FLIGHTLINE INTEL COMMERCIAL AVIATION INTELLIGENCE
Airline T-100 Intelligence

United Air Lines Inc. (UA)

2026 traffic, capacity, airport presence and leading routes.

74,152,806
Segment passengers
514,562
Performed departures
81.2%
Calculated load factor

Leading airports

AirportPassengersDepartures
DEN16,546,993113,774
ORD15,426,429109,690
EWR13,869,78391,165
IAH13,691,342100,186
SFO11,972,26576,061
IAD7,053,33847,661
LAX5,643,68034,954
MCO2,519,67415,808
LAS2,204,65015,091
BOS1,770,77612,264
SAN1,520,19310,341
PHX1,497,41810,144
FLL1,403,0219,770
TPA1,349,9649,067
AUS1,347,74610,805
HNL1,302,2955,339
CUN1,155,9977,455
DFW1,136,8339,776
CLE1,113,8828,770
LGA1,113,2978,071

Leading directional routes

RoutePassengersSeatsLoad factor
SFO–EWR391,028435,40989.8%
EWR–SFO383,535436,38087.9%
ORD–SFO349,422403,70986.6%
SFO–ORD348,809402,15086.7%
LAX–EWR344,269374,25892.0%
IAH–DEN337,880395,23585.5%
EWR–LAX335,193377,14688.9%
ORD–EWR329,368397,45682.9%
EWR–ORD325,603389,79383.5%
DEN–IAH325,178394,09082.5%
DEN–ORD322,652386,39883.5%
ORD–DEN321,509379,39384.7%
IAH–SFO312,403360,34486.7%
IAH–ORD310,779381,23081.5%
MCO–EWR310,644362,86685.6%
EWR–MCO308,346361,71385.2%
ORD–IAH306,928382,13680.3%
SFO–IAH301,996359,38984.0%
DEN–SFO291,285340,96585.4%
LAX–ORD290,428344,68084.3%
ORD–LAX288,131349,43582.5%
IAH–LAX276,421313,93888.0%
SFO–DEN274,289340,40280.6%
LAX–IAH274,024313,48987.4%
ORD–LGA270,142336,57580.3%

Annual history

YearPassengersSeatsDeparturesLoad factor
201595,532,051113,311,761675,53684.3%
2016100,371,708119,953,765705,64783.7%
2017107,571,934129,199,818748,90383.3%
2018113,668,262135,242,340785,00784.0%
2019116,742,820138,758,370795,96184.1%
202037,988,03661,424,972364,22961.8%
202172,742,71096,021,897563,33275.8%
2022112,945,033134,623,197776,51283.9%
2023134,500,774160,406,458910,68783.8%
2024141,098,848169,708,828963,61183.1%
2025146,324,281179,614,2411,013,91381.5%
202674,152,80691,376,620514,56281.2%
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics T-100 Segment data.