Southwest
Essential Performance Statistics
Discover how Southwest performed in 2024 with key metrics such as capacity, frequency, ASKs, busiest routes and average airfares.
Main Hub: Dallas Love Field (DAL)
Country / Territory: United States of America
Alliance: N/a
Southwest: 2024 IN STATS
CAPACITY
231,418,133
⬇ 0.7% YoY
FREQUENCY
1,452,219
⬇ 1.2% YoY
ASKS
286,663,356,537
⬆ 3.9% YoY
ROUTES
2,030
⬆ 5.2% YoY
Key Takeaways
- Under some pressure from shareholders, Southwest is adjusting both its network and product offering, in a bid to improve revenues and business performance.
- With 97% of its capacity in the US domestic market, representing a nearly 10% capacity growth compared to pre-Covid 2019 levels, Southwest remains the third largest airline in the world despite not seeing any growth in 2024.
- The airline has differing shares of market capacity across its five largest bases, ranging from near total domination at Dallas Love Field (97%) through to Denver where the airline has 32% of the airport’s capacity and competes head-to-head with United Airlines.
Southwest: Capacity by Type

Southwest: Capacity by Region
Southwest: Top 5 Country Markets
Southwest: Top 5 Airports
Top 5 International Routes
- SJU-MCO
- CUN-HOU
- BWI-SJU
- BWI-MBJ
- CUN-BWI
Top 5 Domestic Routes
- BWI-MCO
- PHX-DEN
- OGG-HNL
- DAL-HOU
- LAS-DEN
Southwest: Aircraft Fleet Composition