flagstaff Pulliam |
1977 |
1981 |
Renamed to Arizona Pacific Airlines[258]
|
| Omniflight Helicopters |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Addison |
1962 |
2011 |
Acquired by Air Methods[259]
|
| ONAT (Orvis Nelson Air Transport Company) |
California |
|
OE |
|
|
Oakland |
1946 |
1946 |
Renamed to Transocean Air Lines[260]
|
| Oneida County Aviation |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Oneida County |
1975 |
1976 |
Renamed to Empire Airlines[261]
|
| OneJet |
Pennsylvania |
|
J1 |
|
|
Pittsburgh |
2015 |
2018 |
Established as PrimAir[262]
|
| ONG Airlines |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
Chicago Meigs Field |
2015 |
2018 |
Founded by William Armitage Ong. Established as PrimAir[263]
|
| Orange Air |
Florida |
|
U3 |
ORN |
ORANGE JET |
Orlando Sanford |
2011 |
2017 |
Charter operator[264]
|
| Orion Air |
North Carolina |
 |
HS |
TAG |
TAGGE |
Raleigh–Durham |
1980 |
1989 |
Sold to Ryan International[265]
|
| Orion Airways |
Missouri |
|
|
|
|
St. Louis Lambert |
1971 |
1971 |
Third-level services[266]
|
| Orlando Airlines |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Orlando |
1943 |
1947 |
Renamed to Florida Airways[267]
|
| Oscar Winchell Air Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1931 |
1932 |
Founded by Oscar Winchell[268]
|
| Otis Spunkmeyer Air |
California |
|
|
|
|
Oakland |
1990 |
1999 |
Established as Sentimental Journeys Aviation. Operated DC-3[269]
|
| Otter Air |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Seattle Lake Union Seaplane Base |
1985 |
1986 |
Scheduled and charter seaplane services. Acquired by Kenmore Air[270]
|
| Overland Airways |
Oklahoma |
|
|
|
|
Alameda |
1929 |
1932 |
[219]
|
| Overseas International Distributors |
California |
|
|
|
|
Van Nuys |
1978 |
1979 |
Renamed to Ginny Aviation. Operated Boeing 720[271]
|
| Overseas National Airways |
New York |
 |
OV |
OV |
Liberty |
New York Kennedy |
1946 |
1978 |
The original version.
|
| Overseas National Airways (second version) |
New York |
 |
OV |
ONA |
ONAIR |
New York Kennedy |
1982 |
1983 |
dba for United Air Carriers, operated as "National Airlines" 1983–1985
|
| Owensboro Aviation |
Kentucky |
|
|
|
|
Owensboro–Daviess |
1964 |
1974 |
Founded by L.S. Cox. Renamed to Air Kentucky[272]
|
| Oxnard Sky Freight |
California |
|
|
|
|
Oxnard |
1946 |
1951 |
Founded 24 November 1946 as partnership in Ventura County by Voyle Banks, Ralph Hicks & Melvin Hicks[273]
|
| Ozark Air Lines |
Missouri |
 |
OZ |
OZA |
OZARK |
St Louis Lambert International Airport |
1950 |
1986 |
To Trans World Airlines
|
| Ozark Air Lines (1998) |
Missouri |
|
|
OZR |
|
Oklahoma Will Rogers |
1998 |
2001 |
To Great Plains Airlines
|
| P
|
| P & M Flying Services |
Maine |
|
|
PAZ |
PAPA MIKE |
Presque Isle |
1965 |
1968 |
Founded by John C. Philbrick. Renamed to Aroostook Airways[274]
|
| P & N Flight and Charter |
Indiana |
|
|
|
|
Marion |
1995 |
1996 |
Passenger and cargo charters [275]
|
| PAC Air |
Massachusetts |
|
|
PCR |
PACAIR |
Provincetown |
1989 |
1989 |
Owned by Arthur Pearson. Sold to San Juan Airlines[276]
|
