Busiest airlines, February 2026

173,088 flights, American Airlines (AA)

The busiest airline in February 2026 was American Airlines (AA), with 173,088 flights.

February 2026 (1–28 February 2026) Source: www.airportia.com/statistics/busiest-airlines/2026-02/

Period: 1–28 February 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, February 2026: top 15, flights1–28 February 2026. Source: Airportia.1. American Airlines (AA): 173,088 (186,129 flights)1. American Airlines (AA)173,0882. Delta Air Lines (DL): 133,014 (142,950 flights)2. Delta Air Lines (DL)133,0143. United Airlines (UA): 128,156 (137,786 flights)3. United Airlines (UA)128,1564. Southwest Airlines (WN): 103,476 (110,995 flights)4. Southwest Airlines (WN)103,4765. Ryanair (FR): 73,069 (78,763 flights)5. Ryanair (FR)73,0696. China Eastern Airlines (MU): 71,125 (76,307 flights)6. China Eastern Airlines (MU)71,1257. China Southern Airlines (CZ): 70,018 (75,062 flights)7. China Southern Airlines (CZ)70,0188. IndiGo Airlines (6E): 58,060 (62,191 flights)8. IndiGo Airlines (6E)58,0609. LATAM Airlines (LA): 46,814 (50,167 flights)9. LATAM Airlines (LA)46,81410. Air China (CA): 46,673 (50,050 flights)10. Air China (CA)46,67311. Alaska Airlines (AS): 39,939 (42,912 flights)11. Alaska Airlines (AS)39,93912. easyJet (U2): 39,767 (43,105 flights)12. easyJet (U2)39,76713. Turkish Airlines (TK): 34,997 (37,472 flights)13. Turkish Airlines (TK)34,99714. AirAsia (AK): 31,784 (34,119 flights)14. AirAsia (AK)31,78415. All Nippon Airways (NH): 29,622 (31,739 flights)15. All Nippon Airways (NH)29,622

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

Full ranking: 745 airlines

The first 100 are shown here; the CSV has all 745.

