The following is a list of defunct airlines of the United States. However, some of these airlines have ceased operations completely, changed identities and/or FAA certificates and are still operating under a different name (e.g. America West Airlines changed to use the identity of US Airways in 2005 – which itself also changed identity to American Airlines in 2015).
For reasons of size, this article is broken into four parts:
- List of defunct airlines of the United States (A–C)
- List of defunct airlines of the United States (D–I)
- List of defunct airlines of the United States (J–P)
- List of defunct airlines of the United States (Q–Z)
| Airline | State or territory | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hubs and focus cities |
Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–9 | |||||||||
| 135 Airlines | Texas | GNL | Dallas Love Field | 1995 | 1995 | [1] | |||
| 4 W Air | Alaska | King Salmon | 2003 | 2003 | [2] | ||||
| A | |||||||||
| AAA Air Enterprises | Nebraska | Eppley Airfield | 1977 | 1986 | Acquired by Mid-Continent Airlines[3] | ||||
| AAI Alaska Aeronautical Industries | Alaska | YC | ALR | Anchorage | 1954 | 1987 | Agreement with Continental Airlines[4] | ||
| AAXICO Airlines | Florida | Miami | 1946 | 1965 | Acquired by Saturn Airways, w/ AAXICO the surviving management and ownership. | ||||
| Abbe Air Cargo | Alaska | Wasilla | 2001 | 2003 | Operated C-47[5] | ||||
| ABC Airlines | California | Ontario | 1965 | 1966 | [6] | ||||
| Absaroka Airways | Montana | Red Lodge | 1994 | 2012 | Scenic flights around the Beartooth Mountains. Operated Cessna 172[7] | ||||
| ACA Aviation Corporation of the Americas | Alaska | Anchorage | 1927 | 1932 | Founded by Juan Trippe[8] | ||||
| Academy Airlines | Georgia | ACD | ACADEMY | Atlanta | 1979 | 2006 | [9] | ||
| AccessAir | Iowa | ZA | CYD | CYCLONE | Des Moines | 1998 | 2001 | ||
| Ace Air Cargo Express | Ohio | CG | AER | Cleveland Hopkins | 1976 | 1982 | Renamed to Shalkow Air Cargo Express. Operated C-47[10] | ||
| Ace Airways | Massachusetts | 1965 | 1971 | Operated Beech D18S[11] | |||||
| Ace Aviation | Maine | 1979 | 2000 | Air charter service[12] | |||||
| ACM Aviation | California | BJT | BAYJET | San Jose | ? | 2010 | Acquired by TWC Aviation[13] | ||
| Action Airlines | Connecticut | XQ | AXQ | ACTION AIR | Goodspeed | 1979 | 2000 | [14] | |
| Active Aero Charter | Michigan | AVR | ACTIVE AERO | Willow Run | 1999 | 2000 | [15] | ||
| ADI Aerodynamics | Michigan | 4A | DYN | AERODYNAMICS | Oakland Pontiac | 2011 | 2018 | Acquired by California Pacific Airlines. Operated Embraer ERJ 145[16] | |
| ADI Domestic Airlines | Illinois | C14 | Chicago O'Hare | 1992 | 1998 | [17] | |||
| Adirondack Airlines | New York | Adirondack | 1991 | 1991 | [18] | ||||
| Admiral Airways | California | Burbank | 1961 | 1962 | Supplemental air carrier. Originally Quaker City Airways. CAB refused to certificate the airline in 1962 due to combine activities. | ||||
| Admiralty Air | Florida | Palm Beach | 2009 | 2017 | Operated Embraer ERJ-135[19] | ||||
| Ads-Aloft | Washington | Seattle | 1994 | 1995 | Banner towing company[20] | ||||
| Advanced Air Management | California | Burbank | 2000 | 2015 | Renamed to Zetta Jet[21] | ||||
| Adventure Airlines | Nevada | Las Vegas McCarran | 1995 | 1996 | [22] | ||||
| Adventure Aviation | Idaho | Coeur d'Alene | 1995 | 1995 | Scenic flights[23] | ||||
| Aerial Transit Company | Florida | AEZ | AERIAL TRANZ | Miami | 1982 | 1994 | Sold to Southeast Cargo Airlines in 1994. Operated 707, DC-6[24] | ||
| Aerie Airlines | Tennessee | Clarksville–Montgomery | 1971 | 1979 | [25] | ||||
| Aero Coach | Florida | DF | DFA | AEROCOACH | Fort Lauderdale | 1983 | 1991 | Operated Cessna 402, Embraer Bandeirante[26] | |
| Aero Commuter | California | Long Beach | 1967 | 1969 | Merged with Cable Commuter Airlines and Catalina Airlines[27] | ||||
| Aero Contractors | North Carolina | Smithfield | 1979 | 2006 | Charter carrier that provided flights for CIA[28] | ||||
| Aero Corporation of California | California | Los Angeles | 1926 | 1930 | Operated Universal Aircraft[29] | ||||
| Aero Flight Services | Florida | Fort Lauderdale | 1976 | 2000 | Operated Hawker 400A, Learjet 23, Learjet 25[30] | ||||
| Aero Limited | Florida | Miami | 1919 | 1919 | Acquired by Aeromarine Sightseeing and Navigation Company[31] | ||||
| Aero Taxi Rockford | Illinois | Chicago Rockford | 1998 | 2001 | Cargo carrier[32] | ||||
| Aero Union | California | Chico | 1960 | 2011 | Lost federal firefighting contract as a result of the U.S. Forest Service airtanker scandal.[33] | ||||
| Aero Virgin Islands | Virgin Islands | St. Thomas | 1977 | 1990 | |||||
| Aero West Airlines | Colorado | Colorado Springs | 1982 | 1982 | Acquired the assets of Royal West Airlines. Operated DC-3[34] | ||||
| Aeroamerica | Washington | EO | AEO | AEROAMERICA | Seattle Berlin Tegel |
1973 | 1982 | Uncertificated carrier | |
| Aerocosta | Florida | Miami | 1972 | 1972 | Cargo carrier[35] | ||||
| Aerodynamics Inc. | Georgia | 4A | DYN | AERODYNAMICS | Denver | 1959 | 2018 | Acquired by California Pacific Airlines. | |
| Aeroflex Corporation | New Jersey | Aeroflex–Andover | 1958 | 1971 | Operated Beech E18S, Beech Bonanza, Hiller UH-12[36] | ||||
| Aerolaska | Alaska | 1982 | 1986 | [37] | |||||
| Aeromarine Airways | Florida | Key West | 1921 | 1924 | Operated Felixstowe F5L flying boat[38] | ||||
| Aeromarine West Indies Airways | Florida | Biscayne Bay | 1920 | 1924 | Formed by a merger between Florida West Indies Airways and Aeromarine Sightseeing and Navigation Company. Reorganized as Aeromarine Airways | ||||
| Aeromech Airlines | West Virginia | KC | RZZ | AEROMECH | North Central West Virginia Airport | 1951 | 1983 | Merged into Wright Airlines | |
| Aeronaut Air Services | Mississippi | Gulfport-Biloxi | 1966 | 1966 | Operated DC-3[39][40] | ||||
| Aerostar Airlines | Georgia | Atlanta | 1981 | 1983 | Went bankrupt and sold to Flight International Airlines. Operated Boeing 727[41] | ||||
| Aerosun International | Florida | ASI | AEROSUN | Miami | 1978 | 1982 | Established as Red Carpet Airlines. Operated Convair 440, DC-3[42] | ||
| Aerovias Sud Americana | Florida | JI | JI | St Petersburg | 1947 | 1965 | Scheduled freight operator from Florida to Latin America. | ||
| AEX Air | Arizona | DST | DESERT | Phoenix Sky Harbor | 2004 | 2006 | Charter operator[43] | ||
| aha! | Nevada | EV | ASQ | ACEY | Reno-Tahoe | 2021 | 2022 | Commenced operations as ExpressJet in 1987. Announced liquidation in 2022.[44] | |
| Aho Flying Service | Alaska | Anchorage | 1930 | 1930 | [45] | ||||
| Air 1 | Missouri | CB | AON | GATEWAY | St. Louis Lambert | 1983 | 1985 | Operated Boeing 727, Jetstream 31[46][47] | |
| Air Alaska Cargo | Washington | 8S | Spokane | 1986 | 1998 | Began as Salair[48] | |||
| Air America | 1954 | Irregular air carrier shut in 1954 by CAB for flying scheduled service | |||||||
| Air America | District of Columbia | GM | AMR | AIR AMERICA | Saigon Vientiane Udorn |
1950 | 1976 | Founded by Claire Lee Chennault as Civil Air Transport. Operated by the CIA | |
| Air America | California | GM | AMR | Los Angeles | 1989 | 1990 | Established as Total Air in 1984[49] | ||
| Air Americana | Florida | Tampa | 1965 | 1981 | Established as Aerovias Sud Americana in 1947. Operated DC-3, Lockheed L-1649[50] | ||||
| Air Astro | California | Los Angeles | 1968 | 1971 | Operated Carstedt Jet Liner 600[51] | ||||
| Air Atlanta | Georgia | CC | CRB | AIRLAN | Atlanta | 1984 | 1987 | ||
| Air Aurora | Illinois | AX | AAI | Aurora | 1977 | 2000 | Air taxi operator[52] | ||
| Air Bahia | California | San Diego | 1979 | 1980 | |||||
| Air Bama | Alabama | ABI | Montgomery | 1978 | 1984 | Operated Beech 18, HP Jetstream[53] | |||
| Air Berlin USA | AB | BER | AIR BERLIN | Berlin Tegel | 1978 | 1992 | Reconstituted as Air Berlin GmbH & Co. Luftverkehrs KG in 1990 under German company law. | ||
| Air California | California | OC | ACL | AIRCAL | Orange County | 1967 | 1987 | Merged into American Airlines. | |
| Air Cargo Express | Alaska | 3K | FXG | CARGO EXPRESS | Fairbanks | 1995 | 1995 | [54] | |
