Tables 2-9 and 2-9M: Top 25 Airports by Landed Weight of All-Cargo Operations1
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reports that Anchorage International and Memphis International are this country's two most important airports that handle all-cargo aircraft. All-cargo aircraft are those dedicated to the exclusive transportation of cargo. They do not include aircraft carrying passengers as well as cargo. Of the top 25 airports that handle all-cargo operations, Memphis is also one of the fastest growing, up 39 percent since 2000, along with Honolulu (47 percent), Houston (39 percent), and San Juan (34 percent).
Table 2-9 (standard units)
Table in Excel format
| Airport | 2003 Rank | Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2000 |
Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2001 |
Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2002 |
Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage, AK (Ted Stevens Anchorage International)2 | 1 | 8,084 | 7,777 | 8,994 | 9,007 |
| Memphis, TN (Memphis International) | 2 | 6,318 | 6,865 | 8,826 | 8,760 |
| Louisville, KY (Louisville International-Standiford Field) | 3 | 3,987 | 4,026 | 4,202 | 4,172 |
| Miami, FL (Miami International) | 4 | 2,929 | 3,055 | 3,174 | 3,239 |
| Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) | 5 | 2,892 | 2,929 | 3,038 | 3,120 |
| New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) | 6 | 2,793 | 2,543 | 2,912 | 2,937 |
| Chicago, IL (O'Hare International) | 7 | 2,062 | 2,012 | 2,217 | 2,351 |
| Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) | 8 | 2,884 | 3,154 | 2,338 | 2,277 |
| Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) | 9 | 1,961 | 1,795 | 1,758 | 1,835 |
| Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland International) | 10 | 1,811 | 1,639 | 1,746 | 1,695 |
| Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) | 11 | 1,691 | 1,546 | 1,481 | 1,481 |
| Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) | 12 | 1,454 | 1,452 | 1,466 | 1,365 |
| Ontario, CA (Ontario International) | 13 | 1,220 | 1,291 | 1,444 | 1,338 |
| San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) | 14 | 1,267 | 1,012 | 1,035 | 1,200 |
| Atlanta, GA (William B. Hartsfield International) | 15 | 1,090 | 1,043 | 1,166 | 1,194 |
| Covington/Cincinnati, OH (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International) | 16 | 912 | 980 | 1,043 | 1,098 |
| Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) | 17 | 692 | 789 | 970 | 1,017 |
| Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) | 18 | 1,060 | 958 | 881 | 796 |
| Dayton, OH (James M. Cox Dayton International) | 19 | 2,233 | 1,444 | 897 | 784 |
| Phoenix, AZ (Sky Harbor International) | 20 | 920 | 838 | 867 | 779 |
| Portland, OR (Portland International) | 21 | 882 | 807 | 816 | 749 |
| Denver, CO (Denver International) | 22 | 900 | 803 | 783 | 747 |
| Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold Chamberlain) | 23 | 622 | 586 | 621 | 687 |
| Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) | 24 | 480 | 463 | 482 | 666 |
| San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin International) | 25 | 485 | 417 | 537 | 652 |
| Top 25 airports | (R) 51,627 | (R) 50,224 | (R) 53,693 | 53,947 | |
| United States, all airports3 | (R) 74,754 | (R) 71,426 | (R) 73,290 | 73,072 | |
| Top 25 as % of U.S. total | 69.1% | 70.3% | 73.3% | 73.8% |
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.
3Limited to airports with an aggregate landed weight in excess of 100 million pounds (50,000 short tons) annually.
Note: 1 short ton = 2,000 lbs.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, ACAIS Database Report F5, CY 2003 and CY 2001, available at http://www.faa.gov/arp/planning/stats as of June 27, 2005.
Table 2-9M (metric units)
Table in Excel format
| Airport | 2003 Rank | Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2000 |
Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2001 |
Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2002 |
Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage, AK (Ted Stevens Anchorage International)2 | 1 | 7,333 | 7,055 | 8,159 | 8,171 |
| Memphis, TN (Memphis International) | 2 | 5,732 | 6,228 | 8,007 | 7,947 |
| Louisville, KY (Louisville International-Standiford Field) | 3 | 3,617 | 3,653 | 3,812 | 3,785 |
| Miami, FL (Miami International) | 4 | 2,657 | 2,771 | 2,879 | 2,938 |
| Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) | 5 | 2,624 | 2,657 | 2,756 | 2,830 |
| New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) | 6 | 2,534 | 2,307 | 2,642 | 2,664 |
| Chicago, IL (O'Hare International) | 7 | 2,616 | 2,862 | 2,121 | 2,133 |
| Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) | 8 | 1,870 | 1,825 | 2,011 | 2,065 |
| Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) | 9 | 1,779 | 1,628 | 1,595 | 1,664 |
| Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland International) | 10 | 1,643 | 1,487 | 1,584 | 1,537 |
| Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) | 11 | 1,534 | 1,402 | 1,343 | 1,344 |
| Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) | 12 | 1,319 | 1,318 | 1,330 | 1,238 |
| Ontario, CA (Ontario International) | 13 | 1,107 | 1,172 | 1,310 | 1,213 |
| San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) | 14 | 989 | 946 | 1,058 | 1,089 |
| Atlanta, GA (William B. Hartsfield International) | 15 | 828 | 889 | 946 | 1,083 |
| Covington/Cincinnati, OH (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International) | 16 | 1,149 | 918 | 939 | 996 |
| Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) | 17 | 628 | 716 | 880 | 923 |
| Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) | 18 | 2,026 | 1,310 | 814 | 722 |
| Dayton, OH (James M. Cox Dayton International) | 19 | 961 | 869 | 799 | 712 |
| Phoenix, AZ (Sky Harbor International) | 20 | 835 | 760 | 787 | 707 |
| Portland, OR (Portland International) | 21 | 800 | 732 | 740 | 679 |
| Denver, CO (Denver International) | 22 | 817 | 729 | 710 | 678 |
| Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold Chamberlain) | 23 | 564 | 532 | 564 | 624 |
| Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) | 24 | 435 | 420 | 437 | 604 |
| San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin International) | 25 | 440 | 379 | 487 | 591 |
| Top 25 airports | (R) 46,835 | (R) 45,563 | (R) 48,709 | 48,940 | |
| United States, all airports3 | (R) 67,815 | (R) 64,796 | (R) 66,488 | 66,290 | |
| Top 25 as % of U.S. total | 69.1% | 70.3% | 73.3% | 73.8% |
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.
3Limited to airports with an aggregate landed weight in excess of 45,360 metric tonnes (50,000 short tons) annually.
Note: 1 short ton = 0.91 metric tonne.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, ACAIS Database Report F5, CY 2003 and CY 2001, available at http://www.faa.gov/arp/planning/stats as of June 27, 2005.
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