| Pace Airlines |
North Carolina |
 |
Y5 |
PCE |
PACE |
Winston-Salem Smith Reynolds |
1996 |
2002 |
To Hooters Air
|
| Pacific Air Charter |
California |
|
|
PRC |
PACIFIC CHARTER |
San Diego |
1994 |
1996 |
Acquired by Airnet Express[277]
|
| Pacific Air Express |
Hawaii |
 |
|
PCF |
PACIFIC EXPRESS |
Honolulu |
1983 |
1986 |
[278]
|
| Pacific Air Freight |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Seattle–Tacoma |
1951 |
1968 |
Merged with Airborne of California to form Airbourne Freight Company[279]
|
| Pacific Air Lines |
California |
 |
PC |
PC |
PACIFIC |
San Francisco |
1946 |
1968 |
Renamed 1958 from Southwest Airways, merged w/ Bonanza and West Coast to form Air West later renamed Hughes Airwest
|
| Pacific Air Transport |
California |
 |
|
|
|
|
1926 |
1928 |
Merged into Boeing Air Transport, but remained a separate division
|
| Pacific Airways |
Alaska |
|
3F |
|
|
Ketchikan |
2000 |
2020 |
Operated DHC Beaver floatplane[280]
|
| Pacific Alaska Airlines |
Alaska |
|
AW |
PAK |
PACIFIC ALASKA |
Fairbanks |
1972 |
1986 |
Operated de Havilland Heron, DC-3, DC-6, Fairchild Packet, B-25 Mitchell[281]
|
| Pacific Alaska Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Juneau |
1932 |
1941 |
Merged into Pan American World Airways
|
| Pacific American Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Burbank Hollywood |
1975 |
1978 |
uncertificated carrier follow on from Mercer Airlines
|
| Pacific Cal Air |
California |
|
AX |
PCC |
|
Oakland |
1979 |
1984 |
[282]
|
| Pacific Cargo |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1985 |
1985 |
Operated DC-8-50F [283]
|
| Pacific Coast Airlines |
|
 |
|
|
SONIC |
Santa Barbara |
1981 |
1985 |
Established as Apollo Airways[284]Renamed as Pacific Coast Airlines in 1982.[285]
|
| Pacific Corporation |
Delaware |
|
|
|
|
|
1950 |
1979 |
Holding company Used by CIA to control aviation front organizations
|
| Pacific East Airlines |
California |
 |
6P |
PCE |
|
Los Angeles |
1983 |
1984 |
|
| Pacific Express |
California |
 |
VB |
WCA |
|
Chico |
1982 |
1984 |
|
| Pacific Inter Air |
Florida |
|
QT |
PIA |
|
Miami |
1985 |
1987 |
Established as Pacific Interstate. Renamed to Bahamas Express[286]
|
| Pacific International Airlines |
Arizona |
|
|
PIN |
|
Tucson |
1995 |
1996 |
Established as Sportsflight Airways[287]
|
| Pacific Interstate Airlines |
Nevada |
|
|
|
|
Las Vegas McCarran |
1984 |
1985 |
Renamed Pacific Inter Air[288]
|
| Pacific Island Aviation |
Northern Mariana Islands |
|
9J |
PSA |
PACIFIC ISLE |
Saipan |
1988 |
2005 |
|
| Pacific Marine Airways |
California |
|
|
|
|
Avalon |
1922 |
1928 |
Operated two Curtiss HS[219]
|
| Pacific National Airways |
California |
|
|
|
|
Burbank |
1980 |
1981 |
Established as Air Tours[289]
|
| Pacific Northern Airlines |
Alaska |
|
PN |
|
|
Anchorage |
1947 |
1967 |
Established as Woodley Airways by Art Woodley in 1932. Renamed to Pacific Northern Airway. Merged into Western Airlines[290]
|
| Pacific Ocean Airlines |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1946 |
1948 |
[291]
|
| Pacific Overseas Airlines |
California |
 |
|
|
|
