Private company

Western Global Airlines

Logo: Western Global Airlines, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons³

American cargo airline

Western Global Airlines, LLC is an American cargo airline based in Estero, Florida. The company's services include aircraft leasing, commercial charters, and military charters.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Mar 6, 2013Founded¹

HeadquartersEstero¹

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Western Global Airlines, LLC is an American cargo airline based in Estero, Florida. The company's services include aircraft leasing, commercial charters, and military charters.²

Timeline

Mar 6, 2013Founded Founded¹

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$254.1M 2016–2026

PPP loans $8.2M
Other federal assistance $34.8M
Federal contracts $211.1M

Without federal contracts$43.0M 2020–2020

PPP loans $8.2M
Other federal assistance $34.8M

Figures by year

Year	PPP loans	Other federal assistance	Federal contracts	Total
2026	–	–	$14.5M	$14.5M
2025	–	–	$86.0M	$86.0M
2024	–	–	$60.4M	$60.4M
2023	–	–	$4.6M	$4.6M
2022	–	–	$8.5M	$8.5M
2021	–	–	$18.0M	$18.0M
2020	$8.2M	$34.8M	$14.3M	$57.2M
2019	–	–	$4.1M	$4.1M
2018	–	–	$2.5K	$2.5K
2016	–	–	$790.0K	$790.0K

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov⁵, by calendar year, 2016–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest direct payments

$34.8M from Departmental Offices: Coronavirus Relief - Pandemic Relief For Aviation Workers⁶ To WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES INC Award ACWS0380

Largest contracts

Oct 1, 2024$55.2M from USTRANSCOM: Civil reserve air fleet - air transportation services⁷ To WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES INC Award HTC71125F1009
Oct 1, 2025$52.6M from USTRANSCOM: Civil reserve air fleet - air transportation services⁸ To WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES INC Award HTC71126F1009
Apr 1, 2022$4.9M from USTRANSCOM: To provide heavyweight delivery services for domestic & international shipments.⁹ To WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES INC Award HTC71122F9553
Jul 1, 2021$4.0M from USTRANSCOM: To provide heavyweight delivery services for domestic & international shipments.¹⁰ To WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES INC Award HTC71122F9042
Apr 1, 2021$3.2M from USTRANSCOM: To provide heavyweight delivery services for domestic & international shipments.¹¹ To WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES INC Award HTC71121F8858

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA¹². Matched to this company by name and state.

Apr 15, 2020$8.2M PPP loan (first draw) from JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association¹²To WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES LLC, Estero FL; $8.3M forgiven Sep 7, 2021

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataWestern Global Airlines on Wikidata
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WikipediaWestern Global Airlines on Wikipedia
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Wikimedia CommonsWestern Global Airlines logo by Western Global Airlines, Public domain
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Wikimedia CommonsWestern Global Airlines photo by MarcelX42, CC BY-SA 4.0
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USAspending.govUSAspending.gov recipient profile: WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES INC
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USAspending.govACWS0380: Departmental Offices
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USAspending.govHTC71125F1009: USTRANSCOM
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USAspending.govHTC71126F1009: USTRANSCOM
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USAspending.govHTC71122F9553: USTRANSCOM
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USAspending.govHTC71122F9042: USTRANSCOM
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USAspending.govHTC71121F8858: USTRANSCOM
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SBASBA Paycheck Protection Program loan data (FOIA), loans of $150,000 and up