Piedmont Airlines

How it changed

Piedmont Airlines carried 6.2 million passengers in 2025, its busiest year in this data.

Its average flight had 40 seats in 2002 and 50 in 2025, a sign of larger aircraft replacing smaller ones. The average passenger flew 203 miles per segment in 2002 and 289 in 2025, and 84% of its seat-miles were filled in 2025.

Who it flew for

Piedmont flew for US Airways until the 2015 merger with American and has flown for American since. It was owned by the same group as the airline it flew for throughout, so no estimate of a split is needed.

The fleet

Piedmont Airlines operated 71 passenger aircraft of its own in 2025. The average age was 21.8 years: 0% of the aircraft were under five years old and 100% were twenty or older. The oldest was an Embraer ERJ-145 built in 1999.

In 2021 the average age was 20.0 years across 51 aircraft. It's older now by 1.8 years, and the fleet is bigger.

Piedmont Airlines aircraft by model, 2025

Model	Aircraft	Average seats	Average age
Embraer ERJ-145	71	50	21.8

Fuel

In 2025 Piedmont Airlines burned 69 million gallons of jet fuel, which is 30.6 seat-miles per gallon and about 0.378 kg of CO2 per passenger-mile. Over 500 miles that's roughly 189 kg per passenger. Small regional aircraft burn more fuel per seat than the mainline jets, and a short hop spends a larger share of its fuel on take-off and climb, so these figures aren't graded against the airlines on the main list. Their flying and fuel are counted in the airlines whose names are on the tickets.

Year-by-year figures

Year	Passengers (millions)	Departures (thousands)	Seats per flight	Average trip (miles)	Load factor	Seat-miles (billions)	Seat-miles per gallon
2025	6.2	149	50.0	289	84.3%	2.13	30.6
2024	5.0	119	50.0	294	85.3%	1.72	31.2
2023	4.3	104	50.0	295	83.7%	1.53	31.5
2022	3.7	89	50.0	288	82.0%	1.29	31.4
2021	3.8	99	50.0	302	77.2%	1.49	31.9
2020	2.0	69	50.0	290	57.8%	0.99	41.8*
2019	5.0	126	50.0	282	81.0%	1.75	42.4*
2018	3.8	99	49.8	271	77.5%	1.32	43.6*
2017	3.1	87	46.6	245	76.0%	0.98	43.4*
2016	2.7	88	42.3	190	73.0%	0.71	45.9*
2015	2.9	92	40.7	167	77.3%	0.63	44.9*
2014	3.0	98	41.0	167	74.7%	0.67	45.0*
2013	3.1	111	40.5	167	69.0%	0.76	44.6*
2012	3.2	118	40.6	171	66.2%	0.83	46.1*
2011	3.0	116	40.4	177	63.9%	0.83	37.8*
2010	3.0	116	40.4	174	63.0%	0.82	46.6*
2009	3.1	127	40.1	177	60.2%	0.91	58.5*
2008	3.1	134	39.7	179	57.5%	0.96	54.7*
2007	3.2	136	39.9	186	58.9%	1.01	40.4*
2006	3.2	148	39.8	189	54.5%	1.11	36.8*
2005	3.4	158	40.1	186	53.6%	1.17	37.0*
2004	3.2	137	40.3	185	57.5%	1.03	41.5*
2003	2.7	125	40.4	196	54.1%	0.98	42.2*
2002	0.8	38	39.9	203	55.6%	0.30	37.7*

Regionals with shared partners

These profiles have a partner airline in common with Piedmont Airlines in at least one data year. The partner split is estimated, and the airlines may have flown for the shared network at different times.

• Air Wisconsin
• Atlantic Southeast Airlines
• Chautauqua Airlines
• Colgan Air
• Comair
• CommuteAir
• Compass Airlines
• Endeavor Air
• Envoy Air
• ExpressJet
• GoJet Airlines
• Independence Air
• Mesa Airlines
• Mesaba Airlines
• PSA Airlines
• Republic Airways
• Shuttle America
• SkyWest Airlines
• Trans States Airlines

Nearby in fuel efficiency

Neighbours in the seat-miles per gallon table, using each airline's last data year. Fuel estimates are marked on the profiles, and these aren't same-year rankings.

Airline references

• Wikipedia: Piedmont Airlines
• Official site: Piedmont Airlines

Source: US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), T-100 traffic and Schedule T-2 fuel filings; US EPA jet-fuel CO2 factor. Methods and allocation limits.

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