Airline | State or territory | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hubs and focus cities | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes | |
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2000 | 2000 | Charter operator[1] | ||||||||
1966 | 1968 | Merged into Hood Airlines[2] | ||||||||
EX | DXP | DALLAS EXPRESS | 1994 | 1995 | Operated Beech 1300 Commuter[3] | |||||
1980 | 1981 | [4] | ||||||||
WI | IRV | 1981 | 1984 | Established as Air Irvine[5] | ||||||
1996 | 1996 | Acquired by Airnet Express. Delivery of documents[6] | ||||||||
1930 | 1930 | Operated Travel Air aircraft[7] | ||||||||
DJS | DAYJET | 2002 | 2008 | |||||||
1996 | 1998 | [8] | ||||||||
1962 | 1966 | Renamed Trans-Florida Airlines[9] | ||||||||
NSH | NORTH SHORE | 1987 | 2010 | Acquired by Landmark Aviation [10] | ||||||
1967 | 1967 | Commuter services[11] | ||||||||
1973 | 1975 | Renamed to Ryan Aviation[12] | ||||||||
DAA | DECUR | 1980 | 1981 | Acquired by Air Illinois[13] | ||||||
1970 | 1971 | [14] | ||||||||
1971 | 1993 | Renamed to Grant Aviation[15] | ||||||||
DL | DAL | DELTA | 1996 | 2003 | Replaced by Song; folded back into Delta Air Lines | |||||
DPJ | JET CARD | 2001 | 2020 | Merged with Wheels Up.[16] | ||||||
PC | POC | PAPA CHARLIE | 1967 | 1992 | Rebranded as Skyworld Airlines | |||||
1960 | 1968 | [17] | ||||||||
1968 | 1970 | |||||||||
1995 | 1996 | Merged to America West Express | ||||||||
1992 | 1993 | [18] | ||||||||
1950 | 1975 | Known as Alpena Flying Service[19] | ||||||||
1926 | 1926 | Operated Stout 2-AT Pullman[20] | ||||||||
1981 | 1983 | [21] | ||||||||
1979 | 2004 | Renamed Astar Air Cargo | ||||||||
ER | DHL | 1983 | 2003 | Rebranded as Astar Air Cargo | ||||||
SPK | SPARKLE | 1984 | 1985 | [22] | ||||||
UO | XAP | AIR DIRECT | 1980 | 1994 | Reorganized as Northern Star Airlines [23] | |||||
2006 | 2012 | |||||||||
1969 | 1969 | [24] | ||||||||
DCV | DISCOVER | 1999 | 2003 | [25] | ||||||
1996 | 2000 | Formed as Sky Trek International Air Lines | ||||||||
DH | DVA | DISCOVERY AIRWAYS | 1990 | 1990 | ||||||
1982 | 1983 | [26] | ||||||||
1969 | 1972 | Renamed to SkyWest Airlines[27] | ||||||||
1930 | 1932 | Renamed to Ludington Air Lines[28] | ||||||||
DV | FLAGSHIP | 1981 | 1984 | Acquired by Provincetown-Boston Airline[29] | ||||||
8U | IXX | ISLAND EXPRESS | 1994 | 2000 | [30] | |||||
1964 | 1982 | To Crown Air | ||||||||
1990s | 2006 | Merged into K2 Aviation[31] | ||||||||
1976 | 1977 | Briefly operated as Baltimore Airways[32] | ||||||||
1967 | 1969 | Air taxi flights[33] | ||||||||
1990 | 1999 | Air taxi operator[34] | ||||||||
1960 | 2007 | Commuter airline[35] | ||||||||
E7 | DOW | DOWNEAST EXPRESS | 1995 | 1997 | Renamed Northeast Airlines[36] | |||||
1972 | 1975 | Hourly service operated with float-equipped Piper Aztec[37] | ||||||||
DRE | MICHIGAN | 1989 | 1991 | Established as Michigan Airways[38] | ||||||
2D | DYA | DYNAMIC AIR | 2015 | 2018 | Established as Dynamic Airways[39] | |||||
V9 | VIK | 1969 | 1993 | Rebranded as Eagle Airlines[40] | ||||||
1985 | 1986 | Operated Piper Navajo[41] | ||||||||
1930 | 1930 | Scheduled passenger service[42] | ||||||||
V9 | VIK | 1993 | 1997 | Began as Eagle Air International[43] | ||||||
