Top 100 Contractors in NAICS 48121: Nonscheduled Air Transportation, FY2023

Parent companies by net contract obligations Oct 1, 2022 – Sep 30, 2023 Code page on GovTribe

The top 10 won 72% of FY2023 NAICS 48121 contract dollars

Ranking facts

Contract obligations
$5,786,640,027 Net of deobligations, by contracts coded NAICS 48121 or a code under it
Contractors
312 Parent companies with an obligation
Largest contractor
United Launch Alliance, L.L.C. $1.03 billion, 16.8% of obligations
Data as of

Contract actions from FPDS (SAM.gov). How the rankings work · Download all 100 rows as CSV

Full ranking

Rank Contractor Net obligations Share Trend
1 $1,030,732,186
Rank history: #1 in FY2021, #1 in FY2022, #2 in FY2024 and #3 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2022.
2 $1,003,686,924
Rank history: #2 in FY2021, #2 in FY2022, #3 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; unchanged since FY2022.
3 $875,682,211
Rank history: #3 in FY2021, #4 in FY2022, #4 in FY2024 and #58 in FY2025; up 1 since FY2022.
4 $835,955,532
Rank history: #4 in FY2021, #3 in FY2022, #1 in FY2024 and #1 in FY2025; down 1 since FY2022.
5 $228,710,255
Rank history: #5 in FY2021, #5 in FY2022, #5 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; unchanged since FY2022.
6 $111,871,806
Rank history: #7 in FY2021, #6 in FY2022 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; unchanged since FY2022.
7 $105,458,519
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #7 in FY2022, #21 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; unchanged since FY2022.
8 $96,236,788
Rank history: #12 in FY2021, #14 in FY2022 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 6 since FY2022.
9 $81,143,900
Rank history: #17 in FY2021, #10 in FY2022, #11 in FY2024 and #25 in FY2025; up 1 since FY2022.
10 $67,765,242
Rank history: #6 in FY2021, #13 in FY2022, #10 in FY2024 and #15 in FY2025; up 3 since FY2022.
11 $64,142,149
Rank history: #14 in FY2021, #9 in FY2022, #8 in FY2024 and #9 in FY2025; down 2 since FY2022.
12 $59,287,452
Rank history: #8 in FY2021, #8 in FY2022 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 4 since FY2022.
13 $49,672,191
Rank history: #39 in FY2021, #17 in FY2022, #14 in FY2024 and #16 in FY2025; up 4 since FY2022.
14 $48,946,529
Rank history: #11 in FY2021, #11 in FY2022, #7 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 3 since FY2022.
15
Eastern Airlines LLC
$42,595,738
Rank history: #44 in FY2021, #22 in FY2022, #26 in FY2024 and #20 in FY2025; up 7 since FY2022.
16 $36,482,238
Rank history: #25 in FY2021, #18 in FY2022, #12 in FY2024 and #14 in FY2025; up 2 since FY2022.
17 $33,939,245
Rank history: #35 in FY2021, #24 in FY2022, #9 in FY2024 and #11 in FY2025; up 7 since FY2022.
18 $32,944,526
Rank history: #23 in FY2021, #27 in FY2022, #91 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 9 since FY2022.
19
Tenax Aerospace Holdings LLC Through Tenax Aerospace LLC
$30,849,456
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #19 in FY2022 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; unchanged since FY2022.
20 $30,124,078
Rank history: #20 in FY2021, #25 in FY2022 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 5 since FY2022.
21 $29,387,156
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #64 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; new.
22 $27,919,253
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #15 in FY2022, #27 in FY2024 and #24 in FY2025; down 7 since FY2022.
23 $27,620,801
Rank history: #59 in FY2021, #21 in FY2022, #15 in FY2024 and #19 in FY2025; down 2 since FY2022.
24 $26,516,704
Rank history: #27 in FY2021, #26 in FY2022, #13 in FY2024 and #17 in FY2025; up 2 since FY2022.
25 $26,212,232
Rank history: #21 in FY2021, #32 in FY2022, #58 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 7 since FY2022.
26 $25,768,269
Rank history: #58 in FY2021, #29 in FY2022, #24 in FY2024 and #27 in FY2025; up 3 since FY2022.
27 $25,717,364
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #31 in FY2022, #31 in FY2024 and #22 in FY2025; up 4 since FY2022.
28 $23,842,214
Rank history: #49 in FY2021, #28 in FY2022, #17 in FY2024 and #21 in FY2025; unchanged since FY2022.
29 $23,798,685
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #12 in FY2022, #30 in FY2024 and #8 in FY2025; down 17 since FY2022.
30
Omni Air International, LLC
$20,217,000
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #75 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 127 since FY2022.
31 $18,636,367
Rank history: #19 in FY2021, not on the FY2022 list, #20 in FY2024 and #36 in FY2025; returned.
32 $17,705,104
Rank history: #60 in FY2021, #37 in FY2022, #36 in FY2024 and #37 in FY2025; up 5 since FY2022.
33 $16,796,302
Rank history: #18 in FY2021, #20 in FY2022, #19 in FY2024 and #85 in FY2025; down 13 since FY2022.
34 $16,299,256
Rank history: #22 in FY2021, #50 in FY2022, #95 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 16 since FY2022.
35 $16,242,211
Rank history: #9 in FY2021, #36 in FY2022 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 1 since FY2022.
36 $16,004,988
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; new.
37 $15,894,335
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #68 in FY2022, #29 in FY2024 and #23 in FY2025; up 31 since FY2022.
38 $15,372,826
Rank history: #47 in FY2021, #42 in FY2022, #38 in FY2024 and #40 in FY2025; up 4 since FY2022.
39 $14,965,000
Rank history: #62 in FY2021, not on the FY2022 list, #23 in FY2024 and #12 in FY2025; up 104 since FY2022.
40 $14,099,000
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #34 in FY2024 and #50 in FY2025; new.
41 $13,554,070
Rank history: #72 in FY2021, #44 in FY2022 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 3 since FY2022.
42 $13,121,498
Rank history: #42 in FY2021, #34 in FY2022, #45 in FY2024 and #43 in FY2025; down 8 since FY2022.
43
Allegiant Travel Company Through Allegiant Air LLC
$12,583,304
Rank history: #37 in FY2021, #41 in FY2022, #42 in FY2024 and #51 in FY2025; down 2 since FY2022.
44 $12,279,517
Rank history: #41 in FY2021, #39 in FY2022, #37 in FY2024 and #31 in FY2025; down 5 since FY2022.
45 $12,138,883
Rank history: #30 in FY2021, #57 in FY2022, #77 in FY2024 and #44 in FY2025; up 12 since FY2022.
46 $11,950,400
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; new.
47 $11,486,717
Rank history: #57 in FY2021, #48 in FY2022, #55 in FY2024 and #48 in FY2025; up 1 since FY2022.
48 $11,443,446
Rank history: #85 in FY2021, #35 in FY2022, #35 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 13 since FY2022.
49 $11,420,693