# Airline Country Flights Avg departure delay Cancelled Flights
1 American Airlines (AA) United States United States 173,088 32.9 min 2.6% 186,129
2 Delta Air Lines (DL) United States United States 133,014 27.9 min 2.5% 142,950
3 United Airlines (UA) United States United States 128,156 30.3 min 1.7% 137,786
4 Southwest Airlines (WN) United States United States 103,476 24.2 min 0.9% 110,995
5 Ryanair (FR) Ireland Ireland 73,069 20.7 min 0.2% 78,763
6 China Eastern Airlines (MU) China China 71,125 21.1 min 0.3% 76,307
7 China Southern Airlines (CZ) China China 70,018 22.0 min 0.0% 75,062
8 IndiGo Airlines (6E) India India 58,060 22.0 min 0.4% 62,191
9 LATAM Airlines (LA) Chile Chile 46,814 21.1 min 1.3% 50,167
10 Air China (CA) China China 46,673 20.3 min 0.3% 50,050
11 Alaska Airlines (AS) United States United States 39,939 22.4 min 1.3% 42,912
12 easyJet (U2) United Kingdom United Kingdom 39,767 22.4 min 0.9% 43,105
13 Turkish Airlines (TK) Turkey Turkey 34,997 26.1 min 0.1% 37,472
14 AirAsia (AK) Malaysia Malaysia 31,784 32.2 min 0.1% 34,119
15 All Nippon Airways (NH) Japan Japan 29,622 19.3 min 1.9% 31,739
16 Air Canada (AC) Canada Canada 26,222 41.6 min 4.9% 28,117
17 Japan Airlines (JL) Japan Japan 25,249 22.2 min 2.1% 27,057
18 Lufthansa (LH) Germany Germany 24,699 23.6 min 0.3% 26,596
19 JetBlue Airways (B6) United States United States 24,200 37.2 min 6.7% 26,085
20 Wizz Air (W6) Hungary Hungary 23,665 25.4 min 0.1% 25,441
21 British Airways (BA) United Kingdom United Kingdom 22,958 25.1 min 1.1% 24,679
22 Hainan Airlines (HU) China China 22,946 19.9 min 0.1% 24,532
23 Qantas (QF) Australia Australia 22,858 13.0 min 2.0% 24,561
24 Avianca (AV) Colombia Colombia 21,506 23.8 min 1.6% 23,047
25 Shenzhen Airlines (ZH) China China 21,479 23.7 min 0.1% 23,049
26 Air France (AF) France France 21,321 26.6 min 1.5% 22,890
27 Azul Brazilian Airlines (AD) Brazil Brazil 21,022 16.3 min 1.3% 22,513
28 Xiamen Airlines (MF) China China 19,903 22.2 min 0.2% 21,342
29 Air India (AI) India India 19,510 33.5 min 0.3% 20,910
30 GOL Transportes Aeros (G3) Brazil Brazil 19,474 20.4 min 1.0% 20,842
31 Sichuan Airlines (3U) China China 19,015 20.7 min 0.1% 20,389
32 Aeroflot (SU) Russia Russia 18,882 23.3 min 0.2% 20,306
33 Shandong Airlines (SC) China China 18,577 20.8 min 0.2% 19,936
34 SAS (SK) Norway Norway 18,567 21.5 min 3.2% 19,969
35 Qatar Airways (QR) Qatar Qatar 18,509 25.4 min 0.8% 19,772
36 WestJet (WS) Canada Canada 17,242 36.5 min 3.0% 18,489
37 KLM (KL) Netherlands Netherlands 16,995 24.6 min 2.6% 18,171
38 Spring Airlines (9C) China China 16,901 24.2 min 0.2% 18,138
39 Pegasus Airlines (PC) Turkey Turkey 16,790 27.1 min 1.1% 17,974
40 Iberia (IB) Spain Spain 16,089 25.0 min 1.0% 17,264
41 VietJet Air (VJ) Vietnam Vietnam 16,036 37.6 min 0.0% 17,256
42 Frontier Airlines (F9) United States United States 15,833 31.9 min 1.2% 17,228
43 Saudi Arabian Airlines (SV) Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 15,636 18.5 min 0.7% 16,682
44 Emirates (EK) United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 15,605 31.2 min 2.1% 16,716
45 Vietnam Airlines (VN) Vietnam Vietnam 14,637 29.8 min 0.0% 15,709
46 Ethiopian Airlines (ET) Ethiopia Ethiopia 14,515 21.9 min 0.0% 15,541
47 Vueling (VY) Spain Spain 14,427 19.6 min 0.5% 15,565
48 Air New Zealand (NZ) New Zealand New Zealand 14,389 18.7 min 3.8% 15,506
49 Aeroméxico (AM) Mexico Mexico 14,139 20.1 min 0.6% 15,206
50 Volaris (Y4) Mexico Mexico 13,951 16.8 min 0.6% 14,960
51 Spirit Airlines (NK) United States United States 13,614 36.3 min 6.4% 14,626
52 CEBU Pacific Air (5J) Philippines Philippines 13,267 23.5 min 0.0% 14,218
53 Jetstar Airways (JQ) Australia Australia 13,182 27.0 min 1.5% 14,155
54 Air India Express (IX) India India 13,135 29.3 min 0.1% 14,082