FE | TLO | TALON | 1969 | 1998 | Merged into Scenic Airlines[44] | |||||
ECA | EAGLEAIR | 1976 | 1986 | [45] | ||||||
1996 | 1998 | Grand Canyon tours[46] | ||||||||
1963 | 1970 | [47] | ||||||||
IN | EHA | AIR HAMPTON | 1978 | 1991 | Operated subservices for Pilgrim Airlines[48] | |||||
1950s | ||||||||||
EA | EAL | EASTERN | 1926 | 1991 | Established as Pitcairn Aviation | |||||
2015 | 2017 | Operated Boeing 737[49] | ||||||||
1961 | 1989 | To Trump Shuttle | ||||||||
EME | EMAIR | 1984 | 1991 | [50] | ||||||
1983 | 1984 | Renamed to Air Marc[51] | ||||||||
W9 | SGR | STINGER | 1995 | 1999 | ||||||
1972 | 1973 | [52] | ||||||||
1960 | 1965 | [53] | ||||||||
DV | 1978 | 1981 | Acquired by Mesaba Airlines[54] | |||||||
1975 | 1975 | Renamed to Trans Regional Airlines[55] | ||||||||
1980 | 1982 | [56] | ||||||||
Elite Airways | Maine | 7Q | MNU | MAINER | Portland, MaineVero Beach, Florida | 2014 | 2022 | |||
1936 | 1962 | To Alaska Coastal Airlines | ||||||||
OD | EFF | EMERALD | 1978 | 1991 | Established as Emerald Valley Airlines. To Braniff International Airlines, Inc. | |||||
EB | EWW | EMERY | 1946 | 2001 | ||||||
1946 | 1952 | Purchased by West Coast Airlines | ||||||||
UR | 1976 | 1986 | To Piedmont Airlines | |||||||
JKR | JOKER | 2004 | 2012 | |||||||
1964 | 1966 | Third level carrier[57] | ||||||||
LC | ROM | 2017 | 2019 | Passenger charter carrier[58] | ||||||
JSP | JETSPEED | 1988 | 1990 | Regional carrier connections to the Concorde[59] | ||||||
E0 | ESS | NEW DAWN | 2004 | 2009 | ||||||
7H | ERH | ERAH | 1948 | 2009 | Formed as Economy Helicopters, acquired by Frontier Alaska, renamed to Era Alaska now Ravn Alaska | |||||
1939 | 1946 | Renamed to Pioneer Airlines. Legal name of the carrier was Essair, Inc. | ||||||||
1956 | 1969 | Operated on behalf of West Coast Airlines[60] | ||||||||
1970 | 1979 | Renamed Air Pacific (United States) | ||||||||
EZ | EIA | EVERGREEN | 1975 | 2013 | See also Evergreen International Aviation | |||||
1960 | 2014 | Formed as Evergreen Helicopters, see also Evergreen International Airlines and Intermountain Aviation | ||||||||
1996 | 1999 | Renamed to Exec Air of Naples[61] | ||||||||
1984 | 1998 | See Lone Star Airlines | ||||||||
BH | AUS | 1974 | 1985 | Edtablished as US Aviation. Changed to AIR US in 1977. Became Execellaire in 1984.[62] | ||||||
1971 | 1977 | Renamed to Columbia Pacific Airlines[63] | ||||||||
1995 | 1995 | Executive charter and cargo carrier[64] | ||||||||
1964 | 1971 | [65] | ||||||||
EX | 1967 | 1973 | Established as National Executive Flight Service[66] | |||||||
1976 | 1977 | Established as Air Speed[67] | ||||||||
OW | EGF | EAGLE FLIGHT | 1986 | 2013 | Began as Executive Air Charter | |||||
YL | ORA | 1991 | 2003 | Began as Long Island Airlines[68] | ||||||
XSR | 1974 | 2018 | Rebranded Airshare[69] | |||||||
1983 | 1985 | Acquired by Unalakleet Air Taxi[70] | ||||||||
1961 | 1977 | Renamed to Air Oregon[71] | ||||||||
1977 | 1978 | Merged with Newport Aero to form EJA/Newport[72] | ||||||||
EJ | EJA | EXECJET | 1965 | 2007 | Established as Executive Jet Airways[73] | |||||
1968 | 1969 | Established as Yankee Airlines[74] | ||||||||
AAE | ARIZONA | 1997 | 2001 | [75] | ||||||