Ontario |
1946 |
1947 |
Established as Industrial Air Transport. Operated C-54 Skymaster. Daily flight to Tokyo[292]
|
| Pacific Seaboard Air Lines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Monterey |
1933 |
1935 |
Renamed to Chicago and Southern Air Lines. Operated Bellanca CH-300[219]
|
| Pacific Skyway |
California |
 |
|
|
|
|
2000 |
2003 |
|
| Pacific Southwest Airlines |
California |
 |
PS |
PSX |
SMILEY |
Los Angeles |
1949 |
1988 |
To US Airways
|
| Pacific Western Airways |
Utah |
|
|
|
|
Salt Lake City |
1968 |
1969 |
[293]
|
| Pacific Wings |
Arizona |
 |
LW |
NMI |
TSUNAMI |
Albuquerque Sunport |
1974 |
2015 |
See also New Mexico Airlines, Georgia Skies, TennesseeSkies, and KentuckySkies
|
| Paklook Air |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Fairbanks |
2003 |
2003 |
Founded by Howard Holman and Terry Cratty. Renamed to Servant Air. Operated Cessna 207[294]
|
| Palm Springs Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Palm Springs |
1936 |
1937 |
[295]
|
| Pan Alaska Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Fairbanks |
1970 |
1973 |
Renamed to Pacific Alaska Airlines. Acquired by Empire Airlines in 1989 [296]
|
| Pan Am Air Bridge |
Florida |
 |
|
|
|
Miami Seaplane Base |
1996 |
1999 |
[297]
|
| Pan American World Airways |
New York |
 |
PA |
PAA |
CLIPPER |
New York Kennedy |
1927 |
1991 |
Went bankrupt
|
| Pan Am Cargo |
1963 |
1983 |
Subsidiary of Pan American World Airways
|
| Pan Am Express |
 |
RZ |
PXX |
PAN AM |
Miami |
1981 |
1991 |
A flight connection code sharing service operated by several air carriers. See also Ransome Airlines
|
| Pan Am Shuttle |
|
|
|
|
|
1986 |
To Delta Shuttle
|
| Pan American Airways (1996–1998) |
Florida |
 |
PN |
PAA |
CLIPPER |
Miami |
1996 |
1998 |
Merged with Carnival Air Lines
|
| Pan American Airways (1998–2004) |
New Hampshire |
 |
PA |
PAA |
CLIPPER |
Portsmouth |
1998 |
2004 |
To Boston-Maine Airways
|
| Pan American-Grace Airways |
Florida |
 |
PG |
PG |
|
|
1929 |
1969 |
To Braniff International Airways
|
| Panagra Airways |
Florida |
 |
7E |
PGI |
PANAGRA |
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood |
1996 |
1999 |
[298]
|
| Panama Airways |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Panama City–Bay County |
1990 |
1991 |
[299]
|
| Panhandle Airways |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
|
1976 |
1978 |
Operated Beech 18, DC-3[300]
|
| Paradise Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Oakland |
1962 |
1964 |
intrastate airline that operated L-049. One of its two founders later founded Holiday Airlines
|
| Paradise Airways |
Virginia |
|
|
|
|
Manassas |
1995 |
1997 |
Charter carrier. Renamed to Prestige Airlines[301]
|
| Paradise Island Airlines |
Florida |
 |
BK |
PDI |
PARADISE ISLAND |
Miami |
1989 |
1999 |
|
| Paragon Air |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1985 |
2006 |
Charter operator[302]
|
| Paramount Airlines |
California |
 |
|
|
|
Burbank |
1961 |
1962 |
Supplemental air carrier. Originally Paul Mantz Air Services. CAB refused to certificate it in 1962 due to combine activity.
