Southwest Airlines

airline of the United States
Organization airline Q503308
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 19 annual filings
Revenue
$28.06B
▲ 2.1% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$441.00M
▼ 5.2% YoY FY2025
Assets
$29.06B
▼ 13.9% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$0.79
▲ 3.9% YoY FY2025
$0.00$7.72B$15.43B$23.15B$30.87B FY2007: $9.86B · NI $645.00M (6.5% margin)FY2008: $11.02B · NI $178.00M (1.6% margin)FY2009: $10.35B · NI $99.00M (1.0% margin)FY2010: $12.10B · NI $459.00M (3.8% margin)FY2011: $15.66B · NI $178.00M (1.1% margin)FY2012: $17.09B · NI $421.00M (2.5% margin)FY2013: $17.70B · NI $754.00M (4.3% margin)FY2014: $18.61B · NI $1.14B (6.1% margin)FY2015: $19.82B · NI $2.18B (11.0% margin)FY2016: $20.29B · NI $2.18B (10.8% margin)FY2017: $21.15B · NI $3.36B (15.9% margin)FY2018: $21.96B · NI $2.46B (11.2% margin)FY2019: $22.43B · NI $2.30B (10.3% margin)FY2020: $9.05B · NI -$3.07B (-34.0% margin)FY2021: $15.79B · NI $977.00M (6.2% margin)FY2022: $23.81B · NI $539.00M (2.3% margin)FY2023: $26.09B · NI $465.00M (1.8% margin)FY2024: $27.48B · NI $465.00M (1.7% margin)FY2025: $28.06B · NI $441.00M (1.6% margin) '07'09'11'13'15'17'19'21'23'25
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-12-31 · accession 0000092380-26-000004

Summary

Southwest Airlines is an airline[1]. It ranks in the top 0.24% of airline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,338 views/month, #7 of 2,889).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: International Association of Baggage System Companies[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: business[5], public company[6]
  • Founder: Herb Kelleher[7], Rollin King[8]
  • Airline hub: Dallas Love Field[9]
  • Item operated: Boeing 737 Classic[10], Boeing 737 Next Generation[11], Boeing 737 MAX[12], Boeing 737[13]
  • Headquarters location: Dallas[14]
  • Chief executive officer: Bob Jordan[15]
  • IATA airline designator: WN[16]
  • ICAO airline designator: SWA[17]
  • Part of: S&P 500[18]
  • Commons category: Southwest Airlines[19]
  • Stock exchange: New York Stock Exchange[20]
  • Review score: 4.2/5[21]
  • Industry: air transport[22]
  • Inception: March 15, 1967[23], 1967[24]
  • Location of formation: Dallas[25]
  • Official website: https://www.southwest.com/[26], https://espanol.southwest.com/[27]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Southwest Airlines[28]
  • Commons gallery: Southwest Airlines[29]
  • Described at URL: http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/southwest-airlines-co-history/[30]
  • Employees: 59,793[31], 57,674[32]
  • Phone number: +1-800-435-9792[33]
  • Topic has template: Template:Southwest Airlines[34]
  • Motto text: Low fares. Nothing to hide[35]

Why It Matters

Southwest Airlines has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap way id → 839540855
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap way id: 839540855, Adding OSM way id claim from wikidata tag on way/839540855 in United States"
  2. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → southwest-airlines
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: southwest-airlines, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960483|southwest airlines (#289960483)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|H"
  3. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → DE2E-1944-1793-E9CF-2B2F
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  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → airline, business, public company
    Reward program → Rapid Rewards
    Legal form → For-Profit Corporation
    House publication → Spirit
    + 47 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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