N21537

Embraer EMB-145LR · built 2001

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on July 13, 1984.

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Scheduled US airline service

Reported in scheduled US passenger service from June 2003 to March 2020 — 27,478 flights. Last reported flight: March 22, 2020, ExpressJet, MLU → IAH.

Not reported in scheduled US service since March 2020 (data through July 2026).

CarrierFirstLastFlights
ExpressJet EVJanuary 2012March 202012,841
ExpressJet / JSX XEJune 2003December 201114,637

Source: BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (public domain; US reporting carriers, scheduled domestic flights).

US fleet inventory (BTS B-43)

Filed in BTS’s annual carrier fleet inventory from 2006 to 2020, most recently reported as operating lease.

CarrierFirst filedLast filed
CommuteAir C520202020
ExpressJet EV20122018
ExpressJet / JSX XE20062011
Continental Airlines CO20062007

Source: BTS Form 41 Schedule B-43 (Annual Inventory of Airframe and Aircraft Engines) (open data; large certificated US carriers, annual filing).

Safety history

No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2001 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N21537.

  • August 12, 1983Accident

    PRIOR TO TAKEOFF THE PLT HAD RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING & WAS ADVISED THAT VFR FLT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. HE WAS GIVEN CONVECTIVE SIGMET 13C WHICH CALLED FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS ABOVE 45,000 FT THROUGHOUT HIS ROUTE OF FLT. ABOUT 25 MINAFTER TAKEOFF FOUR WITNESSES SAW THE ACFT JUST BEFORE IT CRASHED.

    Piper PA-28-181