| Air Cargo Hawaii | Hawaii | Honolulu | 1977 | 1992 | Established in 1973 as Air Distribution. Operated Shorts Skyvan[55] | ||||
| Air Cargo Masters | South Dakota | Sioux Falls | 1995 | 2006 | Operated Beech 1900, Beech Queen Air, SA227[56] | ||||
| Air Cargo Transport | New Jersey | Newark | 1945 | 1948 | Operated C-47[57][58] | ||||
| Air Caribbean | Puerto Rico | San Juan | 1975 | 1979 | |||||
| Air Carolina | South Carolina | FN | Florence | 1967 | 1980 | Established as Florence Airlines. Absorbed by Atlantis Airlines.[59] | |||
| Air Carriers | Alabama | FCI | Chilton County | 1989 | 2003 | Operated Cessna 208 Caravan[60][61] | |||
| Air Carriers Express Services | Georgia | Atlanta | 1985 | 1985 | Operated Cessna 208 Caravan[62][63] | ||||
| Air Catalina | California | Catalina | 1965 | 1976 | Founded as Catalina Channel Airlines[64] | ||||
| Air Central | Minnesota | Minneapolis–Saint Paul | 1972 | 1973 | Operated Cessnas[65] | ||||
| Air Central | Oklahoma | Enid Woodring | 1978 | 1980 | Renamed to Trans-Central Airlines. Operated Piper Chieftain[66] | ||||
| Air Central | Texas | ACS | AIR CENTRAL | Harlingen | 1978 | 1979 | [46] | ||
| Air Chaparral | Nevada | MAV | MAVERICK | Reno–Tahoe | 1980 | 1983 | |||
| Air Charter Service | California | Riverside | 1968 | 1972 | Operated Beech Bonanza, Cessna 150[67] | ||||
| Air Charter West | 1974 | 1977 | [68] | ||||||
| Air Chicago | Illinois | Chicago Midway | 1981 | 1982 | [69] | ||||
| Air Chico | California | Chico | 1980 | 1982 | [46] | ||||
| Air Choice One | Missouri | 3E | WBR | WEBER | St. Louis | 1979 | 2022 | Transferred to the Southern Airways Express brand.[70] | |
| Air Colorado | Colorado | TAC | Denver | 1980 | 1981 | [71] | |||
| Air Commuter Airlines | Ohio | Cleveland Burke | 1967 | 1968 | Merged with Wright Airlines[46] | ||||
| Air Continental | Ohio | NAR | NIGHT AIR | Cleveland Hopkins | 1979 | 1989 | Acquired by US Check Airlines. Operated Learjet 23[72] | ||
| Air Contract Cargo | Michigan | Oakland County | 1983 | 1992 | To Gulf and Caribbean Cargo[73] | ||||
| Air Cortez | California | AB | ACI | AIR CORTEZ | Ontario | 1977 | 1986 | ||
| Air Distribution | Hawaii | Honolulu | 1973 | 1975 | To Air Cargo Hawaii. Operated Shorts Skyvan[74] | ||||
| Air East | Pennsylvania | Johnstown–Cambria | 1967 | 1974 | [75] | ||||
| Air East | Texas | Scholes–Galveston | 1969 | 1971 | Established as Aerosmith Airlines[76] | ||||
| Air East Airlines | Louisiana | Lafayette | 1970 | 1980 | Connected to New Orleans[46] | ||||
| Air Enterprises | West Virginia | Huntington Tri-State | 1969 | 1971 | Renamed to Tri-State Flying Service[77] | ||||
| Air Excursions | Alaska | Gustavus | 2013 | 2013 | Founded by Steve Wilson. To Alaska Seaplane[78] | ||||
| Air Exec Ontario | California | Ontario | 1981 | 1985 | Operated DC-3[79] | ||||
| Air Express | Colorado | Denver | 1932 | [46] | |||||
| Air Ferries | California | Alameda | 1930 | 1933 | Connected to San Francisco and Oakland[46] | ||||
| Air Florida | Florida | QH | FLA | PALM | Miami | 1971 | 1984 | Air Florida Commuter was an affiliate[80] | |
| Air Florida Commuter | Florida | 1980 | |||||||
| Air Hawaii | Hawaii | HP | Honolulu | 1977 | 1983 | Founded by Bruce McKenzie by a merger with Island Pacific Air and Air Molokai[81] | |||
| Air Hawaii | Hawaii | XK | AHC | AIR HAWAII | Honolulu | 1985 | 1986 | ||
| Air Hemet | California | Hemet-Ryan | 1964 | 1984 | Connected to desert cities with Los Angeles[46] | ||||
| Air Holiday International | Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 1973 | 1977 | Owned by Robert W. Larson.[82][83] | ||||
| Air Idaho | Idaho | Twin Falls | 1974 | 1975 | Founded as Trans Magic Airlines[84] | ||||
| Air Illinois | Illinois | UX | AIL | AIR ILLINOIS | Springfield–Branson | 1970 | 1984 | ||
| Air Indiana | Indiana | Evansville | |||||||
| Air Iowa | Iowa | Muscatine | 1971 | 1974 | Operated Beech 18[85] | ||||
| Air Irvine | California | Orange County | 1982 | 1983 | Acquired by Dash Air[86] | ||||
| Air Juneau | Alaska | Juneau | 2001 | 2001 | [87] | ||||
| Air Kentucky | Kentucky | KN | AKY | AIR KENTUCKY | Owensboro–Daviess | 1970 | 1989 | Commenced operations in 1974. | |
| Air Ketchum | Idaho | L3 | Hailey | 1999 | 2000 | Operated Beech King Air[88] | |||
| Air L.A. | California | UE | UED | Los Angeles | 1982 | 1995 | Purchased Conquest Airlines. | ||
| Air Lincoln | Illinois | ALN | CHICAGO LINCOLN | Chicago Midway | 1982 | 1982 | [46] | ||
| Air Link Airlines | Colorado | LNK | AIR LINK | Denver | 1981 | 1984 | Founded as Valley Airpark. Acquired by Fort Collins Flying Service in 1981.[89] | ||
| Air Link Airways | Texas | Houston Bush | 1986 | 1988 | [90] | ||||
| Air Marc | New York | New York Kennedy | 1984 | 1985 | Founded as Eastman Airways.[91] | ||||
| Air Metro Airlines | Michigan | DZ | Traverse City | 1975 | 1976 | Operated Beech 99[92] | |||
| Air Miami | Florida | VW | Miami | 1977 | 1980 | Renamed to North American Airlines. Operated CASA 212[93] | |||
| Air Michigan | Michigan | Kalamazoo | 1969 | 1972 | Operated Beech 99, Twin Otter, Cessna 310[46] | ||||
| Air Mid-America Airlines | Illinois | Chicago Meigs Field | 1969 | 1970 | Operated DC-3[94] | ||||
| Air Midway | Nebraska | Kearney | 1992 | 1994 | Founded by Clyde Mikelson. Operated Cessna 185, Piper Aztec[95] | ||||
| Air Midwest | Kansas | ZV | AMW | AIR MIDWEST | Kansas City | 1965 | 2008 | Commenced operations in 1967. | |
| Air Missouri | Michigan | BF | Kirksville | 1976 | 1978 | Established as Horizon Airways. Operated Cessna 207[46] | |||
| Air Molokai | Hawaii | Honolulu | 1985 | 1988 | Founded as Tropic Airlines[46] | ||||
| Air National | 6A | ANE | AIR TARA | 1981 | 1984 | [96] | |||
| Air Nebraska | Nebraska | Kearney | 1976 | 1981 | Operated Cessna 402, Piper Navajo[97] | ||||
| Air Nevada | California | Los Angeles | 1969 | 1970 | Established as Hawthorne-Nevada Airlines. Operated DC-3[98] | ||||
| Air Nevada | Nevada | ANV | AIR NEVADA | Las Vegas McCarran | 1974 | 1998 | |||
| Air New England | Massachusetts | NE | Boston | 1970 | 1981 | ||||
| Air New Mexico | New Mexico | Las Cruces | 1980 | 1980 | Founded as Zia Airlines[99] | ||||
| Air New-Mexico | New Mexico | 1961 | 1964 | [100] | |||||
| Air New Orleans | Alabama | NT | ANL | AIR NEW ORLEANS | Birmingham–Shuttlesworth | 1981 | 1988 | ||
| Air New Ulm | Minnesota | New Ulm | 1973 | 1977 | Renamed to Lake State Airways[101] | ||||
| Air Newark Inc. | New Jersey | 2N | NER | NEWAIR | Fort Lee | 1961 | 1964 | [102] | |
| Air Niagara | New York | NA | Niagara Falls | 1978 | 1984 | ||||
| Air North | Vermont | NO | ANO | AIR NORTH | Burlington | 1963 | 1988 | Established as Northern Airways. Contract for Allegheny Commuter in 1970. Acquired by Brockway Air in 1983.[46] | |
| Air North | Alaska | Fairbanks | 1982 | 1984 | [103] | ||||
| Air O'Hare | Illinois | Chicago O'Hare | 1974 | 1975 | Operated C-47AQ Skytrain[104] | ||||
| Air Oasis | California | 1962 | 1964 | Operated DC-3[105] | |||||
| Air Olympia | Washington | Olympia | 1981 | 1982 | [106] | ||||
| Air Oregon | Oregon | JT | AIR OREGON | Portland | 1978 | 1981 | Merged with Horizon Air. | ||
| Air Pac | Alaska | 5P | APM | ALASKA PACIFIC | Dutch Harbor | 1982 | 1986 | Renamed to Air Pacific[107] | |
| Air Pacific | California | IK | Oakland | 1970 | 1981 | Founded as Eureka Aero. Merged with Gem State Airlines to form Golden Gate Airlines. | |||
| Air Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Reading | 1976 | 1982 | |||||
| Air Rajneesh | Oregon | Big Muddy Ranch | 1985 | 1985 | Operated Convair 240[108] | ||||
| Air Resorts | California | UZ | ARZ | AIR RESORTS | McClellan–Palomar | 1975 | 1996 | [109] | |
| Air Response North | New York | RPS | New York-LaGuardia | 1986 | 2003 | Renamed to Global Air Response. Operated Learjet 24, Learjet 25, Learjet 35[110] | |||
| Air San Juan | Washington | Friday Harbor | 1990 | 1991 | Founded as ChartAir[111] | ||||
| Air Sedona | Arizona | Sedona | 1983 | 1988 | [112] | ||||
| Air Services | 1959 | Supplemental air carrier shut by CAB in 1959 for combine activities | |||||||