55 Virgin Australia (VA) Australia Australia 12,450 18.7 min 1.0% 13,413
56 VivaAerobus (VB) Mexico Mexico 12,449 17.0 min 0.8% 13,350
57 Batik Air (ID) Indonesia Indonesia 12,219 35.7 min 3.7% 13,114
58 Cathay Pacific (CX) Hong Kong Hong Kong 11,796 36.3 min 0.3% 12,651
59 Korean Air (KE) South Korea South Korea 11,633 24.9 min 0.5% 12,458
60 Copa Airlines (CM) Panama Panama 11,348 17.4 min 0.6% 12,177
61 Thai AirAsia (FD) Thailand Thailand 11,154 1.2 min 0.0% 11,965
62 Transavia (HV) Netherlands Netherlands 11,072 22.5 min 0.3% 11,979
63 Tianjin Airlines (GS) China China 10,720 23.6 min 0.3% 11,476
64 AJet (VF) Singapore Singapore 10,483 21.5 min 0.0% 11,237
65 Air Arabia (G9) United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 10,447 32.4 min 0.0% 11,191
66 China Express Airlines (G5) China China 10,391 19.2 min 2.3% 11,122
67 flydubai (FZ) United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 10,225 31.8 min 2.3% 10,943
68 Singapore Airlines (SQ) Singapore Singapore 9,986 27.8 min 0.1% 10,707
69 Philippine Airlines (PR) Philippines Philippines 9,954 22.7 min 1.0% 10,681
70 flynas (XY) Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 9,896 20.0 min 0.1% 10,576
71 Juneyao Airlines (HO) China China 9,728 23.9 min 0.0% 10,431
72 Allegiant Air (G4) United States United States 9,422 28.8 min 0.6% 10,339
73 Shanghai Airlines (FM) China China 9,406 25.2 min 0.2% 10,081
74 Widerøe (WF) Norway Norway 9,155 11.6 min 0.0% 9,898
75 Etihad Airways (EY) United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 9,103 21.2 min 1.8% 9,746
76 Lion Airlines (JT) Indonesia Indonesia 8,971 76.5 min 0.0% 9,612
77 Finnair (AY) Finland Finland 8,830 24.7 min 1.5% 9,453
78 Eurowings (EW) Germany Germany 8,789 23.6 min 0.1% 9,508
79 ITA Airways (AZ) Italy Italy 8,744 17.8 min 0.3% 9,377
80 Chengdu Airlines (EU) China China 8,721 17.8 min 1.7% 9,351
81 TAP Portugal (TP) Portugal Portugal 8,598 33.1 min 0.0% 9,214
82 Norwegian (DY) Norway Norway 8,581 25.1 min 0.3% 9,300
83 Capital Airlines (JD) China China 8,468 20.5 min 0.0% 9,079
84 Malaysia Airlines (MH) Malaysia Malaysia 8,445 24.1 min 0.3% 9,064
85 Loong Airlines (GJ) China China 8,387 22.1 min 0.1% 8,985
86 Flex Flight (W2) Denmark Denmark 8,386 0.3 min 0.0% 9,040
87 LOT (LO) Poland Poland 8,370 31.6 min 0.2% 9,010
88 Aerolineas Argentinas (AR) Argentina Argentina 8,111 27.9 min 3.3% 8,681
89 Binter Canarias (NT) Spain Spain 7,488 11.9 min 0.0% 8,036
90 Aer Lingus (EI) Ireland Ireland 7,466 19.5 min 0.8% 8,025
91 JetSMART (JA) Chile Chile 7,407 23.8 min 0.0% 7,910
92 SkyWest Airlines (OO) United States United States 7,381 45.3 min 0.4% 8,070
93 Austrian Airlines (OS) Austria Austria 7,293 20.1 min 0.6% 7,910
94 Swiss (LX) Switzerland Switzerland 7,227 23.6 min 0.9% 7,761
95 EgyptAir (MS) Egypt Egypt 7,101 42.2 min 0.8% 7,629
96 S7 Airlines (S7) Russia Russia 6,904 15.5 min 0.1% 7,410
97 Lucky Air (8L) China China 6,638 18.4 min 0.2% 7,115
98 Thai Airways (TG) Thailand Thailand 6,621 27.7 min 0.0% 7,096
99 Citilink (QG) Indonesia Indonesia 6,557 22.0 min 0.0% 7,001
100 Air Algérie (AH) Algeria Algeria 6,515 22.0 min 0.6% 6,971

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The busiest airline in February 2026 was American Airlines (AA), with 173,088 flights. Source: Airportia, "Busiest airlines, February 2026" (1–28 February 2026), https://www.airportia.com/statistics/busiest-airlines/2026-02/, 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
A month combines three 10-day periods: days 1–10, 11–20 and the last ten days of the month, weighted by departures. In a 31-day month day 21 is not included; in February the second and third periods overlap by a day or two.
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.