Busiest airlines

41,867 flights, Southwest Airlines (WN)

The busiest airline over the 10 days to 2 November 2026 was Southwest Airlines (WN), with 41,867 flights.

24 October – 2 November 2026 Source: www.airportia.com/statistics/busiest-airlines/

Period: 24 October – 2 November 2026 (UTC). Data calculated on 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC. In the average departure delay, early and cancelled flights count as 0. How we calculate this

Top 15 airlines by flights
Busiest airlines: top 15, flights24 October – 2 November 2026. Source: Airportia.1. Southwest Airlines (WN): 41,867 (41,867 flights)1. Southwest Airlines (WN)41,8672. American Airlines (AA): 38,197 (38,197 flights)2. American Airlines (AA)38,1973. Delta Air Lines (DL): 35,098 (35,098 flights)3. Delta Air Lines (DL)35,0984. Ryanair (FR): 35,092 (35,092 flights)4. Ryanair (FR)35,0925. United Airlines (UA): 33,777 (33,777 flights)5. United Airlines (UA)33,7776. SkyWest Airlines (OO): 25,758 (25,758 flights)6. SkyWest Airlines (OO)25,7587. China Eastern Airlines (MU): 21,877 (21,877 flights)7. China Eastern Airlines (MU)21,8778. China Southern Airlines (CZ): 20,753 (20,753 flights)8. China Southern Airlines (CZ)20,7539. IndiGo Airlines (6E): 19,807 (19,807 flights)9. IndiGo Airlines (6E)19,80710. LATAM Airlines (LA): 17,364 (17,364 flights)10. LATAM Airlines (LA)17,36411. Air China (CA): 14,613 (14,613 flights)11. Air China (CA)14,61312. Turkish Airlines (TK): 12,716 (12,716 flights)12. Turkish Airlines (TK)12,71613. easyJet (U2): 12,067 (12,067 flights)13. easyJet (U2)12,06714. Alaska Airlines (AS): 11,384 (11,384 flights)14. Alaska Airlines (AS)11,38415. Envoy Air (MQ): 10,639 (10,639 flights)15. Envoy Air (MQ)10,639

Every airline with at least one flight in the period and reported departure times is included.

Full ranking: 789 airlines

The first 100 are shown here; the CSV has all 789.