| Air Shamrock | 1999 | 2007 | |||||||
| Air Shannon | Virginia | Washington National | 1966 | 1967 | [113] | ||||
| Air South (Florida) | Florida | https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSIcCJgqst_P_XUGzMDSc01dF43IPxOJPoMh48n5aK1Lg&s | GD | SHAWNEE | Miami Homestead | 1986 | 1987 | Operated Trislander. Owner previously associated with Shawnee Airlines, Bahamas Caribbean Airline, Aero International, Bahamas Air Bridge and Argosy Airlines[114][115] | |
| Air South (Georgia) | Georgia | Atlanta | 1969 | 1978 | Founded as Nationwide Airlines Southeast. Acquired by Florida Airlines in 1975. | ||||
| Air South (South Carolina) | South Carolina | WV | KKB | KHAKI BLUE | Columbia (SC) | 1993 | 1997 | Commenced operations in 1994. | |
| Air Spirit | Texas | SIP | AIR SPIRIT | Dallas Love Field | 1981 | 1984 | Founded as Cen-Tex Airlines. Operated Embraer Bandeirante[116] | ||
| Air St. Thomas | Virgin Islands | ZP | SST | St. Thomas | 1975 | 2005 | |||
| Air Sunshine | Florida | AG | AAT | Miami | 1974 | 1979 | Founded as American Air Taxi in 1972. Absorbed by Air Florida[117] | ||
| Air Tahoma | Ohio | HMA | TAHOMA | Columbus | 1995 | 2009 | [118] | ||
| Air Taos | New Mexico | Taos | 1977 | 1979 | [119] | ||||
| Air Taxi | South Carolina | Florence | 1969 | 1969 | Renamed Florence Airlines[120] | ||||
| Air Texana | Texas | Lufkin | 1980 | 1981 | [121] | ||||
| Air Traders International | California | Los Angeles | 1980 | 1980 | Operated 2 L-1049 Super Constellation[122][123] | ||||
| Air Traffic Service | 1972 | 1980 | [124] | ||||||
| Air Trails | California | Salinas | 1960 | 1999 | Renamed Million Air Monterey. Operated Beech King Air, Cessna 310, Cessna 550[125] | ||||
| Air Train | California | GJ | ATF | AIR TRAIN | San Jose | 1987 | 1990 | Became Emery Worldwide Airlines[126] | |
| Air Transit | Arizona | Show Low | 1959 | 1968 | [127] | ||||
| Air Transport Associates | Washington | Seattle | 1948 | 1953 | Irregular air carrier shut by the CAB in 1953 for flying scheduled service. | ||||
| Air Transport Services | Alaska | Kodiak | 1984 | 1988 | Acquired by PenAir[128] | ||||
| Air Travel | California | Oakland | 1946 | 1947 | Original name of Overseas National Airways. Became Calasia Air Transport in 1947 | ||||
| Air Trine | Florida | Miami | 1976 | 1977 | Operated Convair 880[129][130] | ||||
| Air U.S. | Wyoming Colorado |
Riverton Denver |
1978 | 1984 | Renamed Excellair[131] | ||||
| Air Vectors Airways | New York | Newburgh | 1979 | 1985 | Founded by Jim Aspin. Contract carrier for FedEx.[132] | ||||
| Air Vegas | Nevada | 6V | VGA | AIR VEGAS | North Las Vegas | 1971 | 2004 | ||
| Air Vermont | Vermont | MU | VER | AIR VERMONT | Burlington | 1981 | 1984 | ||
| Air Virginia | Virginia | CE | FVA | AIR VIRGINIA | Lynchburg | 1979 | 1988 | Established as Cardinal Airlines. Renamed AVAir in 1985[133] | |
| Air-Lift Commuter | North Carolina | 3L | WPK | Raleigh Durham | 1976 | 1988 | Operated Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner[134] | ||
| Air-Speed | Massachusetts | Hanscom Field | 1974 | 1980 | Operated Beech 99, Piper Cherokee[135] | ||||
| Air21 | California | A7 | UBA | ROCKETEER | Fresno Yosemite | 1995 | 1997 | Operated Fokker F-28, bankrupt | |
| Airborne Express | Washington | GB | ABX | ABEX | Seattle–Tacoma | 1946 | 2003 | Founded as Airborne Flower Traffic Association of California. Merged with Airborne Freight to form ABX Air. | |
| Airbourne Freight Company | Ohio | Wilmington | 1968 | 1980 | Renamed Airborne Express[136] | ||||
| Airborne Transport | Florida | Miami | 1948 | 1948 | Operated Douglas DST-144[137][138] | ||||
| Aircharters World | WFT | WORLD FLIGHT | 1994 | 1994 | Charter carrier[139] | ||||
| AirCal | California | OC | ACL | AIRCAL | Orange County | 1981 | 1987 | Established as Air California[140] | |
| Aircraft Pool Leasing Corporation | Florida | Miami | 1973 | ? | Operated L-1049 Super Constellation[141] | ||||
| AirExec | Maryland | Ocean City | 1973 | 1975 | Operated Twin Otter[142] | ||||
| Airgo Air Freight | Texas | Dallas Love Field | 1977 | 1981 | Operated Vickers Viscount, DC-3, Convair 440[143] | ||||
| Airlift International | Florida | RD | AIR | AIRLIFT | Miami | 1945 | 1991 | Founded as Riddle Airlines | |
| Airline Transport Carriers | California | Burbank | 1946 | 1962 | Irregular air carrier dba California Hawaiian, sister airline to California Central | ||||
| Airmark Aviation | TRH | TRANSTAR | 1991 | 1993 | Renamed Transtar Airlines | ||||
| Airmark Corporation | MRC | AIRMARC | 1983 | 1985 | VIP charters carrier[144] | ||||
| AirNow | Vermont | RLR | RATTLER | Bennington | 1957 | 2011 | Established as Business Air | ||
| AirOne | K3 | QTN | 1998 | 2002 | [145] | ||||
| Airpac | Alaska | APM | ALASKA PACIFIC | 1978 | 1986 | [146] | |||
| Airplane Charter by Mercer | Hollywood Burbank | 1945 | 1949 | Irregular air carrier, renamed Associated Airways in 1949. | |||||
| Airship Airways | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood | 1998 | 2000 | Renamed Planet Airways[147] | |||||
| Airship Ventures | California | Moffett Federal Airfield | 2008 | 2012 | |||||
| AirSpur | California | OT | ASU | SPUR EXPRESS | Los Angeles | 1981 | 1985 | Acquired by Evergreen International Airlines[148] | |
| AirTrain Airlines | Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh | 1993 | 1995 | Renamed Jettrain in 1996[149] | ||||
| AirTran Airways | Florida | FL | TRS | CITRUS | Orlando | 1992 | 2014 | Merged into Southwest Airlines | |
| AirTran JetConnect | Georgia | Atlanta | 2002 | 2004 | |||||
| AirVantage Airlines | Minnesota | 3N | AVV | AIRVANTAGE | St. Paul Downtown | 1981 | 1997 | [150] | |
| Airvia Transportation Company | New York | New York City | 1929 | 1929 | Operated Savoia-Marchetti S.55[151] | ||||
| Airways International | Florida | 4A | AWB | AIRNAT | Miami | 1981 | 1999 | ||
| Airways of New Mexico | New Mexico | ANM | AIR NEW MEXICO | 1977 | 1984 | [152] | |||
| Aladdin Air Services | Utah | Panguitch | 1996 | 2001 | [153] | ||||
| Alair | Alabama | KB | Anniston | 1977 | 1979 | [154] | |||
| Alamo Jet | Alabama | KB | Stinson | 1992 | 1998 | Charter carrier[155] | |||
| Alaska Aerial Transportation Company | Alaska | 1924 | 1924 | [156] | |||||
| Alaska Air Taxi | Alaska | 1995 | 2006 | Operated Texas Turbines Super Otter[157] | |||||
| Alaska Air Transport | Alaska | Juneau | 1935 | 1939 | Merged with Marine Airways to form Alaska Coastal Airlines. | ||||
| Alaska Cargo | Alaska | 2004 | 2004 | [158] | |||||
| Alaska Central Airways | Alaska | Ruby | 1974 | 1981 | Founded as Tanana Air Taxi. Acquired by Harold’s Air Service in 1981.[159] | ||||
| Alaska Coastal Airlines | Alaska | Juneau | 1939 | 1968 | Acquired by Alaska Airlines. | ||||
| Alaska Flying Tours | Alaska | Fairbanks | 2001 | 2001 | Tour service operator[160] | ||||
| Alaska Interior Airlines | Alaska | Anchorage Merrill Field | 1936 | 1937 | Acquired by Star Air Lines[161] | ||||
| Alaska International Air | Alaska | BF | AKA | INTERALAS | Anchorage | 1972 | 1984 | Founded as Interior Airways as an intrastate airline. Acquired Great Northern Airlines in 1980 and renamed Markair in 1984 | |
| Alaska Island Air | Alaska | Petersburg Johnson | 1968 | 1988 | Founded as Lon's Flying Service[162] | ||||
| Alaska Island Airways | Alaska | Juneau | 1946 | 1954 | Merged with Alaska Coastal Airlines[163] | ||||
| Alaska Mountain Flying Service | Alaska | 1992 | 2009 | [164] | |||||
| Alaska Southern Airways | Alaska | 1932 | 1934 | [165] | |||||
| Alaska Star Airlines | Alaska | Anchorage | 1932 | 1944 | Founded as Star Air Lines. Renamed Alaska Airlines in 1944.[166] | ||||
| Alaska West Air | Alaska | 1989 | 2009 | [167] | |||||
| Alaska-Washington Airways | Alaska | 1929 | 1930 | Acquired by Seattle-Wenatchee-Yakima Airways[168] | |||||
| Alaskan Airways | Alaska | 1930 | 1932 | Acquired by Pacific Alaska Airways[169] | |||||
| Alaskan Coastal Airways | Alaska | 1986 | 1986 | [170] | |||||
| Albany Air | New York | YU | Albany | 1979 | 1979 | ||||
| Albany Air Service | New York | Albany | 1962 | 1964 | [171] | ||||
