Which Airport Does Each Major US Carrier Call Home?

[@heidirabenau511]

*Spirit, Frontier, Allegiant and Hawaiian have left the chat*

[@thewesternway]

Lol he forgot to add these lol

[@Salvador_but_he_plays_gd]

Frontier is Denver And Hawaiian is Honolulu

[@damianpiotrowski7944]

@@thewesternway no they’re just not the main carriers

[@ANF4LYFE]

Hawaiian - Honolulu Spirit - Fort Lauderdale Frontier - Denver Allegiant - Las Vegas

[@Calebs_Aviation]

Yeah

[@jrt2792]

Delta: "Atlanta is love, Atlanta is life." At Delta, we feel that everybody should get to see Atlanta despite it not being their destination.

[@ZebraLens]

It could have been worse, Birmingham was originally supposed to get the Delta hub and become what Atlanta became due to the airport growth.

[@DKudratt]

DELTA: Doesn’t Everything Lead To Atlanta?

[@ThatDapGirl]

@@ZebraLens wouldn’t have been that bad, as Birmingham at one point was where most major banks were headquarters. Bham could have got it but they didn’t want it. Bad move. They’re now starting to boom though.

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

@@DKudratt that’s actually good. I use Duel Engines Allow Travel Aloft, which works as delta only operates twins jets now ever since it retired its 747s, buts yours is better.

[@charlesquinn7064]

@@ZebraLens Kap

[@mikeybpotts3915]

DFW is my home airport, and American is my favorite US Airline (two generations before me worked for AA!). I’ve passed through Atlanta, Denver, O’Hare, Midway, JFK, and many others!

[@ElianaOspina-ru6go]

Hello

[@wathog01]

DELTA, Deliver Every Living Thing to Atlanda

[@hewhohasnoidentity4377]

The deceased frequently travel via Atlanta as well.

[@jrt2792]

Me: "I'm heading to Africa." Delta: "You meant Atlanta?" Me: "No, I'm heading to Nigeria." Delta: "Atlanta is where you want to go. Everyone loves Atlanta"

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

That would be Deltta then. Delta would stand for Dear engines let travel aloft

[@kendallevans4079]

Some words were just not meant to be acronyms

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

@@kendallevans4079 well I actually made it work

[@ecclestonsangel]

Delta is my favourite. The staff seems genuinely happy to be there, and I am treated extremely well. They might cost a little more, but it is well worth it. I've flown through Atlanta a few times. It may be the busiest airport in the world, but it is run very efficiently, with very few delays. Atlanta is very good st getting you where you need to go!

[@augmatt1399]

I think they were ranked as the busiest for a couple consecutive years. I wouldn’t be surprised if they are consistently top 5 or 3 every year.

[@ecclestonsangel]

@@augmatt1399 they still are. China was winning for awhile, thanks to the Covid, but ATL is back on top!

[@ingGS]

Delta is the best, I agree service is just better. I noticed their gate corridor is finer too, better restaurants and higher end stores, while the AA aisles had mostly fast food restaurants. They definitely know their customers.

[@ecclestonsangel]

@@ingGS Delta treats me like a princess. The F/As are always sneaking me extra snacks, especially the Biscoff cookies! They are so addictive! I agree, Delta always seems to have it's gates in the nicer parts of the terminal. It makes everything feel so classy.

[@wolfang420]

From Atlanta delta is an amazing airline and so is ATL Hartsfield-Jackson Airport

[@sundragon7703]

O'Hare (ORD) is a beautiful as it is massive. It was a task to transit clear across the airport in under an hour to make a connection. (Both flights were United.)

[@aerotechify]

You clearly haven't been to terminal 2 or 3. 🤮

[@ElianaOspina-ru6go]

Hello

[@joezegers]

United's main hub at O'Hare was actually cutting-edge for a terminal built in the 1980s.

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

ORD I feel like has just as many American Airlines gates.

[@hphark00]

@@SYDAirlineEnthusiast American has a very huge hub there too so yes it would feel like that

[@ElianaOspina-ru6go]

Hello

[@aerotechify]

I've had the best experience with Alaska. While I do think SEA is a nice airport and is getting better as all of the construction projects wrap up, I'm a huge fan of PDX, given its wide selection of restaurants and amenities, cleanliness, and ease of transfer.

[@taylora5224]

I only fly Alaska and I prefer connecting through pdx because I usually get upgraded, otherwise sea is miles better than pdx. Pdx is old, gross, and dirty.

