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Tables 3-7 and 3-7M. Top 25 Airports by Landed Weight of All-Cargo Operations: 2000 and 2009-20121

The three most important U.S. airports that handle all-cargo aircraft are Memphis, Anchorage, and Louisville. Memphis and Louisville are major hubs for FedEx and the United Parcel Service, respectively. Anchorage is a major international gateway for trade with Asia.

Table 3-7 (standard units)

Table in Excel format

Airport 2012 Rank Landed weight (thousands of short tons)
2000 2009 2010 2011 2012
Memphis, TN (Memphis International) 1 6,318 9,464 9,772 10,152 10,263
Anchorage, AK (Ted Stevens Anchorage International)2 2 8,084 7,762 9,732 8,887 8,261
Louisville, KY (Louisville International-Standiford Field) 3 3,987 5,139 5,319 5,491 5,462
Miami, FL (Miami International) 4 2,929 3,176 3,453 3,317 3,574
Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) 5 2,884 2,288 2,359 2,407 2,470
Chicago, IL (O'Hare International) 6 2,062 1,750 2,448 2,184 2,278
Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) 7 2,892 1,884 1,977 2,022 2,102
New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) 8 2,793 1,591 1,962 1,972 1,747
Cincinnati, OH (Cincinatti/Northern Kentucky International) 9 912 564 1,216 1,410 1,594
Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) 10 1,691 1,436 1,516 1,532 1,544
Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) 11 1,961 1,464 1,489 1,525 1,427
Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland International) 12 1,811 1,341 1,324 1,340 1,323
Ontario, CA (Ontario International) 13 1,220 1,168 1,121 1,157 1,181
Atlanta, GA (William B. Hartsfield International) 14 1,090 1,278 1,314 1,328 1,014
Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) 15 692 1,021 1,062 1,057 988
Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) 16 1,454 1,132 994 975 947
Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) 17 480 784 763 808 784
Phoenix, AZ (Sky Harbor International) 18 920 610 607 620 650
Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) 19 1,060 803 697 679 645
Denver, CO (Denver International) 20 900 624 619 605 602
San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) 21 1,267 747 652 622 599
Portland, OR (Portland International) 22 882 545 531 567 581
Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake City International) 23 751 449 424 428 438
Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain) 24 622 474 512 484 438
San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin International) 25 485 543 441 434 425
Top 25 airports3 Blank cell. 52,381 48,153 52,350 52,043 51,338
United States, all airports4 Blank cell. 74,743 63,191 67,530 66,095 67,448
Top 25 as % of U.S. total Blank cell. 70.1 76.2 77.5 78.7 76.1

1Dedicated to the exclusive transportation of cargo, all-cargo operations do not include aircraft carrying passengers that also may be carrying cargo. Aircraft landed weight is the certificated maximum gross landed weight of the aircraft as specified by the aircraft manufacturers.

2Anchorage includes a large share of all-cargo operations in-transit.

3Airport rankings change each year. Totals represent the top 25 airports for each year, not necessarily the top 25 airports listed here for 2012.

4Limited to airports with an aggregate landed weight in excess of 100 million pounds (50,000 short tons) annually.

Notes:

1 short ton = 2,000 pounds.

Sources:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Air Carrier Activity Information System (ACAIS) database, All-Cargo Data, available at www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/ as of September 11, 2013.

 

Table 3-7M (metric units)1

Table in Excel format

Airport 2012 Rank Landed weight (thousands of metric tons)
2000 2009 2010 2011 2012
Memphis, TN (Memphis International) 1 5,732 8,586 8,865 9,209 9,310
Anchorage, AK (Ted Stevens Anchorage International)2 2 7,333 7,042 8,829 8,062 7,495
Louisville, KY (Louisville International-Standiford Field) 3 3,617 4,662 4,825 4,981 4,955
Miami, FL (Miami International) 4 2,657 2,882 3,132 3,009 3,242
Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) 5 2,616 2,075 2,140 2,183 2,241
Chicago, IL (O'Hare International) 6 1,870 1,587 2,221 1,982 2,066
Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) 7 2,624 1,710 1,794 1,834 1,907
New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) 8 2,534 1,443 1,780 1,789 1,585
Cincinnati, OH (Cincinatti/Northern Kentucky International) 9 828 512 1,103 1,279 1,446
Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) 10 1,534 1,303 1,375 1,390 1,401
Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) 11 1,779 1,328 1,351 1,383 1,295
Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland International) 12 1,643 1,216 1,201 1,215 1,200
Ontario, CA (Ontario International) 13 1,107 1,060 1,017 1,050 1,071
Atlanta, GA (William B. Hartsfield International) 14 989 1,159 1,192 1,205 920
Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) 15 628 926 963 959 897
Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) 16 1,319 1,027 902 884 859
Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) 17 435 711 692 733 711
Phoenix, AZ (Sky Harbor International) 18 835 554 550 562 590
Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) 19 961 729 632 616 585
Denver, CO (Denver International) 20 817 566 561 548 546
San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) 21 1,149 678 592 564 543
Portland, OR (Portland International) 22 800 494 482 515 527
Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake City International) 23 681 408 385 388 397
Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain) 24 564 430 465 439 397
San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin International) 25 440 493 400 393 385
Top 25 airports3 Blank cell. 47,520 43,684 47,491 47,213 46,573
United States, all airports4 Blank cell. 67,806 57,327 61,263 59,961 61,189
Top 25 as % of U.S. total Blank cell. 70.1 76.2 77.5 78.7 76.1

1Dedicated to the exclusive transportation of cargo, all-cargo operations do not include aircraft carrying passengers that also may be carrying cargo. Aircraft landed weight is the certificated maximum gross landed weight of the aircraft as specified by the aircraft manufacturers.

2Anchorage includes a large share of all-cargo operations in-transit.

3Airport rankings change each year. Totals represent the top 25 airports for each year, not necessarily the top 25 airports listed here for 2012.

4Limited to airports with an aggregate landed weight in excess of 100 million pounds (50,000 short tons) annually.

Notes:

1 metric tonne = 1.1023 short tons.

Sources:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Air Carrier Activity Information System (ACAIS) database, All-Cargo Data, available at www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/ as of September 11, 2013.

 


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