| Alii Air Hawaii | Hawaii | 1970 | 1975 | Renamed Brandt Air in 1975[172] | |||||
| ALL | Colorado | Front Range | 1988 | 2006 | Cargo charter[173] | ||||
| All American Aviation | Pennsylvania | Pittisburgh | 1937 | 1939 | |||||
| All Hawaii Air | Hawaii | Honolulu | 1979 | 1979 | Cargo carrier[174] | ||||
| All Star Airlines | Massachusetts | ASR | ALL STAR | Woburn | 1985 | 1993 | Charter carrier[175] | ||
| All-American Airways | Florida | Miami | 1948 | 1960 | Supplemental air carrier renamed Saturn Airways in 1960 | ||||
| All West Freight | Alaska | Nikiski | 1996 | 2012 | Operated Fairchild C-123 Provider[176] | ||||
| All-America Airlines | California | Long Beach | 1994 | 1994 | [177] | ||||
| Allcair Air Transport | Texas | Laredo | 1993 | 1993 | Operated Douglas C-118[178] | ||||
| Allegheny Air Cargo | Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh | 1947 | 1947 | Operated Douglas DC-3[179] | ||||
| Allegheny Airlines | Pennsylvania | AL | ALO | ALLEGHENY | Pittsburgh | 1959 | 1979 | Renamed to US Airways | |
| Allegheny Commuter | Pennsylvania | DuBois | 1969 | Renamed to Crown Airways | |||||
| Allen Air Commuter | Kansas | Topeka | 1967 | 1975 | Founded as Allen Aviation. Acquired by Capitol Airlines[180] | ||||
| Alliance Airlines | Illinois | ALZ | ALLIANCE AIR | Chicago O'Hare | 1984 | 1988 | Acquired by Great Lakes Airlines[181] | ||
| Allied Air Freight | Florida | Miami-Opa Locka | 1996 | 2001 | Operated Douglas C-47[182] | ||||
| Aloha Airlines | Hawaii | AQ | AAH | ALOHA | Honolulu | 1946 | 2008 | Founded as Trans-Pacific Airlines. Cargo operations still active under Aloha Air Cargo. | |
| Aloha IslandAir | Hawaii | Honolulu | 1987 | 1992 | Founded as Princeville Airways. Acquired by Island Air[183] | ||||
| Aloha Pacific | Hawaii | Honolulu | 1984 | 1985 | [184] | ||||
| Alpha Air | California | 7V | ALH | ALPHA AIR | Los Angeles | 1976 | 1995 | [185] | |
| Alpine Airbus | California | Los Angeles | 1973 | 1973 | [186] | ||||
| Alpine Aviation | Nevada | Nevada County Air Park | 2005 | 2005 | [187] | ||||
| Alpine Aviation Corporation | Illinois | Chicago Rockford | 1980 | 1981 | [188] | ||||
| Altair Airlines | Pennsylvania | AK | AAR | ALTAIR | Philadelphia | 1967 | 1982 | ||
| Altus Airlines | Oklahoma | 2U | AXS | ALTUS | Altus/Quartz Mountain | 1985 | 1987 | [189] | |
| Alyeska Air Service | Alaska | ALY | ALYESKA | Anchorage | 1982 | 1989 | [190] | ||
| Ambassadair | Indiana | Indianapolis | 1974 | 1981 | Operated Boeing 720, Boeing 727[191] | ||||
| Ambassador Airlines | Nevada | Las Vegas McCarran | 1963 | 1968 | Subsidiary of American Trans Air. Operated Beech 18, Aero Commander 500[192] | ||||
| Amelia Airways | Florida | Fort Lauderdale Executive | 1993 | 2000 | On-demand service Operated Piper Navajo Chieftain[193] | ||||
| America West Airlines | Arizona | HP | AWE | CACTUS | Phoenix Sky Harbor | 1981 | 2007 | Commenced operations in 1983. Merged with US Airways, then merged with American Airlines | |
| America West Express | Nevada | RP | CHQ | AIR SHUTTLE CHATAUQUA | Las Vegas McCarran | 1985 | 2007 | ||
| AmericAir | Oklahoma | DE | AAR | PATRIOT | Washington Dulles | 1983 | 1985 | [194] | |
| American Air Taxi | Florida | Key West | 1960 | 1974 | Renamed Air Sunshine (1974). Operated Beech 99, Piper Aztec, de Havilland Heron[195] | ||||
| American Air Transport and Flight School | Florida | Miami | 1948 | 1952 | Irregular air carrier shut by the CAB in 1952 for flying scheduled service. | ||||
| American Central Airlines | Iowa | JR | AAR | Dubuque | 1980 | 1984 | [196] | ||
| American Export Airlines | New York | New York-LaGuardia | 1937 | 1945 | Renamed to American Overseas Airlines[197] | ||||
| American Flyers Airline | Oklahoma | Ardmore | 1949 | 1971 | Taken over by Universal Airlines | ||||
| American International Airways | Florida | Key West | 1926 | 1927 | Seaplane service to Havana[198] | ||||
| American International Airways | New York | New York-LaGuardia | 1947 | 1949 | Operated Boeing 314, DC-4[199] | ||||
| American International Airways | Pennsylvania | CB | CKS | Philadelphia | 1967 | 2000 | Merged with Kitty Hawk International and rebranded as Kalitta Air | ||
| American International Airways | New Jersey | Atlantic City | 1981 | 1984 | Established as Commercial Airlines in 1980. Operated MD-80, DC-9[200] | ||||
| American Overseas Airlines | New York | New York-LaGuardia | 1937 | 1950 | Founded as American Export Airlines. Merged with Pan American Airways | ||||
| American Overseas | 1980s | 1980s | |||||||
| American Railway Express | District of Columbia | Washington, D.C. | 1918 | 1929 | Freight service Renamed Railway Express Agency Operated a Handley Page converted bomber[201] | ||||
| American Trans-Oceanic Company | New York | Port Washington | 1916 | 1928 | |||||
| AmericanConnection | Illinois | AX | Chicago O'Hare | 2001 | 2014 | ||||
| AMI Jet Charter | California | San Francisco | 1998 | 2007 | [202] | ||||
| Amistad Airline | Texas | Del Rio | 1966 | 1980 | [203] | ||||
| Anchorage Air Transport | Alaska | Anchorage | 1927 | 1928 | [204] | ||||
| Anchorage Airways | Alaska | Anchorage | 1981 | 1982 | Established as Air Logistics[205] | ||||
| Angier Flying Service | North Carolina | Piedmont Triad | 1975 | 1975 | [206] | ||||
| Antelope Airlines | Wyoming | Gillette–Campbell | 1974 | 1975 | [207] | ||||
| Apache Airlines | Arizona | Phoenix Sky Harbor | 1957 | 1970 | [208] | ||||
| Apex Air Cargo | APX | PARCEL EXPRESS | Honolulu | 1987 | 1989 | [209] | |||
| Apollo Airways | California | SNC | SONIC | Santa Barbara | 1969 | 1982 | Renamed to Pacific Coast Airlines[210] | ||
| Appalachian Airlines | Tennessee | DI | Tri-Cities | 1977 | 1980 | ||||
| Arctic Circle Air | Alaska | 5F | CIR | AIR ARCTIC | Fairbanks | 1973 | 2009 | Acquired by Era Alaska | |
| Arctic Frontier Airways | Washington | Seattle–Tacoma | 1948 | 1948 | [211] | ||||
| Arctic Guide Air Taxi | Alaska | Barrow | 1974 | 1985 | Charter carrier[212] | ||||
| Arctic Pacific Airlines | Washington | Seattle-Tacoma | 1947 | 1970 | Charter carrier[213] | ||||
| Arctic Transportation Services | Alaska | 7S | RCT | Anchorage | 1950 | 2010 | Rebranded as Ryan Air Services | ||
| Argonaut Airways | Florida | Miami | 1946 | 1962 | Supplemental air carrier cargo line. Voluntarily gave up operating authority in 1962 | ||||
| Argosy Air Lines | Florida | VJ | ARY | GOSEY | Fort Lauderdale Executive | 1971 | 1978 | [214] | |
| Aries Air Cargo | California | Los Angeles | 1973 | 1973 | Cargo carrier[215] | ||||
| Arista International Airlines | New York | RY | New York Kennedy | 1982 | 1984 | Established as Tourlite International Airlines in 1980. | |||
| Arizona Air | Arizona | AAE | ARIZONA | Scottsdale | 1992 | 1995 | Scenic flights and charter[216] | ||
| Arizona Airways | Arizona | AAE | ARIZONA | Phoenix Sky Harbor | 1946 | 1950 | Merged with Summit Airways and Monarch Air Lines to form Frontier Airlines (1950–1986) | ||
| Arizona Airways (1993–1996) | Arizona | VZ | AZY | ARIZAIR | Tucson | 1993 | 1996 | To Arizona Airways Express | |
| Arizona Airways Express | Arizona | Tucson | 1995 | 1996 | Merged into Great Lakes Airlines[217] | ||||
| Arizona Express | Arizona | K7 | TMP | TEMPE | Phoenix Sky Harbor | 2001 | 2005 | [218] | |
| Arizona Helicopters | Arizona | Chandler | 1970s | 1970s | Operated in Laos during the 1970s | ||||
| Arizona Pacific Airlines | Arizona | AZP | ARIZONA PACIFIC | Flagstaff | 1981 | 1982 | Began as Omni Airlines[219] | ||
| Arkansas Traveler Airline | Arkansas | HOG | HOG-AIR | 1984 | 1984 | [220] | |||
| Armstrong Air Service | Alaska | Dillingham | 1985 | 1989 | [221] | ||||
| Arnold Air Service | Alaska | 1946 | 1946 | Operated Douglas DC-3[222] | |||||
| Aroostook Airways | Maine | Presque Isle | 1969 | 1972 | |||||
| Arrow Air | Florida | JW | APW | BIG A | Miami | 1981 | 2010 | 1980s follow-on from earlier 1940s/50s Arrow Airways | |
| Arrow Airways | California | Torrance Hollywood-Burbank Airport |
1946 | 1951 | Irregular air carrier shut down by Civil Aeronautics Board for illegal scheduled service | ||||
