# List of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 operators
## Airline operators

The List of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 operators lists the current operators of the aircraft, and any of its variants. As of June 2024, a total of 123 MD-80 aircraft (all variants) were in active service.
| Airline | Country | MD-81 | MD-82 | MD-83 | MD-87 | MD-88 | Total |
| Aeronaves TSM | Mexico | | 4 | 11 | | | 15 |
| Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela | Venezuela | | 2 | | | | 2 |
| African Express Airways | Kenya | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Albatros Airlines | Venezuela | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| ATA Airlines | Iran | | 1 | 7 | | | 8 |
| AVA Airlines | Iran | | | 1 | | | 1 |
| Canadian Airways Congo | DRC | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 |
| Caspian Airlines | Iran | | | 5 | | | 5 |
| Chadian Government | Chad | | | | 1 | | 1 |
| Chabahar Airlines | Iran | | 2 | 1 | | | 3 |
| Dana Air | Nigeria | | 1 | 4 | | | 5 |
| Erickson Aero Tanker | United States | | | | 7 | | 7 |
| Eswatini Government | Eswatini | | | | 1 | | 1 |
| Everts Air | United States | | 1 | 5 | | | 6 |
| Iran Air Tours | Iran | | 4 | 1 | 1 | | 6 |
| Kish Air | Iran | | 5 | 2 | | | 7 |
| LASER Airlines | Venezuela | 4 | 3 | 2 | | | 9 |
| Olympia Aviation | United States | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| RED Air | Dominican Rep. | | 3 | | | | 3 |
| RUTACA Airlines | Venezuela | | | 2 | | 2 | 4 |
| Taban Air | Iran | | | | | 5 | 5 |
| TezJet Air | Kyrgyzstan | | | 1 | | | 1 |
| USA Jet Airlines | United States | | | 1 | | 6 | 7 |
| Venezolana | Venezuela | | | 1 | | | 1 |
| World Atlantic Airlines | United States | | | 5 | | | 5 |
| Zagros Airlines | Iran | | 4 | 3 | | | 7 |
| Total | | 5 | 36 | 58 | 10 | 14 | 123 |

## Former operators

| Airline | MD-81 | MD-82 | MD-83 | MD-87 | MD-88 | Total |
| 1Time | | 3 | 5 | 3 | | 11 |
| AeroRepública | 5 | 3 | 4 | | | 12 |
| Aero Lloyd | | 2 | 16 | 4 | | 22 |
| Aeroméxico | | 18 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 53 |
| Aeroméxico Travel | | | 3 | | | 3 |
| Air Burkina | | | 1 | 2 | | 3 |
| Air Mali (2005) | | | 1 | 3 | | 4 |
| Air Sicilia | | | | 1 | | 1 |
| AirCal | 2 | 6 | | | | 8 |
| Airtours International | | | 14 | | | 14 |
| Alaska Airlines | | 13 | 35 | | | 48 |
| Allegiant Air | 13 | 2 | 49 | 4 | 6 | 74 |
| Alisarda | | 7 | | | | 7 |
| Alitalia | | 90 | | | | 90 |
| American Airlines | 8 | 270 | 108 | 5 | | 391 |
| Aserca Airlines | | 5 | 6 | | | 11 |
| Aurora Airlines | | 4 | | | | 4 |
| Austral Lineas Aereas | 4 | 1 | 13 | | 10 | 28 |
| Austrian Airlines | 6 | 15 | 3 | 5 | | 29 |
| Avianca | | | 18 | | | 18 |
| BlueSky Airlines | | | 1 | | | 1 |
| Bulgarian Air Charter | | 9 | | | | 9 |
| BWIA West Indies Airways | | 1 | 9 | | | 10 |
| China Northern Airlines | | 27 | | | | 27 |
| China Southern Airlines | | 23 | | | | 23 |
| Compass Airlines | | 3 | 2 | | | 5 |
| Continental Airlines | 5 | 61 | 4 | | | 70 |
| Crossair | | 1 | 11 | | | 12 |
| Danish Air Transport | | 1 | 1 | | | 2 |
| Delta Air Lines | | 22 | 8 | 1 | 120 | 151 |
| Dynamic International Airways | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Edelweiss Air | | | 3 | | | 3 |
| Falcon Air Express | | 1 | 9 | | | 10 |
| Far Eastern Air Transport | | 11 | 5 | | | 16 |
| Finnair | | 10 | 13 | 3 | | 26 |
| FlyCongo | | 3 | | | | 3 |
| Frontier Airlines | 5 | 15 | | | | 20 |
| GMG Airlines | | 2 | 1 | | | 3 |
| Hawaiian Airlines | 6 | | | | | 6 |
| Iberia | | | 1 | 24 | 14 | 39 |
| Insel Air | | 4 | 4 | | | 8 |
| Iran Air | | 5 | | | | 5 |
| ItAli Airlines | | 5 | | | | 5 |
| Japan Air System | 26 | | | 8 | | 34 |
| Japan Airlines | 11 | | | 8 | | 19 |
| Japan Airlines Domestic | 26 | | | 8 | | 34 |
| Kam Air | | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 4 |
| Korean Air | | 9 | 7 | | | 16 |
| Kulula.com | | 6 | | | | 6 |
| Lion Air | | 19 | 1 | | | 20 |
| Meridiana | | 9 | 9 | | | 18 |
| Midwest Airlines | 8 | 3 | | | 4 | 15 |
| Mineralogy | | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Muse Air | 2 | 6 | | | | 8 |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | | 5 | 3 | | | 8 |
| Northwest Airlines | | 9 | | | | 9 |
| One-Two-GO Airlines | | 6 | 1 | 2 | | 9 |
| Onur Air | | | 4 | | 5 | 9 |
| Orient Thai Airlines | 2 | 2 | | | | 4 |
| Pacific Southwest Airlines | 23 | 10 | | | | 4 |
| Paramount Airways | | | 4 | | | 4 |
| PAWA Dominicana | | 1 | 4 | 1 | | 6 |
| Perla Airlines | | | 2 | | | 2 |
| Reno Air | | 12 | 14 | 6 | | 32 |
| RwandAir | | 3 | | | | 3 |
| Saicus Air | | | | 1 | | 1 |
| Safair | 3 | 1 | 3 | | | 7 |
| SAM Colombia | | | 3 | | | 3 |
| SBA Airlines | | 2 | 2 | | | 4 |
| Scandinavian Airlines | 11 | 47 | 3 | 21 | | 82 |
| Spanair | 3 | 16 | 27 | 18 | | 64 |
| Spirit Airlines | 6 | 15 | 15 | 1 | | 37 |
| Swiftair | | 7 | | | | 7 |
| Swissair | 24 | 3 | 2 | | | 29 |
| Swiss International Air Lines | | 1 | 10 | | | 11 |
| TAC Airlines | | | 2 | | | 2 |
| Tarhan Tower Airlines | | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Transwede Airways | | 1 | 11 | 2 | | 14 |
| Trans World Airlines | 8 | 39 | 65 | | | 112 |
| United Airways | | | 5 | | | 5 |
| US Airways | 21 | 16 | | | | 31 |
| ValuJet Airlines | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | 5 |
| West Caribbean Airways | 1 | 2 | | | | 3 |
| Wings Air | | 15 | 1 | | | 16 |