US Fleet Momentum — Winners & Losers

Which US operators and airframe families are growing or shrinking, from 128 operator-family fleets of five or more US-registered tails. Labels come from FAA registry net change alone (2025-07-16..2026-07-16); BTS T-100 departures and measured ADS-B activity are shown alongside as corroboration — never merged into the label. Computed 2026-07-20.

Growing (44)registry net change ≥ +3 tails, or ≥ +2 and ≥ +5% of the year-ago fleet

Operator	Family	Fleet	Adds 12mo	Removals 12mo	Net	Net %	T-100 dep YoY	ADS-B 90d / prior
AMERICAN AIRLINES	737	210	29	0	+29	+16.0%	+2.5%	202 / 202
UNITED AIRLINES	A320 family	199	30	2	+28	+16.4%	+6.0%	170 / 172
SKYWEST AIRLINES	CRJ	335	24	5	+19	+6.0%	+15.0%	265 / 262
AMERICAN AIRLINES	E-Jet	150	18	0	+18	+13.6%	—	143 / 143
DELTA AIR LINES	A320 family	271	23	7	+16	+6.3%	+2.4%	259 / 256
UNITED AIRLINES	737	461	15	0	+15	+3.4%	+6.1%	457 / 457
JETBLUE AIRWAYS	A220	65	15	0	+15	+30.0%	+53.3%	58 / 58
UNITED AIRLINES	787	89	13	0	+13	+17.1%	+8.7%	83 / 83
CSI AVIATION	CRJ	13	13	0	+13	—	—	2 / 2
SKYWEST AIRLINES	E-Jet	225	12	0	+12	+5.6%	+3.7%	219 / 220
DELTA AIR LINES	737	208	11	0	+11	+5.6%	+0.8%	206 / 206
DELTA AIR LINES	A220	63	10	0	+10	+18.9%	+20.1%	58 / 56
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE	767	56	10	0	+10	+21.7%	+12.2%	53 / 53
AVIATION INVENTORY RESOURCES	Saab 340	22	10	0	+10	+83.3%	—	4 / 4
BREEZE AVIATION GROUP	A220	13	10	0	+10	+333.3%	+52.1%	9 / 9
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES	737	729	51	42	+9	+1.2%	−0.8%	693 / 704
JETBLUE AIRWAYS	A320 family	211	9	0	+9	+4.5%	−2.0%	208 / 207
REPUBLIC AIRWAYS	E-Jet	170	9	0	+9	+5.6%	+8.9%	162 / 166
AMERICAN AIRLINES	CRJ	151	9	0	+9	+6.3%	—	140 / 138
DELTA AIR LINES	A350	34	9	0	+9	+36.0%	+10.8%	33 / 33
MARTINAIRE AVIATION	Cessna Caravan	24	9	0	+9	+60.0%	—	23 / 23
AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL	Cessna Caravan	23	9	0	+9	+64.3%	—	2 / 1
AMERICAN AIRLINES	A320 family	254	8	0	+8	+3.3%	−2.5%	249 / 249
SLATE AIRCRAFT	CRJ	8	8	0	+8	—	—	2 / 3
FEDERAL EXPRESS	767	152	6	0	+6	+4.1%	−6.8%	150 / 150
DELTA AIR LINES	A330	70	6	0	+6	+9.4%	+13.7%	70 / 70
UNICAL AVIATION	737	6	6	0	+6	—	—	— / 1
LOGOS AVIATION	CRJ	6	6	0	+6	—	—	—
US GOVERNMENT	Cessna Caravan	6	6	0	+6	—	—	1 / 1
AMERICAN AIRLINES	787	43	5	0	+5	+13.2%	+9.6%	43 / 43
CARGO AIRCRAFT MANAGEMENT	767	91	6	2	+4	+4.6%	—	75 / 74
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE	757	72	4	0	+4	+5.9%	+18.2%	72 / 71
GOLD COAST AVIATION	CRJ	14	6	2	+4	+40.0%	—	1 / 1
CBG	ERJ 135/145	10	4	0	+4	+66.7%	—	10 / 10
ALLEGIANT AIR	737	9	4	0	+4	+80.0%	+538.0%	8 / 8
ALASKA AIRLINES	737	228	12	9	+3	+1.3%	+1.9%	222 / 222
DELUX PUBLIC CHARTER	ERJ 135/145	73	3	0	+3	+4.3%	+21.0%	51 / 50
ALPINE AVIATION	Beech 1900	60	3	0	+3	+5.3%	—	46 / 49
FEDERAL EXPRESS	ATR	45	3	0	+3	+7.1%	—	39 / 41
AMAZON.COM SERVICES	767	13	3	0	+3	+30.0%	—	13 / 13
JETRAN	777	9	3	0	+3	+50.0%	—	3 / 1
KALITTA AIR	747	27	2	0	+2	+8.0%	−17.7%	22 / 22
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE	747	25	2	0	+2	+8.7%	−1.0%	25 / 25
CORPORATE FLIGHT MANAGEMENT INC DBA	ERJ 135/145	10	2	0	+2	+25.0%	—	3 / 4

