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Top 25 Airline operators based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 316 airline operators headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 88,553 professional contacts across them, including 34,510 with verified work emails. Fort Lauderdale is the largest hub.

This list covers airline operators 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.

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316Companies
88,553Contacts tracked
34,510Verified emails
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The 25 largest airline operators based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 316 airline operators based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to airline operators: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceDallas-fort Worth, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+50,713 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Embark on an adventure with a commitment to service, excellence and humanity.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Partial evidenceDenver, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0005,488 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ: ULCC), we’re changing the way you fly.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Partial evidenceCarmel, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0003,829 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Republic Airways completed its merger with Mesa Airlines on Nov.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceSugar Land, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+2,348 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“PrimeFlight Aviation Services provides air carriers and airports with a wide range of aircraft, passenger, and security services to ensure the safe and reliable operation of their…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Partial evidenceMinneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,699 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We’re not your average airline.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidenceSalt Lake City, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,274 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Nice people, flying nice people, to nice places.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Partial evidenceBurlingame, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,150 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Excited to fly forward with Alaska Airlines.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Partial evidenceTulsa, OK, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000856 contacts →

Partial 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, 2026
9Partial evidenceWilmington, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000768 contacts →

Partial 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, 2026
10Partial evidenceRenton, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000698 contacts →

Partial 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, 2026
11Indirect evidenceErlanger, KY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,000548 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Comair – a Delta Connection Carrier and wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines – is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and operates 400 flights a day to approximately 70 cities…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Partial evidenceMemphis, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,000466 contacts →

Partial 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, 2026
13Indirect evidenceHollywood, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000441 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Silver Airways is a U.S.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Partial evidenceDfw Airport, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000334 contacts →

Partial evidence

“As the largest Part 135 cargo airline in the nation, we're always Delivering More Than Cargo.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Partial evidenceMiami, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000323 contacts →

Partial 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, 2026
16Partial evidenceMinneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000311 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Headquartered in Minneapolis, Compass Airlines is a leading regional airline operating on behalf of American Airlines (as American Eagle) and Delta Air Lines (as Delta Connection).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidenceAnn Arbor, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000308 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Avflight operates a network of strategically-located full-service FBOs across North America and Europe.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Indirect evidenceSan Marcos, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500247 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Berry Aviation, Inc.(BAI), a member of Acorn Growth Companies, is an FAA Part 135 Air Carrier established in 1983.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Partial evidenceAtlanta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500192 contacts →

Partial evidence

“For more than 40 years, TBI Airport Management has been a major private airport operator in the United States.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Indirect evidenceOntario, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200167 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We're not like a regular airport.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Partial evidenceSt. George, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a160 contacts →

Partial 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, 2026
22Partial evidenceHayden, ID, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500142 contacts →

Partial 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, 2026
23Partial evidenceNewark, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000137 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CHOICE Aviation Services is a privately held airline service company specializing in cargo and ground handling.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Indirect evidenceCincinnati, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500129 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) has been serving commercial passengers since 1947.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Indirect evidenceWilmington, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000112 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Airline operators based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
39.0%Verified-email coverage
280.2Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
4.1%Largest-city concentration · Fort Lauderdale
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
115
11-50
97
51-200
52
201-500
18
501-1,000
13
1,001-5,000
10
5,001-10,000
5
10001+
6

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 316 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 operators, 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 operators”. 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 operators), 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 operators, 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, 34,510 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
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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 operators, 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 operators are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 316 airline operators 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?

American Airlines, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most airline operators?

Fort Lauderdale leads with 13 headquartered companies, followed by Miami (11) and New York (9).

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 34,510 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 316 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.