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Airline Fleet Age

How old is each airline's observed fleet? — 2026.

Average observed fleet age for 36 airlines tracked by FlightFinder’s ADS-B network, ranked youngest fleet first.

airline fleet age ranking
Rank	Airline	Avg age	Median age	Fleet size	Coverage
1	Porter Airlines	2.6 years	3 years	52	88.5%
2	Breeze Airways	3.2 years	2 years	59	96.6%
3	Frontier Airlines	4.7 years	4 years	162	98.1%
4	Horizon Air	6.4 years	8 years	47	95.7%
5	WestJet Encore	10.2 years	10 years	33	100%
6	Alaska Airlines	10.3 years	10 years	309	98.4%
7	Avianca	10.4 years	13 years	36	91.7%
8	Jetstar Airways	10.7 years	13 years	96	87.5%
9	Mesa Airlines	10.7 years	11 years	58	100%
10	Southwest Airlines	11.2 years	10 years	790	99.1%
11	Envoy Air	11.3 years	10 years	174	93.1%
12	WestJet	11.4 years	11 years	154	96.8%
13	Avianca	11.7 years	12 years	105	71.4%
14	JetBlue Airways	12.4 years	11 years	287	97.6%
15	Air Transat	12.7 years	14.5 years	39	97.4%
16	SkyWest Airlines	12.7 years	10 years	437	98.4%
17	Air Canada	12.8 years	10 years	194	92.3%
18	Virgin Australia	13 years	14 years	106	88.7%
19	Allegiant Air	13.5 years	13.5 years	123	82.9%
20	PSA Airlines	13.6 years	11 years	142	96.5%
21	Jazz Aviation	13.8 years	14 years	59	100%
22	Republic Airways	14.3 years	18 years	213	93%
23	American Airlines	14.5 years	13 years	1,017	98.1%
24	Delta Air Lines	14.5 years	10 years	910	95.2%
25	Air Canada Rouge	14.5 years	11 years	49	100%
26	FedEx Express	14.6 years	9 years	227	93%
27	United Airlines	15 years	14 years	1,084	99%
28	Endeavor Air	16.2 years	18 years	139	98.6%
29	Atlas Air	16.7 years	14 years	23	100%
30	Qantas	17.1 years	17 years	144	92.4%
31	Sun Country Airlines	18.9 years	20.5 years	66	97%
32	UPS Airlines	20.8 years	27 years	209	96.2%
33	GoJet Airlines	21 years	22.5 years	50	100%
34	ABX Air	27.3 years	30 years	26	92.3%
35	Air Transport International	30.9 years	31.5 years	46	95.7%
36	Cargojet	32.2 years	33 years	34	97.1%

Methodology

Ages are derived from each aircraft’s year of manufacture (FAA registry for N-registered aircraft, OpenSky/ADS-B Exchange metadata otherwise), matched against aircraft actually observed flying (ADS-B sightings) over the last 12 months. Airlines below a minimum observed-fleet size or build-year coverage are not shown.

Fleet age is not a safety indicator. Sourced from the FAA aircraft registry and OpenSky/ADS-B Exchange metadata; the observed fleet reflects live ADS-B sightings over the last 12 months.