Tables 2-12 and 2-12M: Top 25 Airports by Landed Weight of All-Cargo Operations1
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 are 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 41 percent since 2000, along with Houston (45 percent) and Honolulu (40 percent).Table 2-12 (standard units)
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| Airport | 2004 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 |
Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage, AK (Ted Stevens Anchorage International)2 | 1 | 8,084 | 7,777 | 8,994 | 9,007 | 9,844 |
| Memphis, TN (Memphis International) | 2 | 6,318 | 6,865 | 8,826 | 8,760 | 8,885 |
| Louisville, KY (Louisville International-Standiford Field) | 3 | 3,987 | 4,026 | 4,202 | 4,172 | 4,388 |
| Miami, FL (Miami International) | 4 | 2,929 | 3,055 | 3,174 | 3,239 | 3,423 |
| Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) | 5 | 2,892 | 2,929 | 3,038 | 3,120 | 3,062 |
| New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) | 6 | 2,793 | 2,543 | 2,912 | 2,937 | 2,898 |
| Chicago, IL (O'Hare International) | 7 | 2,062 | 2,012 | 2,217 | 2,351 | 2,359 |
| Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) | 8 | 2,884 | 3,154 | 2,338 | 2,277 | 2,314 |
| Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) | 9 | 1,961 | 1,795 | 1,758 | 1,835 | 1,765 |
| Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland International) | 10 | 1,811 | 1,639 | 1,746 | 1,695 | 1,703 |
| Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) | 11 | 1,691 | 1,546 | 1,481 | 1,481 | 1,431 |
| Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) | 12 | 1,454 | 1,452 | 1,466 | 1,365 | 1,371 |
| Ontario, CA (Ontario International) | 13 | 1,220 | 1,291 | 1,444 | 1,338 | 1,326 |
| Atlanta, GA (William B. Hartsfield International) | 14 | 1,090 | 1,043 | 1,166 | 1,194 | 1,162 |
| Covington/Cincinnati, OH (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International) | 15 | 912 | 980 | 1,043 | 1,098 | 1,141 |
| Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) | 16 | 692 | 789 | 970 | 1,017 | 970 |
| Phoenix, AZ (Sky Harbor International) | 17 | 920 | 838 | 867 | 779 | 801 |
| Dayton, OH (James M. Cox Dayton International) | 18 | 2,233 | 1,444 | 897 | 784 | 787 |
| Denver, CO (Denver International) | 19 | 900 | 803 | 783 | 747 | 763 |
| San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) | 20 | 1,267 | 1,012 | 1,035 | 1,200 | 740 |
| Portland, OR (Portland International) | 21 | 882 | 807 | 816 | 749 | 718 |
| Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) | 22 | 480 | 463 | 482 | 666 | 697 |
| Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold Chamberlain) | 23 | 622 | 586 | 621 | 687 | 678 |
| Rockford, IL (Greater Rockford) | 24 | 654 | 681 | 630 | 625 | 677 |
| Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake City International) | 25 | 751 | 606 | 583 | 599 | 621 |
| Top 25 airports3 | 52,381 | 50,701 | 53,942 | 53,947 | 54,526 | |
| United States, all airports4 | 74,743 | 71,441 | 73,433 | 73,072 | 74,297 | |
| Top 25 as % of U.S. total | 70.1% | 71.0% | 73.5% | 73.8% | 73.4% |
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.
3Represents top 25 airports in the reference year not necessarily the airports shown here.
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 lbs.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Air Carrier Activity Information System (ACAIS) Database, All-Cargo Data, available at http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/index as of March 22, 2006.
Table 2-12M (metric units)
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| Airport | 2004 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 |
Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage, AK (Ted Stevens Anchorage International)2 | 1 | 7,333 | 7,055 | 8,159 | 8,171 | 8,931 |
| Memphis, TN (Memphis International) | 2 | 5,732 | 6,228 | 8,007 | 7,947 | 8,061 |
| Louisville, KY (Louisville International-Standiford Field) | 3 | 3,617 | 3,653 | 3,812 | 3,785 | 3,981 |
| Miami, FL (Miami International) | 4 | 2,657 | 2,771 | 2,879 | 2,938 | 3,106 |
| Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) | 5 | 2,624 | 2,657 | 2,756 | 2,830 | 2,778 |
| New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) | 6 | 2,534 | 2,307 | 2,642 | 2,664 | 2,629 |
| Chicago, IL (O'Hare International) | 7 | 1,870 | 1,825 | 2,011 | 2,133 | 2,140 |
| Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) | 8 | 2,616 | 2,862 | 2,121 | 2,065 | 2,099 |
| Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) | 9 | 1,779 | 1,628 | 1,595 | 1,664 | 1,601 |
| Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland International) | 10 | 1,643 | 1,487 | 1,584 | 1,537 | 1,545 |
| Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) | 11 | 1,534 | 1,402 | 1,343 | 1,344 | 1,298 |
| Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) | 12 | 1,319 | 1,318 | 1,330 | 1,238 | 1,244 |
| Ontario, CA (Ontario International) | 13 | 1,107 | 1,172 | 1,310 | 1,213 | 1,203 |
| Atlanta, GA (William B. Hartsfield International) | 14 | 989 | 946 | 1,058 | 1,083 | 1,055 |
| Covington/Cincinnati, OH (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International) | 15 | 828 | 889 | 946 | 996 | 1,035 |
| Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) | 16 | 628 | 716 | 880 | 923 | 880 |
| Phoenix, AZ (Sky Harbor International) | 17 | 835 | 760 | 787 | 707 | 727 |
| Dayton, OH (James M. Cox Dayton International) | 18 | 2,026 | 1,310 | 814 | 712 | 714 |
| Denver, CO (Denver International) | 19 | 817 | 729 | 710 | 678 | 692 |
| San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) | 20 | 1,149 | 918 | 939 | 1,089 | 671 |
| Portland, OR (Portland International) | 21 | 800 | 732 | 740 | 679 | 651 |
| Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) | 22 | 435 | 420 | 437 | 604 | 632 |
| Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold Chamberlain) | 23 | 564 | 532 | 564 | 624 | 615 |
| Rockford, IL (Greater Rockford) | 24 | 593 | 618 | 572 | 567 | 614 |
| Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake City International) | 25 | 682 | 550 | 529 | 544 | 563 |
| Top 25 airports3 | 47,519 | 45,995 | 48,936 | 48,940 | 49,465 | |
| United States, all airports4 | 67,806 | 64,810 | 66,617 | 66,290 | 67,401 | |
| Top 25 as % of U.S. total | 70.1% | 71.0% | 73.5% | 73.8% | 73.4% |
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.
3Represents top 25 airports in the reference year not necessarily the airports shown here.
4Limited 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, Air Carrier Activity Information System (ACAIS) database, All-Cargo Data, available at http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/index as of March 22, 2006.
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