[@aerotechify]

@@taylora5224 PDX is great...I don't know what you're talking about. SEA has been my home airport for nearly my entire life, and I even worked there during my college years in the early 2000s. It's fine, but PDX is amazing. The old A concourse was the only dingy part of the airport, but they demolished that within the past couple of years.

[@giraffegeorge8142]

@@taylora5224 pdx is going through major renovations with a huge main hall as the project’s centerpiece. I like both airports, but give the edge to PDX for their food options

[@jdsdailydepartures]

Couldn’t help but weigh in on this! In my opinion, SEA is the better airport. I still can’t get over the PDX carpet, lol!

[@kendallevans4079]

I like PDX a lot also, fly there often via Alaska. You know you're at a certain airport a lot when the bartender recognizes you

[@ericjones7769]

Delta and Southwest are my 2 favorite airlines hands down

[@prorobo]

That’s odd seeing as they cater to complete opposite clientele on the pax spectrum.

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

I hate Southwest cause it has open seating but boarding positions. My favorite airlines are delta, American Airlines, and United airlines. Favorite low cost airline is JetBlue cause of the free unlimited wifi and the nice inflight entertainment. Alaska airlines is the only other low-cost airline I enjoy flying, but downside is that it doesn’t have inflight entertainment like virgin America had.

[@Lele-lq3tx]

@@SYDAirlineEnthusiast I was real confuse on flight from DR to Fort Lauderdale.

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

@@Lele-lq3tx I am guessing you couldn’t access the Wi-Fi or inflight entertainment if this was on JetBlue?

[@ElianaOspina-ru6go]

Hello

[@Chris_at_Home]

For a few years I traveled from ANC to BDL and back 5-6 times a year. I flew on United and always loved going through their concourse at O’Hare. I remember when Alaska moved their headquarters from Anchorage to Seattle.

[@ElianaOspina-ru6go]

Hello

[@seanpeters3690]

Alaska and Delta are my 2 favorites. The biggest reasons are the accommodations between Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. I like how Delta has intercontinental flights, but Alaska has a better mileage plan.

[@ElianaOspina-ru6go]

Hello

[@RSEBoro]

It's good to live near an airport that is a hub of one of the major airlines. This means that you can get direct flights to all the major and many of the smaller airports. That is my situation, living in Central New Jersey, Newark Liberty is where I fly in and out of and I fly United almost exclusively. The downside is that the United terminal is the most crowded at Newark and drop-offs, pick-ups and TSA are always busy or beyond busy and you have to make extra time for everything, especially for TSA, where the line and wait can be nightmarishly long and stressful when trying to make it to the gate in time.

[@timothybogle1461]

Miami should have got an honorable mention for AA.

[@LIVE_Concerts_STL]

Miami airport is so gross lol

[@Ibelikemj]

@@LIVE_Concerts_STL it was gross 15 years ago, is it still gross?

[@ElianaOspina-ru6go]

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[@ElianaOspina-ru6go]

​@@LIVE_Concerts_STL Hello

[@ElianaOspina-ru6go]

​@@Ibelikemj Hello

[@samstrait4291]

Can’t forget LAS and DAL for SWA, and probably MCO too.

[@gop4usa12]

I've been to about half of those airports. The best thing about the hub system is that the hub airports have more services to choose from. During my recent visit to Hartsfield, I noticed just about every fast food and restaurant chain was there.

[@kevinbrush7573]

Love the asterisk for St. Louis 😂

[@ElianaOspina-ru6go]

Hello

[@frrrfrrr9177]

I feel like southwest should classify Orlando mco as one of their main bases, they occupy 25% of the airport and is the largest carrier at mco in terms of amount of gates they occupy. They take up one big airside terminal vs the other airlines which only have partial areas within 1 airside Sharing it with other airlines. I think they do classify it as one of their focus cities though.

[@shchorss]

MCO is already designated as a base for Southwest, it just happens to be the smallest one

[@frrrfrrr9177]

@@shchorss it’s not stated in the video so I did not know if something changed, but I had a feeling that it was a base for them

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

Chicago Midway is a better one as almost every gate there is occupied by southwest and has more southwest gates than Orlando does.

[@jwil4286]

And Las Vegas.

[@Hahlen]

I really think Alaska’s SEA hub is my favorite just because of the N concourse lounge.