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #75 in FY2022, #88 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 26 since FY2022.
50 $10,439,732
Rank history: #80 in FY2021, #46 in FY2022, #52 in FY2024 and #77 in FY2025; down 4 since FY2022.
51 $9,819,330
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #54 in FY2022, #50 in FY2024 and #54 in FY2025; up 3 since FY2022.
52 $9,526,917
Rank history: #88 in FY2021, #61 in FY2022, #43 in FY2024 and #28 in FY2025; up 9 since FY2022.
53 $9,051,304
Rank history: #76 in FY2021, #52 in FY2022, #82 in FY2024 and #78 in FY2025; down 1 since FY2022.
54
Nova Group Inc. Through P.j. Helicopters, Inc.
$8,949,208
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #53 in FY2022 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 1 since FY2022.
55 $7,679,916
Rank history: #96 in FY2021, #65 in FY2022, #47 in FY2024 and #55 in FY2025; up 10 since FY2022.
56 $7,287,977
Rank history: #53 in FY2021, #60 in FY2022 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 4 since FY2022.
57 $7,041,631
Rank history: #33 in FY2021, #33 in FY2022 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 24 since FY2022.
58 $6,899,261
Rank history: #26 in FY2021, #16 in FY2022, #61 in FY2024 and #67 in FY2025; down 42 since FY2022.
59 $6,874,092
Rank history: #24 in FY2021, #66 in FY2022 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 7 since FY2022.
60 $6,865,920
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #51 in FY2024 and #42 in FY2025; new.
61 $6,792,667
Rank history: #48 in FY2021, #49 in FY2022, #60 in FY2024 and #46 in FY2025; down 12 since FY2022.
62 $6,751,838
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #56 in FY2022, #49 in FY2024 and #57 in FY2025; down 6 since FY2022.
63 $6,435,334
Rank history: #82 in FY2021, #77 in FY2022, #56 in FY2024 and #63 in FY2025; up 14 since FY2022.
64
Air Greenland A/S
$6,246,115
Rank history: #51 in FY2021, #67 in FY2022, #62 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 3 since FY2022.
65 $6,014,852
Rank history: #70 in FY2021, not on the FY2022 list, not on the FY2024 list and #65 in FY2025; up 37 since FY2022.
66 $5,934,006
Rank history: #61 in FY2021, #71 in FY2022, #84 in FY2024 and #89 in FY2025; up 5 since FY2022.
67 $5,872,860
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #83 in FY2022, #71 in FY2024 and #95 in FY2025; up 16 since FY2022.
68
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc. Through Atlas Air, Inc.
$5,855,363
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 95 since FY2022.
69 $5,599,529
Rank history: #52 in FY2021, not on the FY2022 list, #69 in FY2024 and #75 in FY2025; up 67 since FY2022.
70 $5,556,818
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #64 in FY2022, #65 in FY2024 and #66 in FY2025; down 6 since FY2022.
71 $5,545,395
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #51 in FY2022, #28 in FY2024 and #26 in FY2025; down 20 since FY2022.
72
Swift Air L.L.C.
$5,541,380
Rank history: #79 in FY2021, #47 in FY2022 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 25 since FY2022.
73 $5,514,241
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #79 in FY2022, #81 in FY2024 and #61 in FY2025; up 6 since FY2022.
74 $5,421,778
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #63 in FY2022, #67 in FY2024 and #74 in FY2025; down 11 since FY2022.
75 $5,370,010
Rank history: #54 in FY2021, #38 in FY2022, #53 in FY2024 and #53 in FY2025; down 37 since FY2022.
76 $5,334,489
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; new.
77 $5,193,626
Rank history: #64 in FY2021, #69 in FY2022 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 8 since FY2022.
78 $5,141,066
Rank history: #67 in FY2021, #74 in FY2022 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 4 since FY2022.
79 $5,115,435
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #86 in FY2024 and #88 in FY2025; up 24 since FY2022.
80 $5,099,033
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #83 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; new.
81 $4,874,344
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, not on the FY2024 list and #92 in FY2025; up 20 since FY2022.
82 $4,847,654
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #72 in FY2022, #66 in FY2024 and #93 in FY2025; down 10 since FY2022.
83 $4,723,220
Rank history: #74 in FY2021, #73 in FY2022, #76 in FY2024 and #76 in FY2025; down 10 since FY2022.
84 $4,580,323
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #73 in FY2024 and #59 in FY2025; up 25 since FY2022.
85 $4,519,293
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; new.
86
MAG DS Corp.
$4,345,970
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; new.
87 $4,320,427
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #89 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 31 since FY2022.
88
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering Inc.
$4,285,320
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 23 since FY2022.
89 $3,941,733
Rank history: #71 in FY2021, #92 in FY2022, #96 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 3 since FY2022.
90
Delta Air Lines Inc.
$3,890,575
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; up 59 since FY2022.
91 $3,870,983
Rank history: #90 in FY2021, #86 in FY2022, #48 in FY2024 and #49 in FY2025; down 5 since FY2022.
92 $3,730,535
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #70 in FY2022 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 22 since FY2022.
93 $3,728,469
Rank history: #78 in FY2021, #84 in FY2022 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 9 since FY2022.
94 $3,578,741
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; new.
95 $3,490,270
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #93 in FY2022, #92 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 2 since FY2022.
96 $3,398,566
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #80 in FY2022, #97 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 16 since FY2022.
97 $3,370,366
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #62 in FY2022 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 35 since FY2022.
98
Halvorson-Seibold Inc Through Rainier Heli International Inc.
$3,308,562
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #95 in FY2022 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; down 3 since FY2022.
99 $3,222,770
Rank history: #69 in FY2021, #97 in FY2022, #72 in FY2024 and #5 in FY2025; down 2 since FY2022.
100 $3,191,955
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #78 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 17 since FY2022.
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Rankings for the codes under NAICS 48121