9E | FLG | FLAGSHIP | 1995 | 2002 | Renamed to Pinnacle Airlines[76] | |||||
EV | ASQ | ACEY | 1986 | 2022 | Commenced flights in 1987. Ceased flights in 2020 and briefly relaunched as aha! before liquidating in 2022.[77] | |||||
EO | LHN | LONGHORN | 1995 | 2002 | Renamed to Pinnacle Airlines then Endeavor Air[78] | |||||
XNA | EXPRESSNET | 1972 | 2008 | Formed as Transcontinental Airlines | ||||||
1965 | 1975 | Renamed Great Northern Airlines[79] | ||||||||
1955 | 1976 | Pax and cargo charters within Alaska[80] | ||||||||
1925 | 1926 | Operated Fokker F.III. Absorbed into Wien Alaska Airways[81] | ||||||||
FWY | 1969 | 1989 | Intrastate carrier[82] | |||||||
F2 | FAO | PANTHER | 1995 | 2015 | ||||||
1971 | 1979 | Operated Carvair[83] | ||||||||
1992 | 1992 | Never started operations | ||||||||
1968 | 1968 | [84] | ||||||||
1923 | 1924 | Ben Eielson first flight on a Curtiss Jenny JN-4D took place on 3 July 1923 [85] | ||||||||
FRW | 1984 | 1984 | Operated two leased NAMC YS-11[86] | |||||||
1999 | 2004 | Operated DHC Dash 7[87] | ||||||||
1948 | 1952 | Irregular pax services[88] | ||||||||
1949 | 1949 | Acquired by Wien Alaska Airlines[89] | ||||||||
1969 | 1969 | Daily commuter service between Concord and Boston[90] | ||||||||
FIE | FIESTA | 1971 | 1973 | [91] | ||||||
2003 | ||||||||||
FNX | FINEX | 1982 | 1984 | Subcontract carrier for Air Florida Commuter then renamed to Southern Express[92] | ||||||
1974 | 1974 | Founded by Gerald Mercer[93] | ||||||||
FB | FBF | FINE AIR | 1989 | 2002 | To Arrow Air | |||||
1982 | 1983 | Renamed to Regentair. All-first class service[94] | ||||||||
GP | GCS | GALION | 1989 | 2001 | Established as Galion Commuter Service. Became an Allegheny Commuter. Acquired by Midway Airlines and renamed to Midway Commuter[95] | |||||
FIV | FIVE STAR | 1985 | 1989 | Operated L-1011 TriStar[96] | ||||||
1991 | 1998 | Formed by the merger of Command Airways into Nashville Eagle, merged with Simmons Airlines and Wings West Airlines to form American Eagle Airlines | ||||||||
FSX | FLAG | 1991 | 1991 | Established as Rosenbalm Aviation[97] | ||||||
1967 | 1968 | Renamed to Fleet Airlines[98] | ||||||||
1967 | 1969 | [99] | ||||||||
1973 | 1983 | All-cargo carrier. Renamed to Cam Air International[100] | ||||||||
4Y | UYA | 2000 | 2004 | Established as Yute Air Alaska. Renamed to Yute Air[101] | ||||||
EXR | FLIGHT EXPRESS | 1985 | 2013 | Established as Chapman Air[102] | ||||||
FIV | FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL | 1984 | 1987 | [103] | ||||||
FLN | FAST LINE | 1985 | 1986 | Renamed to Southern Airways[104] | ||||||
FOI | 1979 | 1979 | Charter carrier. Acquired by Crow Executive Air[105] | |||||||
OPT | OPTIONS | 1999 | 1999 | [106] | ||||||
1953 | 1964 | Third level carrier [107] | ||||||||
1974 | 1975 | Commuter services[108] | ||||||||
1974 | 1975 | Established as Air Taxi[109] | ||||||||
1969 | 1981 | Established as Florida Air Taxi. Became Southern International Airways. Operated DC-3, Cessna 402[110] | ||||||||
1964 | 1968 | Renamed to Florida Airlines[111] | ||||||||
FE | 1960 | 1981 | ||||||||
1940 | 1940 | Charter carrier[112] | ||||||||
1923 | 1927 | |||||||||
1947 | 1949 | local service airline, originally Orlando Airlines[113] | ||||||||