[@jdsdailydepartures]

N gate lounge is Alaska’s best lounge!

[@lisawright5674]

I agree, I absolutely love the Alaska N concourse lounge! Excellent place for plane spotting while sipping a cocktail or local craft beer.

[@truthfacts5438]

ORD is by far the best connected airport in the world, offering over 350+ nonstop flights to anywhere, the most in the world

[@ElianaOspina-ru6go]

Hello

[@Michael60634]

Alaska/Horizon is my favorite US airline.

[@adozer6848]

I’ve been to Chicago, Atlanta, and both airports in Dallas. I prefer DFW. It is closer to where I live. More airline choices there as well, as opposed to Dallas Love Field.

[@Jereigh508]

Thank goodness Hartsfield-Jackson Airport got the people mover train. I’d be exhausted walking from terminal to terminal rushing to get to my flight

[@hillarygonzalez4266]

Correction, Alaska Airlines headquarters and hub is in the city of SeaTac, not Seattle.

[@redscorpion9411]

I live in Massachusetts, so I use Boston Logan International Airport as my personal home airport. But from there, I visit my family in Mexico. But some of the stops I’ve been to were Dallas Fort Worth, Houston GWB, San Diego, Newark, and New Orleans.

[@kyleb5169]

I've been to nearly every airport you listed including Love Field. Southwest is one of my favorites especially as a bowler who travels for tournament, their bag policy is the best in the industry by a wide margin. I can check my bowling balls and another bag and not half to pay for anything.

[@trevordoyle6823]

Like the sign above TechOps in Atlanta says "Fly Delta Jets"

[@Ray-the-aviator]

3:24 I live near the airport and I like seeing the planes flying over my neighborhood.

[@jznsnb5618]

I've only went to Atlanta out of all the hubs listed

[@JoaoPessoa86]

the saying is "I don't know if i'm going to heaven or hell but I know I'm connecting in Atlanta"

[@jznsnb5618]

@@JoaoPessoa86 It's hell when it comes to waiting, heaven when it comes to looking at all the 757's screaming

[@Tpavra]

I primarily fly American, absolutely love the airline, feels like home whenever I get on one!

[@OnThaMove]

Continental’s hubs used to be in Houston and Newark.

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

And Cleveland as well. Now, United airlines stole their Newark and Houston hubs, but never bothered to pick up their Cleveland hub.

[@jdsdailydepartures]

I have flown all the airlines mentioned, but Alaska is BY FAR my favorite airline!🛫

[@jacksonsreviews6652]

Booooo

[@EC4U2C_Studioz]

I am aware of the underground train that the Washington-Dulles Airport uses to go between the main terminal and the midfield concourses and the people mover Mobile lounges also used for non-precleared international arrivals going to the US Customs area.

[@hexhells]

as a res agent for alaska i love seeing all the alaska love in the comments lol. we're working hard out here and glad to see that pays off :)

[@jamessullivan5864]

I've used United mostly and I've been in their hubs in Newark, DC, Chicago and Houston

[@jourdanramos]

For Southwest Airlines you forgot KLGB they took it over from Jet Blue and it also happens to be where the old McDonald Douglas plant was too!

[@Michael_Livingstone]

As a Canadian, I prefer to fly on United or American as the connections at their hubs (DEN or DFW) are easy, straightforward and cheap to fly on.

[@ATLMike94]

That's interesting. No love for AirCanada?

[@Michael_Livingstone]

@@ATLMike94 I avoid Air Canada and Toronto at all costs.

[@ESUSAMEX]

I have flown through all the main hubs except Love Field (DAL) in Dallas. I do not have a favorite airline, but I fly Delta the most. I belong to all of these frequent flyer programs except United. I am, however, a member of another airline in the Star Alliance.

[@bnsfgevoproductions]

My favorite is Alaska Airlines and I've been to SEA a couple times.

[@AJ-bi6ns]

Average over 50k miles a year on Delta. A+ service, friendly staff and plenty of availability

[@brookeintheair]

I've had the best experience with United and SFO is by far my top airport in the US by far.

[@Camden_Loves_Aviation]

ATL , and that’ll my favorite one! 3:34

[@theharper1]

When I flew Delta back in 1994, I went through their Cincinnati hub many times.

[@carlpajela8613]

Hawaiian is my favorite. It just feels like home..