| Arrowhead International Airlines | Minnesota | Duluth | 1929 | 1930 | Merged with Canadian-American Airlines Operated Lockheed Vega[223] | ||||
| ASA (Alaska Southcoast Airways) | Alaska | 1974 | 1974 | [224] | |||||
| ASA International Airlines | Florida | JI | JI | 1947 | 1965 | Trade name for Aerovias Sud Americana | |||
| ASAP (All Seasons Air Pacific) | California | ALL | Long Beach | 1981 | 1983 | [225] | |||
| Asheville Flying Service | North Carolina | Asheville | 1982 | 1983 | [226] | ||||
| Aspen Airways | Colorado | AP | ASP | ASPEN AIR | Denver Stapleton | 1952 | 1990 | Merged into Air Wisconsin | |
| Aspen Airways Air Taxi | Colorado | Aspen | 1953 | 1955 | Renamed Aspen Airways[227] | ||||
| Aspen Mountain Air | Colorado | AD | Denver | 1996 | 1998 | See Lone Star Airlines | |||
| Associated Air Transport | Florida | Click reference for external photo[228] | Miami | 1949 | 1962 | Operated Sikorsky VS-44, DC-3, C-46, L-749[229] | |||
| Associated Airways | Burbank | 1949 | 1951 | Previously Airplane Charter by Mercer. Irregular air carrier shut by CAB in 1951 for scheduled svc | |||||
| Astar Air Cargo | Florida | ER | DHL | DAHL | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky | 1969 | 2012 | ||
| Astec Air East | New York | AAE | AIR EAST | Canandaigua | 1974 | 1982 | [230] | ||
| Astro Airways | Arkansas | JW | AST | ASTRO-AIR | Pine Bluff | 1969 | 1995 | [231] | |
| ATA Airlines | Indiana | TZ | AMT | AMTRAN | Chicago Midway | 1973 | 2008 | Founded as Ambassadair | |
| ATA Connection | Illinois | 1983 | |||||||
| Atlanta Express | Georgia | FX | AYTEX | Atlanta | 1982 | 1987 | Merged into Sunbird Airlines[232] | ||
| Atlanta Helicopter Airways | Georgia | CITRUS | Atlanta | 1960 | n/a | [233] | |||
| Atlanta Skylarks | Georgia | SLK | SKYLARK | Atlanta | 1966 | 1986 | Renamed Independent Air in 1986[234] | ||
| Atlantic & Pacific Airlines | Texas | 1947 | 1947 | Operated Douglas DC-3[235] | |||||
| Atlantic Air | Massachusetts | GAA | ATLANTIC AIR | Boston | 1981 | 1984 | Renamed to BEX Business Express[236] | ||
| Atlantic and Gulf Coast Airlines | South Carolina | Savannah-Hilton Head | 1937 | 1937 | [237] | ||||
| Atlantic Central Airlines | Maine | Bangor | 1975 | 1976 | Operated Beech 18[238] | ||||
| Atlantic City Airlines | New Jersey | Atlantic City | 1965 | 1977 | Renamed Southern Jersey Airways Operated Twin Otters[239] | ||||
| Atlantic Coast Airlines | Virginia | Washington Dulles | 1989 | 2006 | Merged into Independence Air | ||||
| Atlantic Coast Jet | 1989 | 2003 | Operated Dornier 328JET[240] | ||||||
| Atlantic Gulf Airlines | Florida | ZY | AGF | ATLANTIC GULF | Tampa | 1983 | 1986 | ||
| Atlantic North Airlines | New Hampshire | 8M | SDD | SKY DANCE | Laconia | 1993 | 1993 | Merged into Ocean Air Tradeways | |
| Atlantic Seaboard Airlines | New Jersey | Bader Field | 1960 | 1961 | [241] | ||||
| Atlantic Southeast Airlines | Georgia | EV | ASQ | ACEY | Detroit | 1979 | 2011 | Merged into ExpressJet | |
| Atlantis Airlines | North Carolina | SG | AAO | ATLANTIS AIR | Charlotte | 1979 | 1991 | Branded as Eastern Atlantis Express | |
| ATO America Trans-Oceanic Company | Florida New York |
Miami Long Island City |
1920 | 1921 | Acquired by Curtiss-Metropolitan Airplane Company[242] | ||||
| Atorie Air | Texas | PAV | ATORIE-AIR | El Paso | 1983 | 1986 | Founded as Pronto Aviation Services Operated Douglas DC-3[243] | ||
| ATX Air Services | Texas | Fort Worth Alliance | 2013 | 2016 | Rebranded to Hillwood Airways[244][245] | ||||
| Austin Express | Texas | 7V | TXX | COWBOY | Austin-Bergstrom | 1997 | 2000 | ||
| Austral Aviation | Wisconsin | AL | SYX | Milwaukee Mitchell | 1994 | 2008 | [246] | ||
| Av Atlantic | Florida | G6 | KYC | DOLPHIN | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood | 1991 | 1996 | ||
| AVAir | North Carolina | Raleigh Durham | 1986 | 1989 | Former American Eagle operator[247] | ||||
| Avalon Air Transport | California | Long Beach | 1953 | 1963 | |||||
| Avery Aviation | Wyoming | Greybull | 1961 | 1969 | Operated Consolidated Privateer, Cessna 180[248] | ||||
| Aviation Enterprises | Texas | 1940 | 1947 | Renamed to Trans-Texas Airways[249] | |||||
| Aviation Services Inc. | Kansas | Wichita | 1967 | 1969 | Founded by Gary M. Adamson. Renamed to Air Midwest[250] | ||||
| Aviex Jet | Texas | Houston | 1979 | 1999 | Operated Super King Air 200, Learjet 25, Aero Commander 1121 Jet Commander[251] | ||||
| Avolar | Nevada | VLX | AVOLAR | Las Vegas McCarran | 2001 | 2002 | [252] | ||
| Aztec Air | Florida | Panama City | 1967 | 1996 | [253] | ||||
| Aztec Air | California | Long Beach | 1989 | 1989 | Charter carrier[254] | ||||
| Aztec Airlines | Texas | El Paso | 1966 | 1967 | [255] | ||||
| B | |||||||||
| B & C Aviation | Tennessee | Nashville | 1973 | 1999 | Operated Learjet 24, Learjet 25[256] | ||||
| B Airways | Florida | Miami | 1989 | 1990 | Operated Douglas DC-3[257] | ||||
| B Airways Air Cargo | Florida | Miami | 1997 | 1999 | [258] | ||||
| B.A.S Airlines | Ohio | Youngstown–Warren | 1981 | 1988 | Founded as Skyline Motors Aviation[259] | ||||
| Bahamas Express | Florida | Miami | 1987 | 1988 | Established as Pacific Inter Air. Renamed Majestic Air[260] | ||||
| Baja Cortez Airlines | California | XT | BCA | Los Angeles | 1977 | 1983 | Operated BN Islander, Riley Turbo Skyliner[261] | ||
| Bakersfield Aviation Services | California | Meadows Field | 1973 | 1975 | Operated Beech E18S, Beech Bonanza[262] | ||||
| Ball Brothers | Alaska | Anchorage | 1977 | 1980 | Fresh fish carrier[263] | ||||
| Baltia Air Lines | New York | New York Kennedy | 1989 | 2018 | Renamed to USGlobal Airways[264] | ||||
| Baltimore Air Charter | Maryland | Baltimore–Washington | 2004 | 2006 | [265] | ||||
| Baltimore Airways | Maryland | Logan Field | 1929 | 1930 | [266] | ||||
| Baltimore Airways Company | Maryland | Park Heights, Baltimore | 1929 | 1929 | [267] | ||||
| Baltimore Helicopter Services | Maryland | Baltimore–Washington | 2004 | 2015 | Renamed GrandView Aviation[268] | ||||
| Bar Harbor Airlines | Maine | QO | AJC | BAR HARBOR | Bangor | 1950 | 1971 | Merged into Continental Express | |
| Barnes and Gorst Air Mail | Washington | Seattle Lake Union Seaplane Base | 1927 | 1927 | [269] | ||||
| Barnhill & McGee Airways | Alaska | Anchorage | 1931 | 1932 | Forerunner of McGee Airways | ||||
| Barr Air Transport | Alaska | 1935 | 1938 | Founded by Frank Barr[270] | |||||
| BAX Global | Florida | 8W | Miami | 1997 | 2011 | Founded as Burlington Northern Airfreight then Burlington Air Express[271] | |||
| Bay Valley Air Service | California | San Francisco | 1947 | ||||||
| Bee Line | Connecticut | 1923 | 1925 | Renamed to Colonial Air Transport[272] | |||||
| Beeson Aviation | Kansas | Concordia | 1965 | 1968 | Absorbed by Trans-Mo Airlines[273] | ||||
| Bellair | Alaska | 7G | Anchorage | 1980 | 2004 | Operated Volpar Turboliner[274] | |||
| Bellingham-Seattle Airways | Washington | Bellingham | 1964 | 1969 | Merged into Puget Sound Airlines[275] | ||||
| Bennett-Rodebaugh Company | Alaska | 1927 | 1927 | [276] | |||||
| Best Airlines | Kentucky | IW | BST | BESTWAY | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky | 1982 | 1986 | ||
| Biegert Aviation | Arizona | Chandler | 1984 | 1993 | Cargo carrier Operated Douglas C-54[277] | ||||
| Big Sky Airlines | Montana | GQ | BSY | BIG SKY | Billings Logan | 1978 | 2008 | ||
| Bimini Island Air | Florida | BMY | BIMINI | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood | 1993 | 2011 | AOC removed by the FAA in 2011 | ||
| BizAir Shuttle | Ohio | UE | DuPage | 2015 | 2015 | Established as BizCharters Operated Dornier 328, ERJ-135[278] | |||
| Blackhawk Airways | Wisconsin | BB | BAK | BLACKHAWK | Southern Wisconsin | 1970 | 1996 | Operated Beech E18S[279] | |
| Blatz Airlines | California | Burbank | 1947 | 1962 | Operated DC-3, DC-4[280] | ||||
| Blatz Airlines | Nevada | 1963 | 1963 | Renamed Nevada Airlines. Formed Hawthorne-Nevada Airlines in 1964[281] | |||||
| Blue Dog | Washington | Omak | 1968 | 1971 | Commuter services Operated Aero Commander 560, Cessna 182[282] | ||||
| Blue Line Air Express | Wisconsin | 4U | Medford | 1982 | 1982 | [283] | |||