1968 | 1970 | [114] | ||||||||
PA | FCL | FLORIDA COASTAL | 1995 | 2010 | ||||||
FCA | 1980 | 1981 | To Southern Airways | |||||||
ZO | FLX | FLEXAIR | 1983 | 1988 | Merged into Braniff (1983–1990) | |||||
HG | FWL | FLO WEST | 1989 | 1995 | Acquired by Florida West International Airways[115] | |||||
RF | FWL | FLO WEST | 1981 | 2017 | ||||||
1991 | 1997 | Merged into Air Midwest | ||||||||
F3 | SGB | SONGBIRD | 2008 | 2008 | [116] | |||||
2008 | 2012 | |||||||||
2005 | 2005 | Never started operations | ||||||||
1929 | 1929 | Acquired by Delta Air Service[117] | ||||||||
1966 | 1967 | Branch of Flying Tiger Lines. Contract to Military Airlift Command[118] | ||||||||
FT | FTL | TIGER | 1945 | 1989 | Merged into FedEx Express | |||||
1967 | 1972 | Subsidiary of Red Dodge Aviation[119] | ||||||||
F2 | FKS | FOCUS | 2004 | 2008 | ||||||
1989 | 2006 | Charter carrier[120] | ||||||||
1967 | 1977 | Third-level services[121] | ||||||||
1925 | 1932 | Merged with Stout Air Service[122] | ||||||||
SQH | SUSQUEHANNA | 1978 | 1979 | Renamed to Susquehanna Airways[123] | ||||||
1980 | 1981 | Established as Valley Airpark. Acquired by Air Link Corporation[124] | ||||||||
1979 | 1981 | Commuter carrier. PATCO strike caused the closing.[125] | ||||||||
1963 | 1967 | Scheduled air taxi services to Detroit[126] | ||||||||
FTW | FORT WORTH AIR | 1984 | 1985 | Went bankrupt[127] | ||||||
FSA | FOSTER-AIR | 1973 | 1984 | Was an FBO operator by Neal Foster[128] | ||||||
HK | FSC | FOUR STAR | 1982 | 2009 | Started in the United States Virgin Islands | |||||
1963 | 1965 | Operated de Havilland Dove. Merged into Air Wisconsin[129] | ||||||||
1929 | 1930 | Renamed to Martz Air Lines[130] | ||||||||
DN | LIBERTY | 1980 | 1984 | Subsidiary of Red Dodge Aviation[131] | ||||||
F8 | FRL | FREEDOM AIR | 2002 | 2010 | Shut down by parent company | |||||
1973 | 1974 | |||||||||
1948 | 1948 | [132] | ||||||||
4H | FAL | FRIENDSHIP | 1986 | 1989 | Established as Harold's Air Service. Resumed as Tanana Air Service in 1992[133] | |||||
1969 | 1998 | [134] | ||||||||
FL | FTA | FRONTIER | 1950 | 1986 | Went bankrupt; some operations absorbed by Continental Airlines | |||||
2008 | 2014 | [135] | ||||||||
2011 | 2013 | Operated by Chautauqua Airlines[136] | ||||||||
1950 | 2014 | |||||||||
FL | FLH | MILE HIGH | 1983 | 1986 | ||||||
1996 | 2001 | Operated for Carnival Cruise Lines[137] | ||||||||
1993 | 1994 | Operated Boeing 727-200[138] | ||||||||
1962 | 1962 | [139] | ||||||||
1968 | 1969 | Commuter services. Operated Douglas DC-3[140] | ||||||||
9G | GAL | GALAXY | 1978 | 1987 | ||||||
GAS | GALENA AIR SERVICE | 1986 | 1989 | Acquired by Hermen’s Air[141] | ||||||
1968 | 1969 | Renamed to Mississippi Valley Airways[142] | ||||||||
GS | 1978 | 1980 | Merged with Air Pacific (United States) to become Golden Gate Airlines | |||||||
GR | GCO | GEMINI | 1995 | 2008 | ||||||
1934 | 1934 | Renamed to Western Air Express[143] | ||||||||
GNL | GENERAL | 1978 | 1979 | Established as General Aviation Service[144] | ||||||
1995 | 2008 | |||||||||
1970 | 1972 | [145] | ||||||||
GS | 1978 | 1979 | [146] | |||||||
LI | NMI | TSUNAMI | 2008 | 2013 | A Pacific Wings subsidiary | |||||