|
| Parks Air Lines |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
Parks Metropolitan Airport |
1950 |
1950 |
Founded as Parks Air Transport in 1944. Acquired by Ozark Air Lines
|
| Passaat Airlines |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1965 |
1967 |
Charter operator[303]
|
| Patriot Air |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Dallas Love Field |
2001 |
2002 |
[304]
|
| Patriot Airlines |
California |
|
P7 |
PAA |
PATRIOTAIR |
San Jose |
1991 |
1994 |
[305]
|
| Paul Mantz Air Services |
California |
|
|
|
|
Burbank |
1947 |
1961 |
Renamed to Paramount Airlines
|
| Peak Air |
Colorado |
|
|
|
|
Aspen |
1995 |
1995 |
Renamed to Aspen Mountain Air[306]
|
| Pearson Aircraft |
Washington |
|
YE |
|
|
Port Angeles |
1972 |
1981 |
Founded by Earl Pearson. Acquired by San Juan Airlines[307]
|
| Pearson-Alaska Airlines |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Anchorage |
1948 |
1956 |
Founded by Eric Pearson. Renamed to World Wide Airlines. Operated DC-4, C-46, L-749, L-1049[308]
|
| Peck & Rice Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Bethel |
1930 |
1939 |
Founded by John Peck and Wyman Rice. Operated Travel Air 6000B[309]
|
| Pegaso Air |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1985 |
1986 |
[310]
|
| Pegasus Air |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Bremerton |
1985 |
1986 |
Operated Cessna 172[311]
|
| Peninsula Airways |
California |
|
|
|
|
San Carlos |
1973 |
1973 |
[312]
|
| Peninsular Air Transport |
Florida |
 |
|
|
|
Miami |
1946 |
1957 |
Irregular air carrier shut by CAB in 1957 for combine activities
|
| Pennsylvania Air Lines |
Pennsylvania |
|
|
|
|
Bettis Field |
1930 |
1936 |
Merged with Central Airlines to form Pennsylvania Central Airlines[313]
|
| Pennsylvania Airlines |
Pennsylvania |
|
|
|
|
Harrisburg |
1980 |
1985 |
Acquired by USAir[314]
|
| Pennsylvania Central Airlines |
Pennsylvania |
 |
|
|
|
Allegheny County |
1936 |
1948 |
Formed by the merger of Central Airlines and Pennsylvania Airlines. Operated DC-3A. To Capital Airlines
|
| Pennsylvania Commuter Airlines |
Pennsylvania |
|
AL |
|
|
Harrisburg |
1970 |
1980 |
Established as Harrisburg Commuter. Became an Allegheny Commuter and renamed to Pennsylvania Airlines.[315]
|
| Penobscot Airways |
Maine |
|
|
|
|
Millinocket Seaplane Base |
1949 |
1955 |
Founded by Arthur Harjula. Renamed to Stonington Flying Service[316]
|
| People Express Airlines (1980s) |
New Jersey |
 |
PE |
PEX |
PEOPLE EXPRESS |
Newark Liberty |
1981 |
1987 |
Merged into Continental Airlines
|
| People Express Airlines (2010s) |
Virginia |
 |
V2 |
RBY |
RUBY |
Newport News/Williamsburg |
2014 |
2014 |
|
| Permian Airways |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
Midland |
1979 |
1982 |
Founded by John Andrews and David Glover [317]
|
| Pet Airways |
Florida |
|
|
SUB |
SUB AIR |
|
2009 |
2013 |
|
| PHH Air |
Kansas |
|
|
|
|
Wichita |
1986 |
1989 |
Founded by Jack P DeBoer and Ron Ryan. Established as Ryan Aviation. Renamed to Ryan International Airlines[318]
|
| Philadelphia Rapid Transit |
Pennsylvania |
|
|
|
|
Philadelphia |
1926 |
1926 |
Operated Fokker F.VII[319]
|