| Blue Moon Aviation | Minnesota | Minneapolis–Saint Paul | 2003 | 2005 | [284] | ||||
| Bluebell Aviation | 1969 | 1973 | Renamed to Wrangler Aviation[285] | ||||||
| Bluegrass Airlines | Kentucky | Bowling Green | 1944 | 1946 | |||||
| Bo-S-Aire | BAA | BOWMAN AIR | 1979 | 1989 | [286] | ||||
| Bob Harris Flying Service | Alaska | Bethel | 1956 | 1975 | Renamed Yute Air Alaska[287] | ||||
| Boeing Air Transport | Washington | Boeing Field | 1927 | 1930 | To United Airlines | ||||
| Boise Aviation | Idaho | Boise | 1967 | 1971 | Third-level services[288] | ||||
| Bonanza Air Lines | Nevada | BL | BONANZA | North Las Vegas | 1945 | 1968 | Merged with Pacific Air Lines and West Coast Airlines to form Air West which was then renamed Hughes Airwest | ||
| Bonanza Airlines | Arizona | BON | BONAIR | Phoenix Sky Harbor | 1978 | 1978 | Established as Mountain West Airlines[289] | ||
| Borrego Springs Airline | California | Borrego Valley | 1968 | 1968 | Renamed Sun Aire Lines[290] | ||||
| Boone County Airlines | Kentucky | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky | 1946 | 1950 | |||||
| Boston Airport Corporation | Massachusetts | East Boston | 1925 | 1926 | Operated Travel Air[291] | ||||
| Boston Maine-Central Vermont Airways | Massachusetts | Boston | 1933 | 1940 | Formed by the merger of Boston Maine Airways and Central Vermont Airways[292] | ||||
| Boston-Maine Airways | Massachusetts | Boston | 1931 | 1933 | [293] | ||||
| Boston-Maine Airways | New Hampshire | E9 | CXS | CLIPPER CONNECTION | Hanscom Field | 1999 | 2008 | ||
| Bowen Air Lines | Texas | Dallas/Fort Worth | 1930 | 1935 | Acquired by Braniff Airways[294] | ||||
| Braniff International Airways | Texas | BN | BNF | BRANIFF | Dallas/Fort Worth | 1930 | 1982 | Went bankrupt, some assets sold to Braniff Inc. | |
| Braniff (1983–1990) | Texas | BN | BNF | BRANIFF | Dallas/Fort Worth | 1983 | 1990 | Officially Braniff Inc. aka Braniff II; went bankrupt, assets sold to Braniff International Airlines, Inc. | |
| Braniff (1991–1992) | Texas | BE | Dallas/Fort Worth | 1991 | 1992 | Officially Braniff International Airlines, Inc. aka Braniff III; went bankrupt | |||
| Branson Airlines | Florida | E5 | BRN | BRANSON | Fort Lauderdale Executive | 1992 | 1994 | Founded as Dash Airlines renamed Eclipse Airlines[295] | |
| Bremerton Air Taxi | Washington | Bremerton | 1964 | 1969 | [296] | ||||
| Britt Airways | Indiana | RU | BTA | BRIT-AIR | Terre Haute | 1956 | 1985 | Founded as Vercoa Air Service. Merged into ExpressJet | |
| Bristol Bay Air Service | Alaska | Bethel | 1930 | 1943 | Acquired by Ray Petersen Flying Service[297] | ||||
| Brockway Air | Vermont | SS | CVA | BROCKWAY | Burlington | 1984 | 1989 | Merged into Metro Airlines | |
| Brooks Air Transport | Alaska | Fairbanks | 1986 | 1986 | Renamed to Brools Fuel[298] | ||||
| Brooks Fuel | Alaska | Fairbanks | 1986 | 2008 | Founded as Brools Air Transport[299] | ||||
| Brower Airlines | Iowa | UD | Fort Madison | 1968 | 1980 | Founded as Brower Airways[300] | |||
| Buckeye Air Service | Ohio | Cleveland Hopkins | 1967 | 1971 | [301] | ||||
| Budyer Air | Wyoming | Evanston | 1981 | 1982 | [302] | ||||
| Buffalo Airways | Texas | BV | BVA | Waco | 1982 | 1996 | Operated Boeing 707, Canadair CL-44, Douglas DC-8[303] | ||
| Buker Airlines | Vermont | Hartness | 1966 | 1968 | Renamed to Trans East Airlines[304] | ||||
| Burdett Air Lines | California | Los Angeles | 1919 | 1927 | Jack Frye merged with Aero Corporation and Standard Air Lines[305] | ||||
| Burlington Air Express | California | 8W | Miami | 1986 | 1997 | Merged into BAX Global | |||
| Burlington Airways | BUR | BURLINGTON | 1979 | 1982 | [306] | ||||
| Burlington Northern Airfreight | Florida | 1972 | 1985 | Renamed to Burlington Air Express[307] | |||||
| Business Express Airlines | Massachusetts | HQ | GAA | BIZEX | Boston | 1982 | 2000 | Merged into American Eagle Airlines | |
| Byerly Airlines | Illinois | Jacksonville | 1955 | 1961 | [308] | ||||
| C | |||||||||
| C & M Airlines | California | REM | REM | Inyokern | 1979 | 1985 | Renamed to Indian Wells Airlines[309] | ||
| C & R Connair | Connecticut | 1967 | 1971 | Scheduled commuter services[310] | |||||
| C-Air | California | Los Angeles | 1964 | 1969 | [311] | ||||
| Cable Commuter Airlines | California | Cable | 1967 | 1969 | Established as Cable Air Taxi. Acquired by Aero Commuter[312] | ||||
| Cal Aero Airways | California | Van Nuys | 1969 | 1970 | [313] | ||||
| Cal Jet Elite Air | California | McClellan–Palomar | 2015 | 2018 | [314] | ||||
| Cal Sierra Airlines | California | San Diego | 1980 | 1981 | |||||
| Calasia Air Transport | California | Oakland | 1947 | 1950 | Changed name to Overseas National Airways in 1950 | ||||
| California Air Charter | California | Lockheed Air Terminal | 1946 | 1959 | Originally Kesterson, founded in Knoxville, TN. | ||||
| California Air Charter | California | CAC | CALAIR | Hollywood Burbank | 1968 | 1971 | Renamed to Ameriflight[315] | ||
| California Air Commuter | California | CLM | CALCOM | Oakland | 1975 | 1979 | Owned by Martin Aviation[316] | ||
| California Air Freight | California | 1959 | 1959 | [317] | |||||
| California Air Shuttle | California | Oxnard | 1990 | 1990 | Operated Swearingen Metro[318] | ||||
| California Airways | California | Santa Monica | 1979 | 1986 | [319] | ||||
| California Arrow Airlines | California | Hollywood Burbank | 1949 | 1949 | Intrastate airline, subsidiary of Arrow Airways, suffered devastating crash that killed owner's wife and child | ||||
| California Central Airlines | California | Hollywood Burbank | 1949 | 1955 | Intrastate airline slightly preceding Pacific Southwest Airlines. Assets bought in bankruptcy by Southwest Airways and Allegheny Airlines | ||||
| California Eastern Airways | California | Oakland | 1946 | 1960 | Part 45 carrier that became a supplemental in 1959, only to transfer its certificate to President Airlines in 1960. | ||||
| California Hawaiian Airlines | California | 1952 | 1962 | A dba of Airline Transport Carriers | |||||
| California Pacific Airlines | California | Burbank | 1950 | 1950 | Short-lived California intrastate airline. | ||||
| California Pacific (CalPac) | California | Los Angeles | 1993 | 2005 | To Mesa Airlines | ||||
| California Pacific Airlines | California | 4A | DYN | AERODYNAMICS | McClellan–Palomar | 2018 | 2019 | ||
| California Seaboard Airlines | Arizona | SSB | CAL SEABOARD | Laughlin/Bullhead | 1983 | 1986 | [320] | ||
| California Time Airlines | California | Hollywood Burbank | 1963 | 1963 | [321] | ||||
| Cal-State Airlines | California | Los Angeles | 1968 | 1970 | [322] | ||||
| Cam Air International | OX | FLM | BOXHAULER | 1983 | 1986 | Established as Fleming International Airways. Renamed to Spirit of America Airlines[323] | |||
| Canadian Colonial Airways | New York | New York Flushing | 1928 | 1942 | Operated flight to Montreal. Renamed to Colonial Airlines[324] | ||||
| Canadian-American Airlines | Minnesota | Minneapolis | 1929 | 1930 | Merged with Arrowhead International Airlines Operated Lockheed Vega, Travel Air 6000[325] | ||||
| Cape & Islands Air Freight | Massachusetts | Nantucket | ? | 2015 | Division of Island Airlines | ||||
| Cape & Islands Airline | Massachusetts | Hyannis Barnstable | 1951 | 1970 | To Air New England Operated Beech 18, Twin Otter, Piper Navajo, Piper Aztec[326] | ||||
| Cape Smythe Air | Alaska | 6C | CMY | CAPE SMYTHE AIR | Barrow | 1975 | 2005 | To Frontier Flying Service | |
| Capital Airlines | Washington, D.C. | CA | CAP | CAPITOL | Washington National | 1948 | 1961 | Merged into United Airlines | |
| Capital Cargo International Airlines | Florida | PT | CCI | CAPPY | Miami | 1996 | 2013 | Merged into ATI Air Transport International | |
| Capitol Airlines | Kansas | Manhattan | 1965 | 1989 | Acquired by Allen Aviation. Operated as Braniff Express[327] | ||||
| Capitol Air | Tennessee | CL | CL | CAPITOL | Smyrna, Tennessee | 1982 | 1984 | Low cost carrier | |
| Capitol Air Express | Virginia | C6 | CEX | CAPITOL EXPRESS | 1993 | 1996 | Charter carrier founded by John Catsimatidis | ||
