Capital expenditure · 2011–2025

United Airlines capital expenditure

$5.9B+4.6% · FY2025

United Airlines (UAL) reported $5.9B in capital expenditure for fiscal 2025, +4.6% year on year.

$840M2011$2.0B2012$2.2B2013$2.0B2014$2.7B2015$3.2B2016$3.9B2017$4.1B2018$4.5B2019$1.7B2020$2.1B2021$4.8B2022$7.2B2023$5.6B2024$5.9B2025
United Airlines — Capital expenditure, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearCapital expenditureChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$5.9B+4.6%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$5.6B−21.7%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$7.2B+48.8%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$4.8B+128.7%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$2.1B+22.0%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$1.7B−61.9%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$4.5B+11.3%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$4.1B+5.2%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$3.9B+20.1%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$3.2B+17.3%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$2.7B+37.0%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$2.0B−7.3%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$2.2B+7.3%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$2.0B+140.0%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$840M—Open →

Capital expenditure — Capital expenditure is the cash the company spent during the year on property, plant and equipment — factories, stores, servers, vehicles. It appears in the investing section of the cash-flow statement as an outflow and is shown here as a positive amount. Operating cash flow minus this figure is free cash flow.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +14.9%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{United Airlines capital expenditure}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/united-airlines/capital-expenditure}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0000100517-26-000023 · February 12, 2026

{{cite web |title=United Airlines capital expenditure — 10-K (0000100517-26-000023) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100517/000010051726000023/ual-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-02-12}}

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