Airline State or territory Image IATA ICAO Callsign Hubs andfocus cities Commencedoperations Ceasedoperations Notes Q Quaker City Airways California Burbank 1948 1961 Supplemental air carrier. Renamed Admiral Airways. Operated Boeing 307 Stratoliner Queen City Flying Service Ohio Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky 1940 1970 Operated Beech 18, C-45 Expeditor Quicktrans Virginia Norfolk 1950 1994 Navy cargo virtual airline R Ram Air Freight North Carolina REX RAM EXPRESS Raleigh Durham 1982 2008 Operated Grumman Cheetah, Piper Seneca, Piper PA-32 Ramp 66 South Carolina PPK North Myrtle Beach 1991 1994 Operated Beech Baron, Beech Bonanza, Cessna 402 Ranger Airlines Texas El Paso 1968 1970 Scheduled third-level services Rankin Flying Service Oregon Swan Island 1927 n/a Founded by Tex Rankin Ransome Airlines Pennsylvania RZ Northeast Philadelphia 1967 1995 Feeder flights for Allegheny Commuter (1970–1982), Delta Connection (1984–1987), Pan Am Express (1987–1991) and Trans World Express (1991–1995) Rapid Air 1965 2006 Cargo operator. Known as Sparta Aviation Service Rapid Air Lines South Dakota Rapid City 1930 1933 Merged with Hanford Airlines to form Hanford-Rapid Airlines Rapid City Airlines South Dakota Rapid City 1928 1929 Established as Pioneer Airways. Operated Curtiss Jenny Raritan Valley Air New Jersey Manville 1966 1968 Operated Beech 18, Beech Baron, Piper Apache Rasmark Jet Charter Texas El Paso 1984 2000 Operated Learjet 25, Falcon 20 Raven Air Alaska Anchorage 1987 1992 Operated Cessna aircraft Ravn Alaska Alaska 7H RVF RAVN FLIGHT Anchorage 2014 (traceable to 1948) 2025 Shutdown due to travel disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Ray Petersen Flying Service Alaska Bethel 1937 1945 Acquired Bristol Bay Air Service and Jim Dodson Air Service RCR Air North Carolina Lexington 2007 2014 Operated Embraer ERJ 145 Reading Aviation Service Pennsylvania Reading 1966 1966 Operated de Havilland Dove, Beech D18S Rectrix Aviation Massachusetts Nantucket 2005 2019 Red Arrow Flying Service Florida Miami 1917 1919 Renamed to Chalk's Flying ServiceOperated Stinson Voyager with floats Red Baron Airlines Florida Palm Beach 1979 1980 Renamed to Florida Commuter Airlines Red Carpet Airlines Florida RED Clearwater 1978 1981 Renamed Aerosun International. Operated Convair 340, DC-3 Red Dodge Aviation Alaska Anchorage 1969 1972 uncertificated carrier flying Lockheed L-100 Hercules. Subsidiary of Flying W Airways Red Way Nebraska Lincoln 2023 2023 Virtual airline Red Wing Flying Service Massachusetts Ware 1929 1929 Air taxi Rediske Air Alaska Soldotna 1991 2017 Redline Air Charters Alaska Ruby 1996 2010 Reeve Aleutian Airways Alaska RV RVV REEVE Anchorage 1932 2001 Regent Air California 4R Los Angeles 1983 1986 Super luxury 727 operator between New York and Los Angeles Regina Cargo Airlines Florida Miami 1948 1960 Supplemental air carrier changed its name to Imperial Airlines in 1960 RegionsAir Tennessee 3C CEA CORP-X Smyrna 1996 2007 Reilly Air Service California Los Angeles 1968 1971 Operated Beech 18 Reliant Airlines Michigan RLT 1984 2002 Reno Air Nevada QQ ROA RENO AIR Reno–Tahoe 1992 1999 Merged into American Airlines Reno Air Express California San Jose 1994 1995 Renown Aviation California RG RGS Santa Maria 1980 2000 Established as Western Aircraft Salvage Republic Airlines Minnesota RC REP REPUBLIC Minneapolis–Saint Paul 1979 1986 Merged into Northwest Airlines Resort Air Missouri St. Louis Lambert 1983 1989 Renamed to Trans States Airlines. Operated Swearingen Metro Resort Air Rhode Island Block Island 1990s 1990s Charter carrier Resort Air Oregon Sunriver 1992 1992 Scenic tours Resort Airlines North CarolinaFloridaDistrict of Columbia RA RA Pinehurst, North CarolinaNew York CityMiami 1945 1960 Scheduled international carrier limited to "sky cruises"