1982 | 1986 | Operated CV-580[147] | ||||||||
1932 | 1932 | [148] | ||||||||
1961 | 1979 | All-cargo commuter[149] | ||||||||
1931 | 1934 | Renamed to C&G Air Lines[150] | ||||||||
2015 | 2017 | [151] | ||||||||
GX | GAX | GLOBAL | 1981 | 1984 | ||||||
1981 | 1985 | Operating name of Aircraft Specialities of Mesa Airlines[152] | ||||||||
1945 | 1948 | [153] | ||||||||
YV | ASH | AIR SHUTTLE | 2006 | 2014 | ||||||
2009 | 2012 | |||||||||
1971 | 1977 | Established as Ron Clark Enterprises. Renamed to Go Air[154] | ||||||||
GMR | EXPEDITOR | 1981 | 1982 | [155] | ||||||
1966 | 1967 | Renamed to Gold Coast Airways[156] | ||||||||
1967 | 1969 | Acquired by Executive Airlines[157] | ||||||||
GDD | GOLDEN AIRLINES | 1999 | 1999 | [158] | ||||||
1980 | 1983 | Established as Ancar Aviation[159] | ||||||||
1979 | 1980 | [160] | ||||||||
GEL | GOLDEN EAGLE | 1978 | 1979 | Absorbed by WestAir Airlines[161] | ||||||
GG | 1980 | 1981 | Merged with Swift Aire Lines | |||||||
1960 | 1962 | [162] | ||||||||
1960 | 1960 | Operated de Havilland Dove[163] | ||||||||
1947 | 1949 | Operated C-46[164] | ||||||||
1982 | 2001 | [165] | ||||||||
1969 | 1973 | |||||||||
YB | GPA | GOLD PAC | 1981 | 1989 | ||||||
1979 | 1979 | [166] | ||||||||
GW | GOL | GOLDEN STATE | 1955 | 1987 | [167] | |||||
GSC | GOLDEN STATE | 1979 | 1985 | [168] | ||||||
1982 | 1982 | [169] | ||||||||
GW | GWA | GOLDEN WEST | 1967 | 1983 | ||||||
1968 | 1969 | [170] | ||||||||
1968 | 1968 | [171] | ||||||||
1959 | 1959 | [172] | ||||||||
1984 | 2000 | Founded by John Gordon. Renamed to Ultimate Jetcharters[173] | ||||||||
1929 | 1935 | Founded by Vern C. Gorst[174] | ||||||||
GPE | REGIONAL EXPRESS | 1975 | 1996 | |||||||
1932 | 1935 | [175] | ||||||||
GAE | GRAND EXPRESS | 1985 | 2003 | |||||||
QD | GNV | GRAND VEGAS | 1980 | 1996 | ||||||
1975 | 1975 | Scheduled airmail carrier[176] | ||||||||
1992 | 1995 | Charters and scenic flights[177] | ||||||||
WS | WSA | 1994 | 1995 | [178] | ||||||
MV | GRA | GREAT AMERICAN | 1979 | 1997 | ||||||
1996 | 1996 | Operated ATL-98 Carvair[179] | ||||||||
1946 | 1962 | [180] | ||||||||
ZK | GLA | LAKES AIR | 1979 | 2018 | Formerly Spirit Lake Airways | |||||
1972 | 1974 | Acquired by Skystream Airlines[181] | ||||||||
1975 | 1982 | Established as Fairbanks Air Service | ||||||||
ZN | 1977 | 1979 | Established as Trinity Airlines[182] | |||||||
ZO | OZR | OZARK | 2001 | 2004 | ||||||
1995 | 1995 | [183] | ||||||||
1980 | 1981 | [184] | ||||||||
1988 | 1989 | Cargo carrier[185] | ||||||||
GWA | G-W AIR | 1994 | 1994 | [186] | ||||||
DQ | GWS | GREAT WESTERN | 1975 | 1979 | Scheduled mail and freight services operating Beech 18[187] | |||||
1990 | 1990 | Operated Cessna P210R[188] | ||||||||
1982 | 1988 | Operated Embraer Bandeirante. Renamed to Air LA[189] | ||||||||
1995 | 2001 | Operated DHC-4 Caribou[190] | ||||||||
HE | GBA | 1965 | 1981 | [191] | ||||||
GRH | GREEN HILLS | 1978 | 1987 | [192] | ||||||
1979 | 1980 | Operated Cessna 402[193] | ||||||||
1939 | 1969 | Commuter carrier. Operated Cessna 172[194] | ||||||||
1928 | 1929 | Sightseeing service. Operated Ford Trimotor[195] | ||||||||
1973 | 1975 | Summer schedule service to Isle Royale[196] | ||||||||