[@hanj31]

I've been to DFW JFK ORD SEA and HNL as far as home bases for major US airlines goes. Also been to Denver SFO EWR and BOS as far as other hubs go. Haven't visited ATL yet.

[@chiagozienjoku7198]

Been through Dulles, Atlanta, and love field. For the sake of this video😊

[@knflack]

I think LAS is missing from that list as a Southwest “hub”

[@aviationlaa]

it was only there home airports

[@barackishaobamaniqua]

Alaska and Delta are probably my favourites. I avoid American where possible!

[@Alex20741]

What is the name of the song playing from the start of the video?

[@EdFlores-sv2lj]

Definitely DELTA!!❤️❤️❤️

[@TjayeWilloughby]

All of them and my all time favorite is Delta Airlines

[@alberttseng8291]

United seriously underrated + extensive Star Alliance travel partners

[@mrAhollandjr]

O'Hare. United and American have hubs there but I primarily fly United.

[@retroguyretail1976]

i flown united outta newark to los angeles another hub and houston another hub and one huge airport yikes prob one of the largest I ever flown to

[@Oliv_garden]

These are the airports i’ve been to: Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers (OKC)-USA Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson (ATL)-USA Charlotte’s Douglas (CLT)-USA San Josè’s Juan Santamaría (SJO)-Costa Rica Fort Myers’s Southwest Florida (RSW)-USA Greensboro’s Piedmont Triad (GSO)-USA Chigago’s O’Hare (ORD)-USA Detroit’s Wayne (DTW)-USA Copenhagen’s København (CPH)-Denmark

[@abigailgerlach5443]

Makes sense for Alaska Airlines. The weather is better in Seattle. I flew from Denver to Ft. Lauderdale and had to go through Chicago. Seems to be trend of most airlines to hit the hub.

[@qwertyca]

@Simple Flying, "St. Louis" in the US is pronounced "loo-is", not "lou-ie". Just FYI. :)

[@kahulub]

2:36, they put a footnote acknowledging it (*Sorry for mispronunciation)

[@sagmilling]

It should be "San Louie", au français.

[@hopsiepike]

Ever since TWA ceased to exist, St. Louis is nobody’s hub anymore. Used to be one of the US’s most important cities.

[@MarloSoBalJr]

Nah, he pronounced it correctly -- albeit in the southern slang -- though it's more of a practice for "Louisville" cos everyone tends to pronounce that incorrectly

[@KanyeTheGayFish69]

@@sagmilling it’s not French anymore

[@jamesbambury]

Love field is Southwest home, their stock ticker is LUV tells you what you need to know.

[@FrankG5874]

I been through Newark Liberty as it’s one of two airports that are close to Trenton, NJ (The other is Philadelphia) as I have flown Delta, and Continental (Now United) at EWR.

[@rabarbosa62754]

Good video.

[@stewartmarler1416]

I haven't flown through ORD, but geez, if United have more activity there than DEN and IAH (which I have been through), then that's a heck of a hub.

[@johniii8147]

DEN is their largest hub now and growing. ORD and IAH are about the same size

[@Micg51]

Currently Denver is busier, ORD can’t really expand due to it being a large hub for AA as well. Also gets a lot of international traffic that DEN doesn’t have.

[@johniii8147]

@@Micg51 It's not really because of AA. AA has been reducing flights at ORD. It's mostly a gate constraint issue. That may change when the new terminal opens.

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

ORD is interesting. I have flown out of it with four different airlines five times. First time was with delta both ways, second, third, and fourth times were with American Airlines both ways, and fifth time was with United airlines for the arrival and Southwest for the departure.

[@pennybaxter4]

Isn’t Washington Dulles a united hub ?

[@johnreed6507]

I worked at Seattle Tacoma international airport and I have flown though Atlanta Chicago

[@sweetnaomi56]

DFW is a nice and well-connected airport, I like it.

[@nicholasbartas2065]

Can you do a canadian airline hub video pls?

[@bluediamond196]

For me I live in Michigan so I’ve passed through Detriot multiple times while I have passed through Atlanta it was only once and on Southwest I’ve also passed through Miami once on American and Fort Lauderdale twice once on Spirit once on Southwest and once on American I’ve also passed through Charlotte twice Chicago O’Hare 3 times once on American and twice on American and I’ve passed through Newark on United once.