| Capitol Airways | Tennessee | CL | CL | CAPITOL | Wilmington, Delaware | 1946 | 1967 | Supplemental air carrier | |
| Capitol International Airways | Tennessee | CL | CL | CAPITOL | Smyrna, Tennessee | 1967 | 1982 | Supplemental air carrier | |
| Cardinal Airlines | Virginia | NN | CDA | Lynchburg | 1968 | 1976 | Renamed to Air Virginia, Operated BN Islander, Beech 99[328] | ||
| Cargo 360 | Washington | GG | GGC | LONGHAUL | Seattle–Tacoma | 2005 | 2008 | To Southern Air | |
| Caribair | Puerto Rico | San Juan | 1939 | 1973 | Merged into Eastern Airlines | ||||
| Caribbean American Lines | 1956 | Irregular air carrier shut by CAB in 1956 for flying scheduled service | |||||||
| Caribbean Express | Florida | Miami | 1983 | 1988 | Operated Embraer Bandeirante, Cessna 402B[329] | ||||
| Caribbean Sun | Florida | Miami | 2002 | 2007 | To World Atlantic Airlines | ||||
| Carnival Air Lines | Florida | KW | CAA | CARNIVAL AIR | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood | 1988 | 1998 | Merged into Pan Am (1996), to Boston-Maine Airways | |
| Cascade Airways | Washington | CZ | CCD | CASCADE | Seattle-Tacoma | 1969 | 1986 | ||
| Casino Express Airlines | Nevada | XP | CXP | CASINO EXPRESS | Las Vegas McCarran | 1987 | 2005 | Rebranded as Xtra Airways | |
| Catalina Air Lines | California | CAI | CATALINA | Long Beach | 1963 | 1967 | Avalon Air Transport (1953), then Catalina Air Lines (1963), acquired by Golden West Airlines | ||
| Catalina Air Transport | California | Santa Catalina Island | 1931 | 1942 | Founded as Wilmington-Catalina Airline in 1931. Renamed to Catalina Air Transport in 1941. Contracted with United Air Lines to operate to Catalina 1946-1954. | ||||
| Catalina Channel Airlines | California | Pebble Beach | 1959 | 1966 | Founded by Bob Hanley. Used seaplane[330] | ||||
| Catlin Aviation | Oklahoma | CLN | CATLIN | Durant Eaker Field | 1969 | 1969 | Commuter services[331] | ||
| Catskill Airways | New York | KF | CSK | CATSKILL | Utica | 1966 | 1989 | Merged into Mohawk Airlines[332] | |
| CCAir | North Carolina | ED | CDL | CAROLINA | Charlotte Douglas | 1987 | 2002 | [333] | |
| Centennial Airlines | Wyoming | BE | CNL | WYO-AIR | Laramie | 1981 | 1987 | Merged into Mesa Airlines | |
| Cen-Tex Airlines | Texas | CTX | CEN-TEX | 1981 | 1983 | Commuter services[334] | |||
| Central Airlines (1934) | Virginia | Washington National | 1934 | 1936 | Merged into Pennsylvania Airlines. Operated Stinson Model A[335] | ||||
| Central Airlines | Texas | Dallas Love Field | 1949 | 1967 | Merged into Frontier Airlines (1950–1986) | ||||
| Central American Airways | Kentucky | Louisville | 1946 1963 |
1948 1973 |
Irregular air carrier in 1940s. Uncertificated carrier from 1963. Became Central American International | ||||
| Central American International | Kentucky | Louisville | 1973 | 1982 | Uncertificated carrier, follow on from Central American Airways. Became Trans International Airlines (1985–1989) | ||||
| Central Iowa Airlines | Iowa | Davenport | 1973 | 1973 | Operated DC-3[336] | ||||
| Central State Airlines | Ohio | Cleveland Shea Field | 1989 | 1990 | Operated BAe Jetstream[337] | ||||
| Centurion Air Cargo | Florida | WE | CWC | CHALLENGE CARGO | Miami | 1985 | 2018 | Formerly known as Challenge Air Cargo | |
| Century 2000 | 1971 | 1973 | [338] | ||||||
| Century Airlines | Michigan | Oakland County | 1973 | 1996 | Established as S.S. Airways[339] | ||||
| Century Airlines | California | Arcata–Eureka | 1977 | 1981 | Established as Six Rivers Air Service[340] | ||||
| Century Pacific Air Lines | California | Los Angeles | 1931 | 1932 | To American Airways[341] | ||||
| CF Air Freight | 1986 | 1989 | Established as Consolidated Freightways. Merged into Emery Worldwide[342] | ||||||
| CHA California Hawaiian | 1946 | 1962 | see California Hawaiian Airlines. | ||||||
| Chalk’s Flying Service | Florida | Miami | 1919 | 1936 | Renamed to Chalk's International Airlines Operated Stinson Voyager with floats[343] | ||||
| Chalk's International Airlines | Florida | BK | CHK | CHALKS | Miami Seaplane Base | 1996 | 1996 | Established as Red Arrow Flying Service in 1917 Operated DHC-7 Dash 7, Grumman Albatross, Grumman Mallard[344] | |
| Chalk’s Ocean Airways | Florida | OP | CHK | Miami | 1999 | 2005 | Renamed to Chalk's International Airlines Operated Beech 1900D, Grumman G-73 Mallard, Saab 340A[345] | ||
| Challenge Air Cargo | Florida | WE | CWC | CHALLENGE CARGO | Miami | 1985 | 2001 | Charter airline[346] | |
| Challenge Air International | Florida | VV | OFF | CHALLENGE AIR | Miami | 1984 | 1987 | Former Challenge International Airlines[347] | |
| Challenger Airlines (1946) | Utah | Salt Lake City | 1946 | 1946 | Utah intrastate airline, same parent company as Challenger Airlines | ||||
| Challenger Airlines | Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming, Salt Lake City, Denver | 1947 | 1950 | Merged with Monarch Air Lines and Arizona Airways to form Frontier Airlines (1950–1986) | ||||
| Champion Air | Minnesota | MG | CCP | CHAMPION AIR | Minneapolis–Saint Paul | 1995 | 2008 | Formed from MGM Grand Air | |
| Channel Air Lift | Hawaii | Honolulu | 1967 | 1969 | Went bankrupt[348] | ||||
| Chapman Air | EXR | EXPRESS COURIER | 1978 | 1985 | Renamed to Flight Express, Inc.[349] | ||||
| Chapparal Airlines | Texas | FC | CPL | CHAPPARAL | Abilene | 1975 | 1990 | Merged into Metro Airlines[350] | |
| Charter Air Transport | Ohio | VC | Cleveland Hopkins | 1997 | 2015 | Renamed to Via Airlines[351] | |||
| Charter Airlines | Florida | Gainesville | 1977 | 1979 | Established as Charterair Commuter Airline. Merged into Mackey International Airlines. Operated Convair 580[352] | ||||
| Charter One Airlines | Michigan | Detroit | 1980 | 1992 | Renamed to Spirit Airlines[353] | ||||
| Charterair Commuter Airlines | Florida | HO | CITRUS | Gainesville | 1977 | 1979 | Renamed to Charter Air Center[354] | ||
| Chatham Airlines | 1964 | 1970 | Established as Lemco Flying Services[355] | ||||||
| Chautauqua Airlines | Indiana | RP | CHQ | CHAUTAUQUA | Chicago O'Hare | 1973 | 2014 | To Shuttle America | |
| Cherokee Airlines | |||||||||
| Cherokee Airtaxi | Florida | CITRUS | Athens Ben Epps | 1968 | 1971 | [356] | |||
| Chesapeake Airways | Maryland | Salisbury–Ocean City | 1946 | 1965 | Merged into Metro Airlines[357] | ||||
| Chicago Air | Illinois | CH | CHGO | WILDONION | Chicago Midway | 1985 | 1986 | ||
| Chicago Airways | Illinois | Chicago O'Hare | 1959 | 1961 | [358] | ||||
| Chicago and Southern Air Lines | California | CS | CSA | Peoria Downing | 1933 | 1953 | As Pacific Seaboard Air Lines, rebranded Chicago and Southern Air Lines (1935), merged with Delta Air Lines | ||
| Chicago Express Airlines | Illinois | C8 | WDY | WINDY CITY | Chicago Midway | 1993 | 2005 | ||
| Chicago Helicopter Airways | Illinois | Chicago O'Hare | 1954 | 1965 | Established as Helicopter Air Service | ||||
| Chippewa Air Commuter | Michigan | CPW | CHIPPEWA-AIR | Manistee | 1977 | 1978 | [359] | ||
| Christiansen Air Service | Alaska | Anchorage | 1956 | 1956 | Acquired by Cordova Airlines[360] | ||||
| Christler Flying Services | New York | CHR | CHRISTLER | 1970 | 1979 | Aerial spraying[361] | |||
| Christler-Avery Aviation | Wyoming | Greybull | 1951 | 1961 | Founded by Mel Christler and Morris Avery. Operated B-18 Bolo, B-25 Mitchell, Northrop Delta[362] | ||||
| Christman Air System | Pennsylvania | SX | CAS | CHRISTMAN | Washington County | 1977 | 1991 | [363] | |
| Cimarron Aire | Oklahoma | CMN | McAlester | 2004 | 2006 | [364] | |||
| CitationAir | Connecticut | FIV | FIVE STAR | White Plains | 1998 | 2014 | [365] | ||
| CityLink Airlines | HSR | HOOSIER | 2001 | 2002 | [366] | ||||
| Clearwater Flying Service | Idaho | CFS | Orofino | 1977 | 1977 | Renamed to Empire Airlines[367] | |||
| Cleveland-Detroit Air Line | Ohio | Cleveland Hopkins | 1927 | 1928 | [368] | ||||
| Clifford Ball Airline | Pennsylvania | Bettis Field | 1927 | 1930 | Acquired by Pennsylvania Airlines[369] | ||||
| Clinton Aero | New York | SS | CVA | CLINCO | Plattsburgh | 1971 | 1984 | Merged with Air North to form Brockway Air[370] | |
