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    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2014-11-13</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001614436</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Virgin America Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>VA</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001620741</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Varley John J.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O VIRGIN AMERICA INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>555 AIRPORT BLVD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BURLINGAME</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94010</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Senior VP, General Counsel</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>29540</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>12.9842</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2020-07-05</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>26493</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>12.9842</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2020-07-05</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>10597</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to buy)</value>
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                <value>12.9842</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2023-05-12</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>43052</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Restricted Stock Units (&quot;RSUs&quot;). The Reporting Person is entitled to receive one (1) share of common stock for each one (1) RSU once vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The option vests with respect to thirty-three and one-third percent (33.33%) of the shares subject thereto on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of July 6, 2010.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the option is only exercisable with respect to the vested portion thereof upon the earliest to occur of (i) a Change of Control (as defined in the Issuer's Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the &quot;Plan&quot;)) at a price per share of at least $37.74 or (ii) the date on which the Issuer's stock price exceeds and has exceeded $37.74 on a daily moving average basis for the previous six months.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The option vests with respect to thirty-three and one-third percent (33.33%) of the shares subject thereto on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of July 6, 2010.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The option vests in full upon the consummation of the initial public offering of the issuer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the option is only exercisable with respect to the vested portion thereto upon the earliest to occur of (i) a Change of Control (as defined in the Plan) at a price per share of at least $26.42 or (ii) the date on which the Issuer's stock price exceeds and has exceeded $26.42 on a daily moving average basis for the previous six months.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Allen Huang, Attorney-in-fact for John J. Varley</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-11-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