| Phoenix Air |
Georgia |
|
|
|
|
Cartersville |
2002 |
2003 |
[320]
|
| Phoenix Airways |
Georgia |
|
|
|
|
DeKalb–Peachtree |
1980 |
1981 |
[321]
|
| Pickwick Airways |
California |
|
|
|
|
Los Angeles |
1929 |
1930 |
Operated Bach Air Yacht
|
| Piedmont Airlines (1948–1989) |
North Carolina |
 |
PI |
PAI |
PIEDMONT |
Charlotte Douglas |
1948 |
1989 |
To US Airways
|
| Pilgrim Airlines |
Connecticut |
 |
PM |
PMT |
PILGRIM |
Groton-New London |
1960 |
1986 |
Acquired by Business Express Airlines
|
| Pine State Airlines |
Maine |
|
PW |
PXX |
|
Frenchville |
1990 |
1999 |
Operated Cessna 402C[322]
|
| Pinehurst Airlines |
Georgia |
|
MQ |
|
|
Whispering Pines |
1973 |
1982 |
Operated YS-11, C-47A. Went into bankruptcy due to PATCO[323]
|
| Pinnacle Airlines |
Michigan |
 |
9E |
FLG |
FLAGSHIP |
Detroit Metro |
2002 |
2013 |
Establishes as Express Airlines I. Renamed to Endeavor Air[324]
|
| Pioneer Air Lines |
Texas |
 |
|
|
|
Houston-Hobby |
1946 |
1955 |
Merged into Continental Airlines[325]
|
| Pioneer Airlines |
Colorado |
|
JB |
PIO |
PIONEER |
Denver |
1976 |
1986 |
Establishes as Pioneer Airways. Operated Beech 99[326]
|
| Pioneer Airways |
South Dakota |
|
|
|
|
|
1927 |
1928 |
Founded by Oscar Winclell. Renamed to Rapid City Airlines. Operated Curtiss Jenny[327]
|
| Pioneer Airways |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Ketchikan |
1931 |
1931 |
Founded by Vern C. Gorst, Roy F. Jones, C.R. Wright Jones. Renamed to Ketchikan Airways. Operated Curtiss Jenny[328]
|
| Pitcairn Aviation |
New York |
|
|
|
|
Floyd Bennett Field |
1927 |
1930 |
Founded by Harold J. Pitcairn. Renamed to Eastern Air Transport[329]
|
| Pittsburgh Airways |
Pennsylvania |
|
|
|
|
Allegheny County |
1929 |
1930 |
Founded by James Condon, Ted Taney. Subsidiary of New York & Western Airlines[219]
|
| Planet Airways |
Florida |
 |
|
PLZ |
PLANET |
Orlando |
1995 |
2006 |
Began as Airship Airways[330]
|
| Platinum Airlines |
Florida |
|
P2 |
PLS |
|
Miami |
1998 |
2006 |
|
| Pocono Airlines |
Pennsylvania |
|
4P |
POC |
POCONO |
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton |
1965 |
1990 |
Began flying as an Allegheny Commuter, switched to TWA Express in 1989.[331]
|
| Polar Airways |
Alaska |
 |
PE |
|
|
Anchorage |
1968 |
1979 |
Operated Aero Commander
|
| Pollack Flying Service |
Alaska |
|
|
|
|
Fairbanks |
1933 |
1942 |
Founded by Frank Pollack. Sold to Alaska Star Airlines[332]
|
| Pompano Airways |
Florida |
|
MG |
|
|
Fort Lauderdale Executive |
1983 |
1984 |
Subcontract carrier for Air Florida Commuter[333]
|
| Pomona Valley Aviation |
California |
|
|
|
|
Brackett Field |
1968 |
1975 |
Renamed to Inland Empire Airlines. Operated Piper Navajo, Swearingen Metroliner[334]
|
| Port Angeles Air Transport |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Port Angeles |
1931 |
1931 |
Operated Stinson Detroiter[219]
|
| Potomac Air |
Texas |
|
BK |
PDC |
DISTRICT |
Washington National |
2001 |
2001 |
Renamed to Midatlantic Airways. Operated DHC-8[335]
|
| Precision Airlines |
New Hampshire |
|
RP |
PRE |
PRECISION |
Manchester–Boston |
1972 |
1994 |
Was an Eastern Express carrier. Acquired by Northeast Express in 1989.[336]
