Average Fleet Age for Selected U.S. Carriers

The following estimated average fleet ages for selected U.S. is based on data provided by AirFleets.net. An aircraft's age is based on the number of years since the aircraft's production.

Airline Average Age Fleet Size
Air Wisconsin 7.0 77
AirTran 4.5 138
Alaska 8.6 119
Allegiant Air 17.8 35
Aloha 17.9 25
American 14.7 656
American Eagle 7.8 293
ATA 14.4 29
Atlantic Southeast Airlines 6.5 161
Chautauqua Airlines 5.9 119
Colgan 16.4 44
Comair 8.5 144
Compass 0.2 8
Continental 10.1 367
Delta 13.8 445
ExpressJet 6.1 274
Frontier 3.8 61
Hawaii 9.7 29
Horizon 5.9 72
JetBlue 3.2 137
Mesa 6.8 122
Mesaba 8.1 70
Midwest 10.6 38
Northwest 18.5 366
Piedmont 17.2 48
Pinnacle 4.5 140
PSA 3.6 49
Republic 2.0 53
Shuttle America 2.5 43
Southwest 9.8 523
Spirit 3.3 40
Trans States 7.5 48
United (including Ted) 12.7 455
US Airways 12.2 360
Virgin America 1.0 14

FAA Certificate and Fleet Information for Selected Carriers

Notes and General Disclaimers
The data represents only an estimate of the age and size of that airline's fleet and is not a measure of the risk of flight on that airline. The data was last updated in the last quarter of 2007. An airline's fleet is generally made up of different aircraft models and the age of individual aircraft within an airline or even within a single aircraft model within that airline may vary greatly.

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Average Fleet Age for Selected U.S. Carriers
http://airsafe.com/events/airlines/fleetage.htm -- Revised: 14 March 2008