# Airline Country Flights Avg departure delay Cancelled Flights
1 Southwest Airlines (WN) United States United States 41,867 28.0 min 0.2% 41,867
2 American Airlines (AA) United States United States 38,197 32.9 min 1.3% 38,197
3 Delta Air Lines (DL) United States United States 35,098 18.8 min 0.4% 35,098
4 Ryanair (FR) Ireland Ireland 35,092 25.9 min 0.0% 35,092
5 United Airlines (UA) United States United States 33,777 25.3 min 0.8% 33,777
6 SkyWest Airlines (OO) United States United States 25,758 29.5 min 0.1% 25,758
7 China Eastern Airlines (MU) China China 21,877 13.3 min 3.0% 21,877
8 China Southern Airlines (CZ) China China 20,753 13.1 min 0.4% 20,753
9 IndiGo Airlines (6E) India India 19,807 21.3 min 1.0% 19,807
10 LATAM Airlines (LA) Chile Chile 17,364 18.4 min 1.4% 17,364
11 Air China (CA) China China 14,613 13.9 min 1.5% 14,613
12 Turkish Airlines (TK) Turkey Turkey 12,716 22.9 min 1.3% 12,716
13 easyJet (U2) United Kingdom United Kingdom 12,067 24.4 min 1.6% 12,067
14 Alaska Airlines (AS) United States United States 11,384 20.9 min 1.3% 11,384
15 Envoy Air (MQ) United States United States 10,639 25.2 min 0.1% 10,639
16 Air Canada (AC) Canada Canada 10,193 16.2 min 2.8% 10,193
17 Lufthansa (LH) Germany Germany 9,600 21.4 min 0.3% 9,600
18 AirAsia (AK) Malaysia Malaysia 9,262 14.3 min 0.4% 9,262
19 Japan Airlines (JL) Japan Japan 9,007 21.2 min 0.7% 9,007
20 All Nippon Airways (NH) Japan Japan 8,729 21.7 min 0.6% 8,729
21 JetBlue Airways (B6) United States United States 8,596 28.1 min 0.7% 8,596
22 LATAM Airlines Brasil (JJ) Brazil Brazil 8,401 19.9 min 0.0% 8,401
23 Azul Brazilian Airlines (AD) Brazil Brazil 8,015 17.1 min 2.8% 8,015
24 Air New Zealand (NZ) New Zealand New Zealand 8,003 20.2 min 2.6% 8,003
25 Endeavor Air (9E) United States United States 7,813 19.0 min 0.0% 7,813
26 SAS (SK) Norway Norway 7,665 13.0 min 0.9% 7,665
27 PSA Airlines (OH) United States United States 7,645 26.6 min 0.0% 7,645
28 British Airways (BA) United Kingdom United Kingdom 7,615 32.5 min 1.8% 7,615
29 Avianca (AV) Colombia Colombia 7,597 18.6 min 2.7% 7,597
30 easyJet Europe (EC) Austria Austria 7,508 23.3 min 0.1% 7,508
31 KLM (KL) Netherlands Netherlands 7,442 21.6 min 4.6% 7,442
32 Pegasus Airlines (PC) Turkey Turkey 7,148 27.3 min 0.5% 7,148
33 Emirates (EK) United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 7,043 30.7 min 1.1% 7,043
34 Republic Airlines (YX) United States United States 6,909 6.4 min 0.0% 6,909
35 Hainan Airlines (HU) China China 6,584 10.3 min 5.5% 6,584
36 Shenzhen Airlines (ZH) China China 6,549 10.9 min 4.4% 6,549
37 Qatar Airways (QR) Qatar Qatar 6,489 26.7 min 0.4% 6,489
38 Spring Airlines (9C) China China 6,394 20.8 min 0.4% 6,394
39 Aeroflot (SU) Russia Russia 6,260 37.4 min 3.5% 6,260
40 GOL Transportes Aeros (G3) Brazil Brazil 6,255 17.3 min 0.4% 6,255
41 Frontier Airlines (F9) United States United States 6,254 31.6 min 0.1% 6,254
42 Air France (AF) France France 6,215 24.7 min 0.6% 6,215
43 Sichuan Airlines (3U) China China 5,965 10.3 min 2.2% 5,965
44 Air India (AI) India India 5,876 26.6 min 1.1% 5,876
45 Xiamen Airlines (MF) China China 5,874 10.8 min 6.6% 5,874
46 Vueling (VY) Spain Spain 5,818 19.9 min 0.0% 5,818
47 Eurowings (EW) Germany Germany 5,695 20.9 min 0.2% 5,695
48 Ethiopian Airlines (ET) Ethiopia Ethiopia 5,671 26.0 min 0.5% 5,671
49 Shandong Airlines (SC) China China 5,659 9.9 min 1.3% 5,659
50 Wizz Air Malta (W4) Malta Malta 5,272 22.8 min 0.0% 5,272
51 Qantas (QF) Australia Australia 5,256 23.6 min 2.5% 5,256
52 Wizz Air (W6) Hungary Hungary 5,211 18.4 min 0.1% 5,211
53 Volaris (Y4) Mexico Mexico 5,134 18.6 min 0.0% 5,134
54 WestJet (WS) Canada Canada 5,027 18.8 min 3.0% 5,027
55 Aeroméxico (AM) Mexico Mexico 4,948 22.4 min 0.1% 4,948
56 Iberia (IB) Spain Spain 4,829 17.8 min 0.6% 4,829
57 Virgin Australia (VA) Australia Australia 4,644 24.4 min 1.7% 4,644
58 Cathay Pacific (CX) Hong Kong Hong Kong 4,524 33.3 min 0.3% 4,524
59 Air India Express (IX) India India 4,515 24.8 min 1.4% 4,515
60 Jet2.com (LS) United Kingdom United Kingdom 4,503 34.3 min 0.2% 4,503
61 VivaAerobus (VB) Mexico Mexico 4,444 29.9 min 1.5% 4,444
62 Saudi Arabian Airlines (SV) Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 4,413 28.3 min 11.0% 4,413
63 Piedmont Airlines (PT) United States United States 4,356 22.7 min 0.0% 4,356
64 Copa Airlines (CM) Panama Panama 4,311 19.0 min 0.1% 4,311
65 Korean Air (KE) South Korea South Korea 4,269 25.0 min 0.0% 4,269
66 Vietnam Airlines (VN) Vietnam Vietnam 4,250 18.4 min 0.9% 4,250
67 CEBU Pacific Air (5J) Philippines Philippines 4,118 20.7 min 0.9% 4,118
68 AJet (VF) Singapore Singapore 4,091 16.9 min 0.2% 4,091
69 Singapore Airlines (SQ) Singapore Singapore 3,878 30.8 min 0.4% 3,878
70 Allegiant Air (G4) United States United States 3,857 27.2 min 0.4% 3,857
71 Swiss (LX) Switzerland Switzerland 3,769 24.3 min 0.5% 3,769
72 Jetstar Airways (JQ) Australia Australia 3,716 30.2 min 1.2% 3,716
73 Transavia France (TO) France France 3,688 23.5 min 0.7% 3,688
74 Finnair (AY) Finland Finland 3,637 13.5 min 0.5% 3,637
75 SunExpress (XQ) Turkey Turkey 3,616 21.0 min 0.1% 3,616
76 Philippine Airlines (PR) Philippines Philippines 3,539 27.0 min 4.9% 3,539
77 Lion Airlines (JT) Indonesia Indonesia 3,538 13.4 min 0.0% 3,538
78 TAP Portugal (TP) Portugal Portugal 3,507 29.6 min 0.4% 3,507
79 China Express Airlines (G5) China China 3,462 13.0 min 5.9% 3,462
80 Austrian Airlines (OS) Austria Austria 3,438 17.7 min 0.3% 3,438
81 Aegean Airlines (A3) Greece Greece 3,419 18.4 min 0.1% 3,419
82 Widerøe (WF) Norway Norway 3,415 6.9 min 2.5% 3,415
83 VietJet Air (VJ) Vietnam Vietnam 3,379 35.3 min 0.1% 3,379
84 Etihad Airways (EY) United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 3,320 35.0 min 0.4% 3,320
85 Thai AirAsia (FD) Thailand Thailand 3,311 21.6 min 0.1% 3,311
86 ITA Airways (AZ) Italy Italy 3,294 25.4 min 0.2% 3,294
87 Jazz Air (QK) Canada Canada 3,265 22.6 min 0.2% 3,265
88 Aerolineas Argentinas (AR) Argentina Argentina 3,222 41.0 min 1.4% 3,222
89 Juneyao Airlines (HO) China China 3,140 14.1 min 1.5% 3,140
90 Grant Aviation (GV) United States United States 3,139 5.1 min 0.0% 3,139
91 LOT (LO) Poland Poland 3,035 22.1 min 0.1% 3,035
92 LAN Peru (LP) Peru Peru 3,026 15.0 min 0.0% 3,026
93 Batik Air (ID) Indonesia Indonesia 2,951 16.0 min 7.8% 2,951
93 Malaysia Airlines (MH) Malaysia Malaysia 2,951 26.6 min 0.2% 2,951
95 Breeze Airways (MX) United States United States 2,875 21.6 min 0.2% 2,875
96 Horizon Air (QX) United States United States 2,821 24.9 min 0.4% 2,821
97 Shanghai Airlines (FM) China China 2,805 17.3 min 3.8% 2,805
98 GoJet (G7) United States United States 2,784 26.8 min 0.1% 2,784
99 Chengdu Airlines (EU) China China 2,751 7.9 min 6.0% 2,751
100 flydubai (FZ) United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 2,670 33.8 min 2.2% 2,670

