| 100% | ANA | 3 | Carrier that operates its overnight cargo hub at Naha Airport in Okinawa |
| 28% | PANAM | 5 | Carrier that operated the Orion III Spaceplane, in “2001: A Space Odyssey” |
| 28% | USAIR | 5 | Carrier that added "ways" to its name in 1997 |
| 25% | MEA | 3 | National flag-carrier that does not fly to the US and has its base at Rafic Hariri International Airport (abbr.) |
| 25% | CNN | 3 | Channel that shut down its airport-exclusive broadcast offering in 2021 |
| 24% | NETPOSITIVE | 11 | That it catches fish in big batches rather than one at a time, e.g.? |
| 23% | ELAL | 4 | Carrier that operates only six days a week |
| 23% | ALITALIA | 8 | Its last flight touched down at Fiumicino Airport in October 2021 |
| 23% | MALEV | 5 | Airline that was the flag carrier of Hungary from 1946 until it declared insolvency in 2012 |
| 23% | TWA | 3 | Old airline that had a hub at JFK airport: Abbr. |
| 22% | TYGER | 5 | Striped predator, playfully spelled in William Blake's titular poem that marvels at its creator's work |
| 22% | SLOTS | 5 | Some chancy things that will get you in the right frame of mind at Reno-Tahoe International Airport |
| 22% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
| 22% | USAIR | 5 | Carrier that bought Piedmont in the 1980's |
| 21% | DEER | 4 | With 73 Across, road sign that hints at something found four times in this puzzle (as well as its shape) |
| 21% | LOGAN | 5 | Airport in Boston that shares a name with Wolverine |
| 21% | LDFAITHFUL | 10 | Attraction that operates under its own steam? |
| 21% | AUSTRIAN | 8 | Airline with hub at Vienna International Airport |
| 21% | AMTRAK | 6 | Train service that operates in 46 states |
| 21% | SAS | 3 | Its hub is in Copenhagen |
| 21% | MANIFEST | 8 | Cargo's listed in it |
| 21% | TWA | 3 | It had a hub at J.F.K. |
| 21% | DNA | 3 | Code carrier that's 17-Down in reverse |
| 21% | TWA | 3 | Its hub is in St. Louis |
| 21% | DELTA | 5 | Its main hub is in Atlanta |
| 21% | ELAL | 4 | Carrier based at Ben Gurion Airport |
| 21% | SAS | 3 | Carrier with a hub in Copenhagen |
| 21% | ALITALIA | 8 | Carrier with a hub in Fiumicino |
| 21% | FOAL | 4 | It's hard to believe that Big Jake, now weighing about 2600 lbs, started out as this at a mere 240 lbs in 2001 |
| 20% | USAIR | 5 | Early carrier that merged with American Airlines in 2013 |