1972 | 1974 | Air taxi operator [197] | ||||||||
1979 | 1989 | Renamed to Trans Ocean Airways[198] | ||||||||
QG | GAT | GULFTRANS | 1979 | 1989 | Renamed to Trans Ocean Airways | |||||
8G | TSU | 2004 | 2009 | [199] | ||||||
BJ | GCN | GULF CENTRAL | 1981 | 1984 | Established as Devoe Airlines[200] | |||||
GFC | GULF COAST | 1971 | 1975 | Renamed to Coastal Airways[201] | ||||||
GFS | GULFSTAR | 1971 | 1975 | [202] | ||||||
3M | GFT | GULF FLIGHT | 1990 | 2010 | Now Silver Airways | |||||
1963 | 1997 | Operated Cessna 185 Skywagon, Cessna 206, Cessna 402[203] | ||||||||
JI | 1975 | 1987 | Founded by Robert Welch[204] | |||||||
GUL | GULL-AIR | 1982 | 1987 | Was an Air Florida Commuter[205] | ||||||
GK | GAM | GUY AMERICA | 1981 | 1984 | See also American Overseas Airlines | |||||
1980 | 1981 | Renamed to Terre Haute Air Commuter[206] | ||||||||
H6 | HAG | HAGELAND | 1981 | 2008 | Merged with Frontier Alaska | |||||
1984 | 1984 | Merged into Sunbird Airlines[207] | ||||||||
7A | 1986 | 2000 | Founded by Reg Radcliffe. Operated Piper PA-32[208] | |||||||
1977 | 1985 | Operated Piper Navajo, Twin Otter[209] | ||||||||
1936 | 1937 | Operated Stinson Reliant[210] | ||||||||
1937 | 1937 | Established as Hanford Tri-State Airlines[211] | ||||||||
1973 | 1973 | Founded by James Ruscoe. Operated Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation[212] | ||||||||
HB | HAR | HARBOR | 1971 | 2001 | ||||||
HAS | HAROLDS | 1974 | 1986 | Renamed to Friendship Air Alaska[213] | ||||||
1965 | 1970 | Renamed to Pennsylvania Commuter Airlines[214] | ||||||||
1966 | 1966 | Operated Aero Commander 500[215] | ||||||||
1966 | 1969 | Operated Beechcraft King Air[216] | ||||||||
1946 | 1950 | Operated Beechcraft D-18[217] | ||||||||
RES | RESORT | 1953 | 1979 | Absorbed Resort Airways in 1967. Operated de Havilland Dove[218] | ||||||
HW | HCA | HAVASU | 1963 | 1987 | Subsidiary of Nicholson Air Service and Cumberland Airlines[219] | |||||
1982 | 1984 | [220] | ||||||||
1992 | 1992 | Scenic tours[221] | ||||||||
1968 | 1968 | Third level services. Operated Twin Otter[222] | ||||||||
1973 | 1995 | Operated Carvair[223] | ||||||||
1992 | 1992 | Scenic tours[224] | ||||||||
HP | 1992 | 1992 | Established as Alii Air Hawaii[225] | |||||||
1974 | 1974 | Operated DC-3[226] | ||||||||
HKI | HAWKEYE | 1991 | 2009 | [227] | ||||||
1989 | 2006 | Aerial firefighting. Operated Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer and Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar[228] | ||||||||
1964 | 1969 | Renamed to Nevada Airlines[229] | ||||||||
1998 | 2001 | Never started operations | ||||||||
1949 | 1956 | Renamed to Chicago Helicopter Airways[230] | ||||||||
1946 | 1997 | Aerial firefighting. Operated Boeing KC-97L, PBY Catalina, C-119C[231] | ||||||||
1950 | 1955 | Renamed to North American Airlines[232] | ||||||||
1965 | 1968 | Operated Cessna 337 and Cessna 210[233] | ||||||||
1944 | 1978 | [234] | ||||||||
PI | HNA | 1962 | 1993 | Rebranded as Piedmont Airlines | ||||||
HNA | HENSON | 1967 | 1979 | [235] | ||||||
2E | HRM | HERMENS | 1974 | 1990 | Established as Galena Air Service[236] | |||||
HUS | HEUSSLER | 1977 | 1994 | Air taxi[237] | ||||||