Code Net obligations Largest contractor
481212 Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation $2,855,178,027 United Launch Alliance, L.L.C.
481211 Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation $2,727,784,932 Patriot Team
481219 Other Nonscheduled Air Transportation $203,677,067 Classic Air Charter Inc.

How this ranking works

  • Source: every contract action FPDS records (as published on SAM.gov) in the period, as GovTribe received it.
  • Amounts are net obligations: what was obligated, less what was deobligated. Shares are of $6.13 billion obligated before deobligations, so they never pass 100%.
  • Parent companies: each action counts under the ultimate parent its award record names, or under the awardee when it names none, so no dollar counts twice. Parents of the same name (Inc., LLC and the like aside) count as one company, since FPDS records a company's parent under more than one UEI over time. GovTribe corrects a few parents and names by hand; see the corrections.
  • Fiscal year 2023 ran Oct 1, 2022 – Sep 30, 2023. The Department of Defense reports its contract actions to FPDS about 90 days late, so a fiscal year is ranked once they're in, in February, and the list doesn't change after.
  • Rank changes compare with FY2022. "New" marks a company outside that period's top 500, and "Returned" one of those that was on an earlier fiscal year's list.
  • Rank lines show each company's rank on every fiscal year's list since FY2021, #1 at the top, on a scale that gives the top of the list more room. A dashed stretch spans years it wasn't on the list. The step from FY2022 takes the color of the rank change beside it.
  • Placeholder recipients FPDS uses when it names no company ("Miscellaneous Foreign Contractors" and the like) aren't ranked.

Quick answers

Who were the top 10 NAICS 48121 contractors in FY2023?

1. United Launch Alliance, L.L.C. ($1.03B), 2. Patriot Team ($1B), 3. Fedex Corp ($876M), 4. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. ($836M), 5. National Air Cargo, Inc. ($229M), 6. Classic Air Charter Inc. ($112M), 7. HUI Huliau ($105M), 8. Noosphere Venture Partners LP ($96.2M), 9. Air Center Helicopters, Inc. ($81.1M), 10. Phoenix Air Group, Inc. ($67.8M).

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