List of largest airlines in North America
By passengers carried
This is a list of North America's largest passenger airlines in terms of enplaned passengers. Passenger numbers shown are inclusive of regional carriers operating under contract where applicable.

List of largest airlines in North America

Section Title: By passengers carried
Table Section Text: This is a list of North America's largest passenger airlines in terms of enplaned passengers. Passenger numbers shown are inclusive of regional carriers operating under contract where applicable.

Rank	Airline	Country	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	Ref

1	American Airlines	United States	203,745,000	199,640,000	198,714,575	201,249,127	197,340,801	193,739,825	107,806,578	106,013,737	105,163,576

2	Delta Air Lines	United States	192,465,271	186,382,771	183,741,787	179,382,874	171,350,030	164,659,644	164,571,529	163,838,348	162,614,714

3	Southwest Airlines	United States	163,605,833	157,677,218	151,740,357	144,574,882	135,767,188	133,155,030	133,978,100	135,274,464	106,227,521

4	United Airlines	United States	158,330,000	148,067,000	143,177,000	140,369,000	138,029,000	139,209,000	140,441,000	141,799,000	145,550,000

5	Air Canada	Canada	52,000,000	48,126,000	44,849,000	41,126,000	38,526,000	35,761,000	34,900,000	33,900,000	32,000,000

6	Alaska Airlines	United States	45,802,000	44,034,000	41,947,000	31,883,000	29,278,000	27,414,000	25,896,000	24,790,000	23,334,000

7	JetBlue Airways	United States	42,149,989	40,038,090	38,263,104	35,100,986	32,078,316	30,463,226	28,956,213	26,370,318	24,253,933

8	Spirit Airlines	United States	29,312,000	24,183,070	21,618,039	17,921,419	14,293,703	12,413,812	10,422,548	8,517,586	6,951,728

9	WestJet	Canada	25,491,290	24,137,477	21,951,463	20,281,376	19,651,977	18,485,144	17,423,000	16,041,000	15,174,000

10	Aeroméxico	Mexico	21,878,000	20,666,000	19,703,000	18,769,000	17,190,000	15,488,000	14,812,000	14,334,000	11,391,000

11	Frontier Airlines	United States	18,669,000	15,970,000	14,773,000	12,569,000	11,328,000	9,874,000	9,927,000	10,206,000	8,878,000

12	Volaris	Mexico	18,396,000	16,427,000	15,005,000	11,983,000	9,809,000	8,900,000	7,057,700	n/a	n/a

13	Interjet	Mexico	TBA	12,378,000	11,122,000	10,483,000	8,686,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

14	Allegiant Air	United States	13,606,103	12,138,146	11,003,864	9,355,097	8,017,442	7,103,366	6,591,707	6,175,808	5,903,184

15	Hawaiian Airlines	United States	11,840,178	11,505,324	11,050,911	10,672,667	10,195,145	9,935,743	9,484,204	8,666,319	8,424,288

16	VivaAerobus	Mexico	10,014,062	8,195,566	6,373,626	4,760,000	4,000,000	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

17	Sun Country Airlines	United States	2,089,000	2,062,000	1,793,000	1,851,000	1,576,000	1,439,000	1,228,000	1,106,000	928,000

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