HGA | HOGAN AIR | 1989 | 1998 | Renamed to Miami Valley Aviation[238] | ||||||
1956 | 1956 | Operated de Havilland Dove[239] | ||||||||
HD | HOL | HOLIDAY | 1965 | 1975 | Operated de Havilland Dove | |||||
1970 | 1970 | Known as Catskill Holiday Airlines. Operated Beech 99[240] | ||||||||
1979 | 1989 | Owned subsidiary of Clinton Industries[241] | ||||||||
1988 | 1990 | Renamed to Pacific Coast Airline[242] | ||||||||
1988 | 1990 | Operated Beech 18[243] | ||||||||
1964 | 1970 | Acquired by Rio Airways. Operated Beech 99[244] | ||||||||
H1 | 2003 | 2006 | Shut down by parent company | |||||||
HPJ | HOPA-JET | 1999 | 1999 | [245] | ||||||
QXE | HORIZON AIR | 1964 | 1970 | Operated Piper Navajo and Piper Apache[246] | ||||||
1969 | 1976 | Renamed to Air Missouri[247] | ||||||||
1978 | 1979 | Renamed to Kahili Airlines[248] | ||||||||
1967 | 1967 | [249] | ||||||||
1968 | 1968 | [250] | ||||||||
1969 | 1993 | Renamed Metro Airlines | ||||||||
7H | 1983 | 1985 | [251] | |||||||
HUB | HUB | 1968 | 1974 | Acquired Commuter Airlines. Operated Beech 99[252] [253] | ||||||
1964 | 1976 | Operated Cessna 195, Cherokee Six, Piper PA-22[254] | ||||||||
1919 | 1920 | On 3 March 1919 a B & W Seaplane made the first international US airmail flight [255] [256] | ||||||||
1947 | 2010 | Renamed to Sheldon Air Services[257] | ||||||||
RW | HUGHES-AIR | 1968 | 1980 | To Republic Airlines | ||||||
1990s | 1990s | Air taxi[258] | ||||||||
1968 | 1975 | Established as Hulman Field Aviation. Operated Cessna 310[259] | ||||||||
1959 | 1968 | Renamed to Hulman Airlines[260] | ||||||||
YB | HAN | AIR HYANNIS | 1977 | 1977 | [261] | |||||
Florida | WQ | SWQ | SWIFTFLIGHT | 1997 | 2024 | Founded as Swift Air. Went bankrupt.[262] | ||||
1978 | 1992 | Operated Boeing 727-100[263] | ||||||||
1984 | 1988 | No flights | ||||||||
1956 | 1957 | Merged with Taxi Air Group to form TAG Airlines[264] | ||||||||
1969 | 1972 | Renamed to Air Illinois. Intrastate scheduled-service carrier[265] | ||||||||
IMG | 2004 | 2018 | [266] | |||||||
II | IMP | 1964 | 1986 | Founded as Visco Flyging Service[267] | ||||||
PNX | PHOENIX | 1960 | 1961 | Established as Regina Cargo Airlines. Operated Curtiss C-46[268] | ||||||
1967 | 1968 | Operated Beech 18, Beech Bonanza[269] | ||||||||
PNX | PHOENIX | 1981 | 1992 | [270] | ||||||
DH | IDE | INDEPENDENCE | 1989 | 2006 | Formed as Atlantic Coast Airlines | |||||
ID | IDN | INDEPENDENT | 1966 | 1990 | Founded as Atlanta Skylarks[271] | |||||
1985 | 1985 | Established as C&M Airlines[272] | ||||||||
WY | INA | INDI-AIR | 1978 | 1980 | [273] | |||||
I9 | IBU | INDIGO BLUE | 1999 | 2001 | ||||||
1945 | 1946 | Trans-Pacific freight carrier. Renamed to Pacific Overseas Airlines. Operated C-54 Skymaster.[274] | ||||||||
1960s | 1960s | Established as Four Winds. Operated Convair 880. Charter carrier [275] | ||||||||
1930 | 1952 | Incorporated under Western brand [276] | ||||||||
7N | 1996 | 2009 | [277] | |||||||
CC | IEA | INLAND EMPIRE | 1978 | 1981 | Acquired by Air Chaparral | |||||
1989 | 1999 | Founded by Dennis Rothberg. Established as Cook Inlet Aviation. Operated Piper Cherokee[278] | ||||||||
1930 | 1930 | Acquired by Alaska-Washington Airways. Operated Stinson Detroiter, Lockheed Vega[279] | ||||||||