Shrinking (7)registry net change ≤ −3 tails, or ≤ −2 and ≤ −5% of the year-ago fleet

Operator	Family	Fleet	Adds 12mo	Removals 12mo	Net	Net %	T-100 dep YoY	ADS-B 90d / prior
BOEING	737	39	4	13	−9	−18.8%	—	9 / 10
UAS TRANSERVICES	Metro	26	0	9	−9	−25.7%	—	14 / 15
DELTA AIR LINES	717	90	1	4	−3	−3.2%	+4.1%	79 / 78
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE	MD-11	31	0	3	−3	−8.8%	−41.2%	—
BOEING	787	6	0	3	−3	−33.3%	—	6 / 6
MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP	Cessna Caravan	6	2	4	−2	−25.0%	—	3 / 4
JETRAN	A330	5	1	3	−2	−28.6%	—	4 / —

Stable (77)inside the churn band — single-tail moves are never labeled

Operator	Family	Fleet	Adds 12mo	Removals 12mo	Net	Net %	T-100 dep YoY	ADS-B 90d / prior
FEDERAL EXPRESS	Cessna Caravan	211	2	0	+2	+1.0%	+1.6%	200 / 198
DELTA AIR LINES	CRJ	154	0	0	0	0.0%	—	141 / 141
UNITED AIRLINES	E-Jet	117	0	0	0	0.0%	—	117 / 117
AMERICAN AIRLINES	ERJ 135/145	114	0	1	−1	−0.9%	—	72 / 71
FEDERAL EXPRESS	757	112	0	0	0	0.0%	+4.0%	73 / 73
DELTA AIR LINES	757	110	8	8	0	0.0%	−16.3%	87 / 88
UNITED AIRLINES	777	95	0	0	0	0.0%	−5.9%	86 / 88
UNITED AIRLINES	ERJ 135/145	84	0	2	−2	−2.3%	—	58 / 59
FEDERAL EXPRESS	A300	68	0	0	0	0.0%	−21.8%	49 / 50
UNITED AIRLINES	757	63	0	0	0	0.0%	−11.1%	60 / 60
AMERICAN AIRLINES	777	62	0	0	0	0.0%	−1.3%	61 / 61
DELTA AIR LINES	767	62	0	0	0	0.0%	−2.0%	57 / 58
FEDERAL EXPRESS	MD-11	61	0	0	0	0.0%	−60.6%	11 / —
UNITED AIRLINES	767	54	0	0	0	0.0%	+2.9%	53 / 53
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE	A300	51	0	0	0	0.0%	+4.6%	48 / 50
HORIZON AIR INDUSTRIES	E-Jet	49	2	0	+2	+4.3%	+12.0%	47 / 47
SPIRIT AIRLINES	A320 family	48	0	0	0	0.0%	−28.0%	39 / 43
ATLAS AIR	747	45	0	0	0	0.0%	+2.8%	42 / 42
DELTA AIR LINES	E-Jet	41	0	0	0	0.0%	—	41 / 41
SUN COUNTRY	737	36	1	0	+1	+2.9%	+5.1%	36 / 36
AIR WISCONSIN AIRLINES	CRJ	32	0	0	0	0.0%	−97.8%	7 / 7
C C & E I	767	31	0	0	0	0.0%	—	31 / 31
JETRAN	MD-80	27	0	0	0	0.0%	—	1 / —
ALLEGIANT AIR	A320 family	25	0	0	0	0.0%	−4.5%	26 / 26
RANDIGO	Cessna Caravan	23	0	0	0	0.0%	—	22 / 22
CBG	Metro	23	0	0	0	0.0%	—	14 / 14
FEDERAL EXPRESS	777	23	0	0	0	0.0%	+1.4%	23 / 23
UNITED AIRLINES	CRJ	23	1	0	+1	+4.5%	—	19 / 19
HAWAIIAN AIRLINES	717	21	0	0	0	0.0%	−25.8%	19 / 19
UAS TRANSERVICES	Beech 1900	21	0	1	−1	−4.5%	—	17 / 18
WRIGHT AIR SERVICE	Cessna Caravan	20	0	0	0	0.0%	−3.2%	19 / 18
