Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Airline companies based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 197 airline companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 144,732 professional contacts across them, including 62,189 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers airline companies headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest airline companies based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 61,996 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “This is the story of airline that leads the industry from ground to clouds.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 50,713 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Embark on an adventure with a commitment to service, excellence and humanity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 14,754 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “JetBlue, New York's Hometown Airline, was born at JFK in with the mission of bringing humanity back to air travel, and is now a leading carrier in NYC, Boston, Fort Lauderdale…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 5,488 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ: ULCC), we’re changing the way you fly.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,699 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We’re not your average airline.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 1,274 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nice people, flying nice people, to nice places.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 856 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “From our start in 1993, we built our airline on reliability - in our exceptional fleet, in our precise operations and, most of all, in our people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 768 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ATI is a US passenger and cargo airline headquartered in Wilmington, Ohio with maintenance bases in across the US and world-wide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 698 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “As part of Alaska Air Group, we support Alaska Airlines, the nation's fifth-largest airline, and other respected carriers across North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 466 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Pinnacle Airlines Corp.(NASDAQ: PNCL), an airline holding company, is the parent company of three wholly-owned operating subsidiaries: Pinnacle Airlines, Inc, Colgan Air, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 441 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Silver Airways is a U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 323 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Global Crossing Airlines (OTCQB: JETMF | JET: Cboe) is a US 121 domestic flag and supplemental airline flying the Airbus A320 family aircraft.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 160 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “SkyWest Airlines operates through partnerships with United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Alaska Airlines carrying over 40 million passengers in 2022.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 142 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Aviation Business Demands Excellence & Innovation It demands a company like Empire Airlines - a company that combines a passion for aviation, service, reliability and safety…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 137 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “CHOICE Aviation Services is a privately held airline service company specializing in cargo and ground handling.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “LSG Sky Chefs LLC is a management consulting company based out of Auburn, WA, USA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Bahamasair Holding LTD is an Airlines/Aviation company located in Palm Beach Intl Airport, West Palm Beach, FL, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Sterling Airways is a Part 121 scheduled airline based in Orlando, Florida, and led by a team of experienced airline professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Solutions Air is a full level FAA-certified Air carrier providing first class, premium air travel options to businesses and individuals in Central Indiana, and throughout the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mint Air is an international aviation holding company that buys aircraft in the after-market and leases them to Part 135 charter operators.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mercury was founded in 1956 by three members of the legendary First American Volunteer Group (AVG) Flying Tigers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) is the fastest growing Airline in Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Mandus Group is an Airlines/Aviation company located in P.O.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: airline companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names airline companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of airline companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name airline companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Airline companies based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 197 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among airline companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “airline companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names airline companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among airline companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 62,189 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names airline companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many airline companies are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 197 airline companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
United Airlines, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most airline companies?
New York leads with 9 headquartered companies, followed by Fort Lauderdale (6) and Miami (6).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 62,189 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 197 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.