Southwest Airlines Statistics, Passenger Count, Revenue Totals, Facts & News (2022)
Last Updated on: May 13th, 2022
Here are a few of the most interesting Southwest Airlines statistics and facts I was able to dig up including revenue totals and passenger and employee counts. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.
Southwest Airlines Facts
- Website: Official Website
- Year Founded: 1971
- Southwest Airlines Headquarters: Dallas
- Founder(s): Herbert Kelleher and Rollin King
- Current Chief Executive: Gary Kelly
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- App Download (Android)
What is Southwest Airlines?
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. continues to differentiate itself from other air carriers with exemplary Customer Service delivered by more than 56,000 Employees to a Customer base that topped 130 million Passengers in 2019. Southwest has a robust network of point-to-point service with a strong presence across top leisure and business markets. In peak travel seasons during 2019, Southwest operated more than 4,000 weekday departures among a network of 101 destinations in the United States and 10 additional countries. (source)
Southwest Airlines Passenger Count
Total emplaned passengers (annual):
- 2021: 123.3 million
- 2020: 67.8 million
- 2019: 162.7 million
- 2018: 163.6 million
- 2017: 157.6 million
- 2016: 151. 7 million
- 2015: 144.5 million
- 2014: 135.7 million
- 2013: 133.1 million
- 2012: 133.9 million
- 2011: 127.5 million
- 2010: 106.2 million
- 2009: 101.3 million
- 2008: 101.9 million
- 2007: 101.9 million
- 2006: 96.2 million
- 2005: 88.3 million
- 2004: 81 million
- 2003: 74.7 million
- 2002: 72.4 million
- 2001: 73.6 million
- 2000: 72.5 million
Southwest Airlines Revenue Totals
Southwest Airlines revenue (annual):
- 2021: $15.790 billion
- 2020: $9.048 billion
- 2019: $22.428 billion
- 2018: $21.965 billion
- 2017: $21.146 billion
- 2016: $20.289 billion
- 2015: $19.820 billion
- 2014: $18.605 billion
- 2013: $17.699 billion
- 2012: $17.088 billion
- 2011: $15.658 billion
- 2010: $12.104 billion
- 2009: $10.350 billion
- 2008: $11.023 billion
- 2007: $9.861 billion
- 2006: $9.086 billion
- 2005: $7.584 billion
- 2004: $6.530 billion
- 2003: $5.937 billion
- 2002: $5.522 billion
- 2001: $5.555 billion
- 2000: $5.650 billion
Southwest Airlines net income (annual):
- 2021: $977 million
- 2020: $3.074 billion net loss
- 2019: $2.3 billion
- 2018: $2.465 billion
- 2017: $3.357 billion
- 2016: $2.183 billion
- 2015: $2.181 billion
- 2014: $1.136 billion
- 2013: $754 million
- 2012: $421 million
- 2011: $178 million
- 2010: $459 million
- 2009: $99 million
- 2008: $178 million
- 2007: $645 million
- 2006: $499 million
- 2005: $484 million
- 2004: $313 million
- 2003: $442 million
- 2002: $241 million
- 2001: $511 million
- 2000: $626 million
Additional Southwest Airlines Statistics
Total flights per year:
- 2021: 1.066 million
- 2020: 897,540
- 2019: 1.367 million
- 2018: 1.375 million
- 2017: 1.347 million
- 2016: 1.311 million
- 2015: 1.267 million
- 2014: 1.255 million
- 2013: 1.312 million
- 2012: 1.361 million
- 2011: 1.317 million
- 2010: 1.114 million
- 2009: 1.125 million
- 2008: 1.191 million
- 2007: 1.160 million
- 2006: 1.092 million
- 2005: 1.028 million
- 2004: 981,591
- 2003: 949,882
- 2002: 947,331
- 2001: 940 426
- 2000: 903,754
Average passenger fare:
- 2021: $141.92
- 2020: $141.72
- 2019: $154.98
- 2018: $151.64
- 2017: $151.73
- 2016: $152.89
- 2015: $154.85
- 2014: $159.80
- 2013: $154.72
- 2012: $147.17
- 2011: $141.90
- 2010: $130.27
- 2009: $114.61
- 2008: $119.16
- 2007: $106.60
- 2006: $104.40
- 2005: $93.68
- 2004: $88.57
- 2003: $87.42
- 2002: $84.72
- 2001: $83.46
- 2000: $85.87
Number of aircraft:
- 2021: 728
- 2020: 718
- 2019: 747
- 2018: 750
- 2017: 706
- 2016: 723
- 2015: 704
- 2014: 665
- 2013: 681
- 2012 694
- 2011: 698
- 2010: 548
- 2009: 537
- 2008: 537
- 2007: 520
- 2006: 481
- 2005: 445
- 2004: 417
- 2003: 388
- 2002: 375
- 2001: 355
- 2000: 344
Number of destinations in the US:
Last updated 10/28/18
Average number of daily departures during peak travel season:
Last updated 10/28/18
Average age of fleet:
Last updated 10/28/18
Average amount of time per day that each aircraft flies:
Last updated 10/28/18
US airport with the most Southwest Airlines daily departures:
Last updated 10/28/18
Average number of reservations that customer reps book monthly:
Last updated 10/28/18
Number of people who applied for jobs with Southwest Airlines in 2016:
Number of new hires in 2016:
Recent Southwest Airlines News
- Southwest to offer free Wi-Fi on some flights as it tests service upgrades, 05/16/2022
- SOUTHWEST AIRLINES REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2022 RESULTS, 04/28/2022
- Southwest Airlines to launch new ticket type to boost revenue, 03/29/2022
- JetBlue, American Airlines, and Southwest pilots are suing the CDC over the federal mask mandate, saying it ignores scientific studies showing it is ‘ineffective’, 03/21/2022
- SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CELEBRATES 15 YEARS OF PROVIDING LIFE-CHANGING MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, 03/07/2022
- SOUTHWEST AIRLINES TEAMS UP WITH LUCK PRESENTS AS OFFICIAL AIRLINE OF LUCK REUNION AND WELCOMES ON THE RISE ARTIST, IDA MAY, TO MAIN STAGE LINEUP, 02/21/2022
- SOUTHWEST AIRLINES JOINS VISION 2045 CAMPAIGN TO HIGHLIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS, 02/21/2022
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Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. A few of these Southwest Airlines stats come from their own reports, but some are based on news reports and not official company tallies. No information contained on DMR should be relied upon to make investment decisions. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100%.
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