BERING AIR	Cessna Caravan	17	0	0	0	0.0%	−4.7%	15 / 15
C C & E I	747	17	0	0	0	0.0%	—	17 / 17
KALITTA CHARTERS II	737	15	1	0	+1	+7.1%	−44.3%	12 / 11
HAWAIIAN AIRLINES	A320 family	14	0	0	0	0.0%	−16.9%	14 / 14
SOUTHERN AIRWAYS PACIFIC	Cessna Caravan	14	0	0	0	0.0%	—	11 / 11
FEDERAL EXPRESS	DC-10	13	0	0	0	0.0%	—	—
REDDING AERO ENTERPRISES	Cessna Caravan	12	0	0	0	0.0%	—	12 / 11
AERSALE	757	12	0	1	−1	−7.7%	—	— / 1
ALASKA CENTRAL EXPRESS	Beech 1900	11	0	0	0	0.0%	−13.8%	11 / 10
BERRY AVIATION	EMB-120	11	0	0	0	0.0%	—	8 / 8
CORPORATE FLIGHT MANAGEMENT	ERJ 135/145	11	0	0	0	0.0%	—	9 / 9
CORPORATE FLIGHT MANAGEMENT INC DBA	CRJ	10	0	0	0	0.0%	—	9 / 8
CORSAIR TWO	MD-80	10	0	0	0	0.0%	—	7 / 7
DAS PLANE	ERJ 135/145	10	0	0	0	0.0%	—	10 / 10
KALININ PARTNERS	Cessna Caravan	10	1	0	+1	+11.1%	—	10 / 10
PAC BLUE AEROSPACE	MD-80	9	0	0	0	0.0%	—	—
ARCTIC ONE	MD-80	9	0	0	0	0.0%	—	5 / 5
HAWAIIAN AIRLINES	A330	9	0	0	0	0.0%	−8.5%	9 / 9
ATLAS AIR	767	8	0	0	0	0.0%	−66.5%	8 / 8
BEMIDJI AVIATION SERVICES	Metro	8	0	0	0	0.0%	—	6 / 6
CAREER AVIATION	Metro	8	0	0	0	0.0%	—	6 / 6
KALITTA AIR	767	8	0	0	0	0.0%	—	6 / 6
PLANEMASTERS	Cessna Caravan	7	0	0	0	0.0%	—	5 / 5
BOEING	767	7	0	0	0	0.0%	—	— / 1
ISR AVIATION	Cessna Caravan	7	1	1	0	0.0%	—	8 / 8
KAMAKA AIR	Cessna Caravan	7	0	0	0	0.0%	—	5 / 5
SKY WEST AIRLINES	CRJ	7	0	0	0	0.0%	+15.0%	7 / 7
UNITED AIRLINES	747	7	0	0	0	0.0%	—	—
US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY	Dash 8	7	0	0	0	0.0%	—	6 / 5
USA JET AIRLINES	MD-80	7	0	0	0	0.0%	−6.7%	7 / 7
SCHUMAN CARRIAGE	Cessna Caravan	6	0	0	0	0.0%	—	5 / 6
GAS/WILSON	Metro	6	0	0	0	0.0%	—	—
NV5 GEOSPATIAL	Cessna Caravan	6	0	0	0	0.0%	—	6 / 6
OMEGA AIR	DC-10	6	0	0	0	0.0%	—	—
AM PM SERVICES LLC - BLUE SKY SERIES	CRJ	6	0	0	0	0.0%	—	—
CARGO AIRCRAFT MANAGEMENT	A330	6	3	4	−1	−14.3%	—	2 / 2
KOLOB CANYONS AIR SERVICES	Metro	6	0	0	0	0.0%	—	4 / 4
UAS TRANSERVICES	EMB-120	6	0	1	−1	−14.3%	—	5 / 5
PLANEMASTERS	Beech 1900	5	0	0	0	0.0%	—	5 / 5
ROYAL AIR FREIGHT	EMB-110	5	0	0	0	0.0%	—	3 / 3
CARGO AIRCRAFT MANAGEMENT	A320 family	5	0	1	−1	−16.7%	—	2 / 1
HAWAIIAN AIRLINES	787	5	1	0	+1	+25.0%	+33.5%	5 / 5
KALITTA CHARTERS II	727	5	0	1	−1	−16.7%	—	—
LOGISTIC AIR	747	5	0	0	0	0.0%	—	—
LOGISTIC AIR	777	5	0	0	0	0.0%	—	—
MCNEELY CHARTER SERVICE	Metro	5	0	0	0	0.0%	—	4 / 4