| Club International | Washington | Boeing Field | 1971 | 1975 | Air travel club that preceded Aeroamerica | ||||
| Coastal Air | Georgia | Atlanta | 1975 | 1976 | Renamed to Southeastern Commuter Airlines[371] | ||||
| Coastal Air Freight | Operated Fokker Super Universal | ||||||||
| Coastal Air Lines | California | San Francisco | 1947 | 1962 | Began as Coastal Cargo.[372] Its certificate was taken over by Zantop Air Transport | ||||
| Coastal Airlines | Florida | St. Petersburg–Clearwater | 1968 | 1969 | [373] | ||||
| Coastal Airlines | Rhode Island | Warwick | 1983 | 1989 | Began as National Air[374] | ||||
| Coastal Airways | Washington | PN | SQV | COASTAL AIR | Sequim Valley | 1982 | 1992 | Operated commuter service[375] | |
| Coastal Plains Commuter | South Carolina | Hilton Head | 1978 | 1979 | [376] | ||||
| Cochise Airlines | Arizona | DP | Tucson | 1971 | 1982 | ||||
| Coker Airfreight | Texas | Dallas Fort Worth | 1969 | 1984 | Renamed to Skyfreighters. Operated DC-3[377] | ||||
| Coleman Air Transport | Illinois | Chicago Rockford | 1977 | 1980 | Founded by Philip Coleman.[378] | ||||
| Colgan Air | Tennessee | 9L | CJC | COLGAN | Memphis | 1991 | 2012 | Established an FBO (1965), flights began 1970, sold to Presidential Airways (1986), restarted as National Capital (1991), merged to Pinnacle Airlines | |
| Colonial Air Transport | New York | New York-LaGuardia | 1926 | 1930 | To American Airlines | ||||
| Colonial Airlines | New Jersey | New York-LaGuardia | 1928 | 1956 | Established as Canadian Colonial Airways, merged into Eastern Air Lines | ||||
| Colonial Western Airways | New York | Albany | 1927 | 1929 | [379] | ||||
| Colorado Airlines | Colorado | Crested Butte | 1977 | 1979 | Known as Crested Butte Air Service[380] | ||||
| Columbia Air | Virginia | Washington National | 1981 | 1982 | [381] | ||||
| Columbia Pacific Airlines | Washington | 7C | Seattle-Tacoma | 1977 | 2002 | Established as Execuair in 1971[382] | |||
| Columbus Airlines | Florida | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood | 1995 | 1996 | Established as Liberty Airways[383] | ||||
| Colvin Air Charter | Georgia | Athens Ben Epps | 1999 | 2004 | [384] | ||||
| Comair | Kentucky | OH | COM | COMAIR | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Orlando |
1977 | 2012 | Shut down by parent company Delta Air Lines | |
| Comair Jet Express | Kentucky | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky | 2000 | 2001 | Delta Air Lines subsidiary[385] | ||||
| Comanche Air | Washington | Ephrata | 2000 | 2001 | [386] | ||||
| Combs Airways | Colorado | Denver | 1957 | 1984 | Began as Combs Freightair[387] | ||||
| Command Air | North Dakota | 1966 | 1969 | Merged into Red Baron Airlines[388] | |||||
| Command Airways | New York | DD | CMD | COMMAND | Hudson Valley | 1965 | 1988 | Renamed to Flagship Airlines | |
| Commutair | Texas | Houston Bush | 1978 | 1980 | [389] | ||||
| Commutaire International Airways | Florida | Miami | 1976 | 1977 | [390] | ||||
| Commute Air | Washington | Spokane | 1967 | 1968 | [391] | ||||
| Commuter Airlines | New York | Greater Binghamton | 1964 | 1984 | Established as Broome County Aviation | ||||
| Commuter Airlines | Iowa | Sioux City | 1965 | 1971 | [392] | ||||
| Compass Airlines | Minnesota | CP | CPZ | COMPASS | Minneapolis–Saint Paul | 2006 | 2020 | Shutdown due to travel disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic | |
| Concord Airlines | New Jersey | 1970 | 1971 | Third-level services[393] | |||||
| Concord International Airlines | Florida | 1980 | 1982 | Established as Jet Freight Cargo[394] | |||||
| Connectair | California | CCR | CONNECTAIR | Santa Barbara | 1980 | 1984 | [395] | ||
| Conner Air Lines | Florida | CS | Miami | 1948 | 1992 | Operated C-46, DC-3, DC-6, DC-8 | |||
| Connie Kalitta Services | Michigan | CKS | CONNIE | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky | 1967 | 1984 | To American International Airways | ||
| Conquest Airlines | Texas | 5C | CAC | CONQUEST | San Antonio | 1986 | 1997 | Acquired by Air L.A.[396] | |
| Conquest Sun Airlines | Georgia | Atlanta | 1993 | 1994 | Renamed to AirTran Airways[397] | ||||
| Continental Air Services, Inc | Nevada | Los Angeles | 1965 | A subsidiary of Continental Airlines | |||||
| Continental Airlines | Texas | CO | COA | CONTINENTAL | Houston Bush | 1937 | 2010 | Merged into United Airlines | |
| Continental Charters | Florida | Miami | 1945 | 1954 | Irregular air carrier bankrupt 1954, then bought for $20 after which CAB refused to allow it to operate | ||||
| Continental Connection | Cleveland Hopkins | 2010 | Included Cape Air, Colgan Air, CommutAir and Silver Airways, merged with United Express | ||||||
| Continental Express | Texas | CO | Continental Express | Cleveland Hopkins | 1986 | 2010 | Operations absorbed by United Express on merger of parent companies | ||
| Continental Lite | Cleveland Hopkins | 1993 | 1995 | Airline within an airline, brand of Continental Airlines | |||||
| Continental Micronesia | Guam | CS | CMI | AIR MIKE | Guam | 1968 | 2010 | Founded as Air Micronesia. Subsidiary of Continental Airlines until 2010; subsidiary of UCH until 2017 when it was officially merged into United Airlines | |
| Continental Sky-Van | Texas | Dallas | 1946 | 1946 | irregular air carrier | ||||
| Continental West | Texas | CO | Los Angeles | 1985 | 1986 | New division of Texas Air Corporation[398] | |||
| Contract Air Cargo | Michigan | TSU | TRANSAUTO | Oakland County | 1983 | 2005 | Rebranded as Gulf and Caribbean Cargo | ||
| Cook Inlet Aviation | Alaska | CKA | COOK-AIR | Homer | 1989 | Renamed to Inlet Airlines[399] | |||
| Copper State Airlines | Arizona | ROD | ROADRUNNER | Douglas | 1980 | 1982 | [400] | ||
| Coral Air | United States Virgin Islands | VY | VYK | Saint Croix | 1980 | 1985 | Acquired the operation of Eastern Caribbean Airlines. Operated GAF Nomad, Embraer Bandeirante, Twin Otter[401] | ||
| Cordova Airlines | Alaska | Cordova | 1934 | 1968 | Acquired by Alaska Airlines[402] | ||||
| Coronado Flyers | California | 1975 | 1981 | Operated DC-3[403] | |||||
| Corporate Air Fleet | Tennessee | CTX | CATBIRD | Nashville | 1978 | 1998 | [404] | ||
| Corporate Airlines | Tennessee | 3C | CEA | CORP X | Smyrna | 1996 | 2007 | Renamed as Corporate Airlines in 1997. Changed name to RegionsAir in 2004.[405] | |
| Corporate Express Airlines | Tennessee | Nashville | 1996 | 1998 | Renamed to Corporate Airlines[406] | ||||
| Cortland Air Company | Ohio | Youngstown–Warren | 2003 | 2009 | [407] | ||||
| Cosmopolitan Airlines | New York | Republic | 1978 | 1980 | |||||
| Cromwell Air Lines | Texas | Dallas Love Field | 1929 | 1931 | Operated Stinson Aircraft Company[408] | ||||
| Cross Sound Commuter | Washington | Seattle–Tacoma | 1970 | 1974 | [409] | ||||
| Crown Airways | Pennsylvania | CRO | CROWN AIRWAYS | DuBois | 1969 | 1994 | Began as Allegheny Commuter, to Mesa Airlines | ||
| Cryderman Air Service | Michigan | Oakland County | 1977 | 1978 | [410] | ||||
| Crystal Air Aviation | California | Van Nuys | 2007 | 2012 | Renamed to Fuga Air Charter[411] | ||||
| Crystal Shamrock Airlines | Minnesota | CYT | CRYSTAL AIR | Minneapolis Crystal | 1972 | 1991 | |||
| Cumberland Airlines | Maryland | NQ | Greater Cumberland | 1969 | 1988 | Established as Nicholson Air Services[412] | |||
| Curtiss Flying Service | Massachusetts | Boston | 1929 | 1932 | Operated amphibious aircraft | ||||
| Curtiss Metropolitan Airplane Company | Florida | Miami-Opa Locka | 1921 | 1924 | Established as America Trans-Oceanic Company. Newspaper deliveries[413] | ||||
| Custom Air Transport | Florida | 5R | CTT | CATT | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood | 1985 | 2008 | ||
| Cutter Flying Service | New Mexico | Albuquerque | 1969 | 1969 | [414] | ||||
See also
- List of airlines of the United States
- List of airports in the United States
- List of defunct airlines of Guam
- List of defunct airlines of Puerto Rico
- List of defunct airlines of the United States Virgin Islands
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