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The busiest airline over the 10 days to 2 November 2026 was Southwest Airlines (WN), with 41,867 flights. Source: Airportia, "Busiest airlines" (24 October – 2 November 2026), https://www.airportia.com/statistics/busiest-airlines/, retrieved 3 November 2026.

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How we calculate this

Which flights count
Every flight in Airportia's schedule data (from the Aviation Edge feed) that was scheduled to depart in the period, counted once: code-share listings of the same flight are left out. Days are UTC calendar days.
Departure delay
The actual departure time (or the latest reported estimate when no actual time came in) minus the scheduled departure time. A flight that left early or on time counts as 0 minutes. A flight with no reported departure time, cancelled flights included, also counts as 0, so where the feed is patchy the average is lower than the real one.
Average departure delay
The mean of those delays over all counted flights in the period. It is not the share of flights more than 15 minutes late (the usual on-time measure), and it is about departures, not arrivals.
Why there is no "most punctual" ranking
Because flights without a reported departure time count as 0 minutes, a low average can mean missing data rather than punctuality, and the stored figures do not say how many flights had a reported time. So we only rank the most delayed, and the delay rankings leave out every airport, airline or country whose average delay is exactly 0, which almost always means that no times were reported.
Cancellations
Flights with the status Cancelled, as a share of the counted flights in the period.
Airlines
Flights operated by the airline, wherever they depart from. Cargo airlines are not included. They have their own ranking, Busiest cargo airlines.
Period
The 10 days up to and including the latest day shown. The figures are calculated once a day, at 04:00 UTC, for the day before, and this page refreshes within the hour.
Minimum sample
Every airline with at least one flight in the period and reported departure times is included.

Coverage follows the schedule feed: some regional airports and airlines are missing or report few actual times. These are Airportia's own figures, not official statistics from airports, airlines or regulators.