|
| Premier Executive Transport Services |
Massachusetts |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alleged to be a front organization for the Central Intelligence Agency
|
| President Airlines |
California |
|
|
|
|
Burbank |
1960 |
1962 |
Operated DC-4, DC-6, DC-7[337]
|
| Presidential Air |
California |
|
|
PRD |
PRESIDENTIAL |
Long Beach |
1993 |
1996 |
Operated Airbus A300[338]
|
| Presidential Airways (scheduled) |
Virginia |
 |
XV |
|
WASHINGTON EAGLE |
Washington Dulles |
1985 |
1989 |
|
| Presidential Express |
Virginia |
|
CJ |
CJC |
COLGAN |
Manassas |
1986 |
1989 |
Began as Colgan Airways[339]
|
| Prestige Airways |
New York |
|
OJ |
PAI |
|
New York Kennedy |
1995 |
1997 |
Established as Paradise Airways in 1990. Operated 727-200[340]
|
| Pride Air |
Louisiana |
|
NI |
|
|
New Orleans |
1985 |
1985 |
Went into bankruptcy
|
| PrimAir |
Pennsylvania |
|
|
|
|
Pittsburgh |
2009 |
2014 |
Rebranded OneJet[341]
|
| Primaris Airlines |
Nevada |
 |
FE |
WCP |
WHITECAP |
Las Vegas McCarran |
2002 |
2009 |
|
| Prime Air |
Pennsylvania |
|
|
|
|
Clarksville |
1986 |
1987 |
Operated Piper[342]
|
| Prime Air |
Illinois |
|
|
|
|
Murphysboro |
1988 |
1989 |
[343]
|
| Prinair |
Puerto Rico |
 |
PQ |
|
COLORBIRD, PRU |
Ponce |
1966 |
1985 |
Established as Aerolíneas de Ponce (Ponce Airlines)
|
| Princeton Air Link |
New Jersey |
|
IV |
PCN |
PRINCETON |
Princeton |
1986 |
1988 |
Operated BN Islander. Went into bankruptcy[344]
|
| Princeton Airways |
New Jersey |
|
|
|
|
Princeton |
1978 |
1979 |
Operated BN Islander, GAF Nomad[345]
|
| Princeton Aviation Corporation |
New Jersey |
|
|
|
|
Princeton |
1950 |
1979 |
Founded by Webster B. Todd and Lawrence Tokash. Participated in the Metro Air Service with A.A. in 1965 [346]
|
| Princeville Airways |
Hawaii |
|
|
|
|
Honolulu |
1980 |
1987 |
Renamed to Aloha Island Air. Operated Twin Otter[347]
|
| Private Jet Expeditions |
Georgia |
 |
5J |
PJE |
PEE JAY |
Atlanta |
1989 |
1995 |
|
| Pro Air |
Florida |
|
|
|
|
Miami |
1981 |
1988 |
[348]
|
| Pro Air |
Washington |
|
P9 |
PRH |
PROHAWK |
Detroit Young |
1997 |
2000 |
|
| Profit Express Airlines |
New York |
|
|
|
|
New York Kennedy |
1945 |
1985 |
Operated Convair 880[349][350]
|
| Pronto Aviation Services |
Texas |
|
|
|
|
El Paso |
1982 |
1983 |
Renamed to Atorie Air[351]
|
| Provincetown-Boston Airlines |
Massachusetts |
 |
PT |
PBA |
|
Provincetown |
1949 |
1989 |
|
| Puertorriqueña de Aviación |
Puerto Rico |
|
|
|
|
|
1936 |
1941 |
Also known as Aerovías Nacionales de Puerto Rico
|
| Puget Sound Airlines |
Washington |
|
|
|
|
Bellingham |
1969 |
1970 |
Formed by the merger of six local airlines. To San Juan Airlines. Operated Beech Expeditor, Cherokee Six[352]
|
| Purdue Aeronautics Corporation |
Indiana |
|
|
|
|
Lafayette, IN |
1949 |
1950 |
CAB-certificated scheduled service on Chicago-Lafayette, owned by Purdue University
|
| Purdue Aeronautics Corporation |
Indiana |
|
|
|
|
Lafayette, IN |
1953 |
1968 |
Charter operator run by Purdue University
|
| Purdue Airlines |
Indiana |
|
|
|
|
Lafayette, IN |
1968 |
1971 |
Charter operator owned by Stephens Inc. with Purdue University participation
|