[@marksman875437]

Despite the press stories, I love United in the USA and air Canada in Canada

[@JBS319]

In addition, Hawaiian has its hub at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu. While it is a US carrier, its operations are more like that of other Pacific airlines like Fiji.

[@polduseri909]

Delta and from Atlanta is my favorite connection, and the worse is United from Houston.

[@blockgqmer]

Just for a future reference STL is pronounced say-nt Loo-is

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

American Airlines is obviously Dallas, Delta Air Lines is obviously Atlanta, JetBlue is obviously JFK, Alaska Airlines is obviously Seattle, Hawaiian Airline is obviously Honolulu, Frontier Airlines is obviously Denver Now, for the others, it could vary. Southwest Airlines might be Chicago Midway. United Airlines is interesting as all the hubs seem equally significant. Spirit is weird, so no idea about it. Same with allegiant and sun country.

[@KingAsa5]

SW is definitely Dallas

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

@@KingAsa5 their headquarters is in Dallas, but I feel like Chicago midway is a larger base for them.

[@lisawright5674]

I believe Sun Country is headquartered in Minneapolis.

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

@@lisawright5674 yes, but I am not sure if Minneapolis is that big of a hub for the airline

[@LeeDfined]

Ive only flew once...so for now Im impartial to United.

[@robfaison5726]

My favs are Delta and JetBlue!

[@robertromey1592]

Delta airlines ATL is my Favoriten wairline and hub

[@imme267]

Surprised they mentioned St. Louis and not Denver or Vegas for Southwest, both of which are much much larger than STL...

[@xjp1998]

I have been to every airport listed on the video and actually work for one of the Airports itself.

[@ianmcgee2946]

Southwest had their own terminal at RDU (Raleigh) and still has 95% of the flights out of that terminal. How was it not mentioned.

[@augustmonth23]

Southwest is my favorite and my favorite airport is probably OAK

[@juliachehab900]

Would LaGuardia also be considered a Delta hub?

[@AB-tc8lx]

He didn't mention where the hub was for TWA

[@dc10fomin65]

Because I live in metro Chicago area I mostly fly United, so it is my favorite

[@teamkeys9252]

You forgot MCI for southwest

[@marksman875437]

LAX is an aviation paradise if you like lots and lots of traffic?

[@Warriorcats64]

Been to all but Seattle. DFW is somehow the best of them.

[@DaneReidVoiceOver]

How many have I passed through? I've been to every single one he mentioned including Alaska.

[@georgehernandez4079]

Southwest and United for me ❤

[@Aamiller312]

The narrator putting some French pizazz on “Saint Louis” was pretty funny.

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

How about the pronUnciation of the British seaside town of Lewes in Sussex then? Zuts alors!

[@AviatorEthan]

Proud to call DFW my home airport and American Airlines my hometown airline but also like that Southwest is based here

[@sdstang01]

Alaska all the way! 💙💚

[@PhilipTamayo]

i do see that Southwest has Austin as a Hub

[@KingAsa5]

More like a focus city rather hub.

[@brianbeach3024]

SkyWest is by definition a major carrier, but would have been fun to see Simple Flying explain how it’s home is in Rural Utah…

[@magical_catgirl]

SkyWest may have a large fleet and operate a large amount of daily flights, but I'm not sure it can be called a "major" carrier when it doesn't sell it's own tickets or operate flights under its own name.

[@prorobo]

A handful of regionals are “majors” going by the “1 billion annual revenue” definition. None of them sell their own tickets. And none are career destinations for pilots.

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

@@magical_catgirl skywest is just a regional airline

[@jlr_]

Never even heard of such airline. Must not be flying here in the west coast

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

@@jlr_ American eagle, delta connection, United express, and horizon air use SkyWest

[@lr2ldn]

American Airlines is my favorite!

[@moreAarush]

I love Alaska. They are so good

[@TheSTLguy357]

STL, Ord, ATL, DFW, MCO

[@SantaFe19484]

What is a hybrid carrier?

[@wayneshandera4975]

You neglected IAH for UA

[@momiami7974]

I'm based out of the MIA hub live 10mins from the airport

[@bleachuploaderanime1]

I love Delta Airlines! :)

[@TheTransporter007]

Delta, the *ONLY* airline that matters.

[@peoplesambassadordm8279]

onlyjfk but would visit other hubs if when opportunity arrives.

[@aviationgaming1564]

Love ORD

[@randyseay4855]

Snt Louie. How funny. You’ve watched too many old westerns.