1932 | 1933 | Operated Travel Air 6000[280] | ||||||||
UGL | UGLY VAN | 1990 | 1991 | [281] | ||||||
1929 | 1941 | Renamed to Hawaiian Airlines[282] | ||||||||
ICA | INTERCOASTAL | 1986 | 1989 | Operated C-117D[283] | ||||||
IL | 1977 | 1981 | Operated Boeing 707-321C, Douglas DC-8-33[284] | |||||||
1960 | 1966 | Operated Carvair, DC-4[285] | ||||||||
1965 | 1968 | Third-level services. Affiliate of Interior Airways[286] | ||||||||
1946 | 1972 | To Alaska International Air | ||||||||
1978 | 1978 | To ExpressJet Airlines[287] | ||||||||
IMA | INTER MOUNTAIN | 1969 | 1975 | CIA front acquired by Evergreen[288] | ||||||
1974 | 1975 | All-cargo operator[289] | ||||||||
1980 | 1985 | [290] | ||||||||
1997 | 2000 | Established as T & G Aviation. Aerial firefighting[291] | ||||||||
1965 | 1970 | Operated Cessna 180[292] | ||||||||
1980 | 1983 | Affiliated with Wien Air Alaska[293] | ||||||||
1928 | 1931 | Operated Lockheed Vega. First US operator[294] | ||||||||
1961 | 1966 | Supplemental carrier[295] | ||||||||
1966 | 1967 | Operated Douglas DC-7[296] | ||||||||
1972 | 1975 | Renamed Trans Continental Airlines[297] | ||||||||
2C | 1989 | 1994 | Merged into ATI – Air Transport International | |||||||
ICX | INTEX | 1988 | 1994 | [298] | ||||||
IPX | SPEED PACK | 1986 | 1988 | [299] | ||||||
1968 | 1974 | [300] | ||||||||
1928 | 1930 | [301] | ||||||||
1966 | 1968 | Third-level carrier. Operated Cherokee Six[302] | ||||||||
8C | INT | INTER-FLIGHT | 1978 | 1986 | Established as Air Traffic Service Corp.[303] | |||||
1968 | 1968 | Charter carrier. Operated DC-3[304] | ||||||||
1974 | 1975 | Scheduled all-cargo services[305] | ||||||||
JT | IOA | IOWA AIR | 1985 | 1994 | Agreement with Midway Airlines. Operated Embraer Bandeirante[306] [307] | |||||
1933 | 1949 | Renamed to Mid-West Airlines[308] | ||||||||
1932 | 1932 | [309] | ||||||||
1970 | 1970 | Established as Island Sky Ferries. To form Puget Sound Airlines[310] | ||||||||
1971 | 1972 | [311] | ||||||||
1976 | 1976 | Operated DC-3[312] | ||||||||
WP | MKU | MOKU | 1980 | 2017 | Established as Princeville Airways[313] | |||||
WS | 1984 | 1984 | Successor to Trans East International[314] | |||||||
ILF | 1986 | 2006 | [315] | |||||||
1945 | 1953 | Shuttle between JFK and LGA. Operated DC-3, Noorduyn Norseman[316] | ||||||||
1929 | 1979 | [317] | ||||||||
1932 | 1932 | Acquired by Maine Air Transport[318] | ||||||||
1934 | 1934 | Operated six Fairchild 71 | ||||||||
1962 | 1962 | Established as Sky Tours[319] | ||||||||
IS | ISA | ISLAND | 1991 | 2015 | [320] | |||||
ACH | 1960 | 2002 | Operated Convair 440[321] | |||||||
1975 | 2006 | [322] | ||||||||
2S | SDY | SANDY ISLE | 1996 | 2006 | [323] | |||||
1994 | 1994 | Renamed to Mahalo Air[324] | ||||||||
1968 | 1977 | Scheduled services to Manhattan[325] | ||||||||
1966 | 1979 | Scheduled commuter services. Operated Cessna 206[326] | ||||||||
PCR | PACAIR | 1975 | 1977 | [327] | ||||||
1948 | 1950 | Established as Orcas Island Air Service. Operated Lockheed Model 10 Electra[328] | ||||||||
1965 | 1965 | Operated Grumman Mallard[329] | ||||||||
1973 | 1975 | Summer schedule[330] | ||||||||
ITR | OUTBACK | 1984 | 1985 | Assumed the Frontier Commuter operations[331] |