Family rollup (30)whole US-registered fleet per family, all registrants including trusts

Family	Label	Fleet	New entrants 12mo	Permanent exits 12mo	Net	T-100 dep YoY	ADS-B 90d / prior
737	growing	2,765	156	111	+45	+1.9%	2,529 / 2,554
A320 family	growing	2,044	91	47	+44	−4.2%	1,812 / 1,832
CRJ	shrinking	1,026	0	28	−28	+4.6%	680 / 682
Cessna Caravan	shrinking	984	24	72	−48	−1.5%	828 / 811
E-Jet	shrinking	851	29	37	−8	+4.9%	795 / 801
767	growing	572	13	7	+6	−0.2%	507 / 508
757	shrinking	443	0	13	−13	−8.3%	318 / 318
ERJ 135/145	shrinking	386	0	12	−12	+14.7%	282 / 288
777	shrinking	292	0	12	−12	+0.7%	203 / 205
A220	growing	218	39	0	+39	+37.1%	192 / 189
787	growing	201	20	3	+17	+10.4%	191 / 191
747	shrinking	189	0	4	−4	−3.2%	147 / 149
Metro	shrinking	171	0	10	−10	−100.0%	91 / 95
Beech 1900	shrinking	159	0	4	−4	−12.4%	115 / 118
A330	stable	155	6	8	−2	+16.0%	139 / 130
A300	stable	120	0	1	−1	−6.0%	98 / 101
MD-80	shrinking	116	0	12	−12	−24.9%	24 / 28
717	shrinking	111	0	4	−4	+2.0%	98 / 97
MD-11	shrinking	108	0	4	−4	−51.2%	13 / —
Dash 8	shrinking	95	0	16	−16	−88.1%	45 / 42
Saab 340	shrinking	76	0	3	−3	−44.0%	36 / 36
ATR	shrinking	61	0	11	−11	−66.9%	47 / 47
A350	growing	41	5	0	+5	+10.8%	40 / 40
EMB-120	stable	41	0	2	−2	—	26 / 26
727	shrinking	33	0	3	−3	−7.4%	4 / 5
DC-10	stable	31	0	0	0	—	7 / —
EMB-110	stable	13	0	0	0	—	3 / 4
A340	stable	10	0	1	−1	—	1 / 1
A310	stable	4	0	0	0	—	—
A380	stable	4	0	0	0	—	—

US-registered fleets only, operators as FAA registrant names — tails held by leasing trusts are not visible at operator level. Registry net change is the trailing 12 months (2025-07-16..2026-07-16); ownership transfers that keep the N-number leave no deregistration trace, so removals are undercounted. T-100 covers scheduled revenue service as reported to BTS at the carrier level (2025-04..2026-03 vs 2024-04..2025-03); owned-but-outsourced fleets (e.g. mainline-owned regional jets) show no mainline activity. ADS-B counts are distinct tails observed flying (2026-04-21..2026-07-19 vs 2026-01-21..2026-04-20; coverage since 2025-12) — an observation count, not a fleet truth: absence of ADS-B coverage is not evidence an aircraft is idle. A dash means no data, never zero. Family rows count NEW-TO-REGISTRY entrants only (factory-new deliveries plus registry re-entries; where the FAA has not yet filed a build year it is inferred from adjacent serial numbers) against permanent registry exits — intra-US transfers are excluded, so a used sale cannot inflate a family. Carriers that stop reporting to BTS show as −100% without their fleet necessarily parking. Aircraft activity data © adsb.lol contributors, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL).

Methodology

Every number on this page comes from the precomputed fleet-momentum table; nothing is edited by hand and nothing is a forecast. Adds are currently-registered tails whose FAA registration certificate was issued to the operator inside the trailing 12-month window — new deliveries, imports, and used transfers in. Same-airframe re-registrations by the same operator (serial-number matched, so a recycled N-number never counts as growth) are excluded. Removals are FAA deregistrations attributed to the operator's registrant name: scrap, export, and transfers that cancelled the N-number.

Labels use registry net change only: at least ±3 tails, or ±2 tails when that is at least 5% of the year-ago fleet — validated against the live distribution, where most fleets sit within one tail of flat. T-100 and ADS-B columns corroborate; they never change a label. Operators are FAA registrant names, so aircraft registered to leasing trusts and finance entities are outside the per-operator view even when an airline flies them daily — fleets shown here are floors, not totals.