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Tables 3-10 and 3-10M. Top 25 Airports by Landed Weight of All-Cargo Operations: 2000-20061

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reports that Anchorage International and Memphis International are two of the most important U.S. airports that handle all-cargo aircraft.  All-cargo aircraft do not include aircraft carrying passengers as well as cargo.

Table 3-10 (standard units)

Table in Excel format | Historical data

Airport 2006 Rank Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2000 Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2003 Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2004 Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2005 Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2006
Anchorage, AK (Ted Stevens Anchorage International)2 1 8,084 9,007 9,844 10,364 10,588
Memphis, TN (Memphis International) 2 6,318 8,760 8,885 9,343 9,425
Louisville, KY (Louisville International-Standiford Field) 3 3,987 4,172 4,388 4,591 5,015
Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) 4 2,892 3,120 3,062 2,927 3,627
Miami, FL (Miami International) 5 2,929 3,239 3,423 3,550 3,591
Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) 6 2,884 2,277 2,314 2,545 2,627
New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) 7 2,793 2,937 2,898 2,811 2,615
Chicago, IL (O'Hare International) 8 2,062 2,351 2,359 2,412 2,208
Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) 9 1,961 1,835 1,765 1,870 1,867
Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland International) 10 1,811 1,695 1,703 1,797 1,798
Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) 11 1,691 1,481 1,431 1,655 1,722
Ontario, CA (Ontario International) 12 1,220 1,338 1,326 1,344 1,401
Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) 13 1,454 1,365 1,371 1,401 1,363
Atlanta, GA (William B. Hartsfield International) 14 1,090 1,194 1,162 1,014 1,180
Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) 15 692 1,017 970 828 979
San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) 16 1,267 1,200 740 797 829
Portland, OR (Portland International) 17 882 749 718 747 730
Phoenix, AZ (Sky Harbor International) 18 920 779 801 778 726
Denver, CO (Denver International) 19 900 747 763 763 711
Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) 20 1,060 796 531 709 709
Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) 21 480 666 697 710 696
Chicago/Rockford, IL (Chicago/Rockford International) 22 654 625 677 696 696
Fort Worth, TX (Fort Worth Alliance) 23 508 348 374 501 644
Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain) 24 622 687 678 702 620
San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin International) 25 485 652 452 625 606
Top 25 airports3 Blank cell. (R) 52,381 (R) 53,947 (R) 54,526 (R) 55,955 56,973
United States, all airports4 Blank cell. (R) 74,753 (R) 73,072 (R) 74,297 (R) 76,091 76,207
Top 25 as % of U.S. total Blank cell. (R) 70.1 73.8 (R) 73.4 73.5 74.8

Key: R = revised.

1All-cargo operations are operations dedicated to the exclusive transportation of cargo. This does not include aircraft carrying passengers that may also 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 proportion 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 2006.

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

Note:

1 short ton = 2,000 pounds.

Source:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Air Carrier Activity Information System (ACAIS) database, All-Cargo Data, available at www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/ as of May 29, 2008.

 

Table 3-10M (metric units)

Table in Excel format | Historical data

Airport 2006 Rank Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes)
2000
Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes)
2003
Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes)
2004
Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes)
2005

Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes)
2006

Anchorage, AK (Ted Stevens Anchorage International)2 1 7,333 8,171 8,930 9,402 9,605
Memphis, TN (Memphis International) 2 5,732 7,946 8,060 8,476 8,550
Louisville, KY (Louisville International-Standiford Field) 3 3,617 3,785 3,981 4,165 4,549
Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) 4 2,624 2,830 2,778 2,655 3,290
Miami, FL (Miami International) 5 2,657 2,938 3,105 3,221 3,258
Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) 6 2,616 2,065 2,099 2,308 2,383
New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) 7 2,534 2,664 2,629 2,550 2,372
Chicago, IL (O'Hare International) 8 1,870 2,133 2,140 2,188 2,003
Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) 9 1,778 1,664 1,601 1,697 1,694
Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland International) 10 1,643 1,537 1,545 1,631 1,631
Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) 11 1,534 1,344 1,298 1,501 1,562
Ontario, CA (Ontario International) 12 1,107 1,213 1,203 1,219 1,271
Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) 13 1,319 1,238 1,244 1,271 1,236
Atlanta, GA (William B. Hartsfield International) 14 989 1,083 1,054 919 1,070
Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) 15 628 923 880 751 888
San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) 16 1,149 1,089 671 723 752
Portland, OR (Portland International) 17 800 679 651 677 662
Phoenix, AZ (Sky Harbor International) 18 835 707 727 706 659
Denver, CO (Denver International) 19 817 678 692 692 645
Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) 20 961 722 482 643 643
Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) 21 435 604 632 644 631
Chicago/Rockford, IL (Chicago/Rockford International) 22 593 567 614 632 631
Fort Worth, TX (Fort Worth Alliance) 23 461 316 339 454 584
Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain) 24 564 623 615 637 562
San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin International) 25 440 591 410 567 550
Top 25 airports3 Blank cell. (R) 47,517 (R) 48,938 (R) 49,463 (R) 50,760 51,683
United States, all airports4 Blank cell. (R) 67,812 66,287 67,399 69,026 69,131
Top 25 as % of U.S. total Blank cell. (R)  70.1 (R)  73.8 (R)  73.4 (R)  73.5 74.8

Key: R = revised.

1All-cargo operations are operations dedicated to the exclusive transportation of cargo. This does not include aircraft carrying passengers that may also 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 proportion 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 2006.

4Limited to airports with an aggregate landed weight in excess of 45.36 million kilograms (45,359 metric tonnes) annually.

Note:

1 metric tonne = 1.1 short tons.

Source:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Air Carrier Activity Information System (ACAIS) database, All-Cargo Data, available at www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/ as of May 29, 2008.

 

 


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