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Tables 3-11 and 3-11M. Top 25 Airports by Landed Weight of All-Cargo Operations: 2000-20071

The Federal Aviation Administration 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 3-11 (standard units)

Table in Excel format | Historical data

Airport 2007 Rank Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2000 Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2004 Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2005 Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2006 Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2007
Anchorage, AK (Ted Stevens Anchorage International)2 1 8,084 9,844 10,364 10,588 10,562
Memphis, TN (Memphis International) 2 6,318 8,885 9,343 9,425 9,772
Louisville, KY (Louisville International-Standiford Field) 3 3,987 4,388 4,591 5,015 5,216
Miami, FL (Miami International) 4 2,929 3,423 3,550 3,591 3,715
Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) 5 2,892 3,062 2,927 3,627 3,431
Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) 6 2,884 2,314 2,545 2,627 2,652
New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) 7 2,793 2,898 2,811 2,615 2,557
Chicago, IL (O'Hare International) 8 2,062 2,359 2,412 2,208 2,201
Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) 9 1,961 1,765 1,870 1,867 1,873
Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland International) 10 1,811 1,703 1,797 1,798 1,811
Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) 11 1,691 1,431 1,655 1,722 1,753
Ontario, CA (Ontario International) 12 1,220 1,326 1,344 1,401 1,394
Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) 13 1,454 1,371 1,401 1,366 1,375
Atlanta, GA (William B. Hartsfield International) 14 1,090 1,162 1,014 1,180 1,261
Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) 15 692 970 828 979 1,134
San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) 16 1,267 740 797 829 1,039
Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) 17 480 697 710 696 769
Chicago/Rockford, IL (Chicago/Rockford International) 18 654 677 696 696 737
Portland, OR (Portland International) 19 882 718 747 730 713
Phoenix, AZ (Sky Harbor International) 20 920 801 778 726 711
Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) 21 1,060 531 709 709 691
Denver, CO (Denver International) 22 900 763 763 711 642
Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain) 23 622 678 702 620 612
Fort Worth, TX (Fort Worth Alliance) 24 508 374 501 644 557
Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake City International) 25 751 621 590 548 535
Top 25 airports3 Empty cell. 52,381 54,526 55,955 56,973 57,715
United States, all airports4 Empty cell. 74,753 74,297 76,091 (R) 76,362 76,583
Top 25 as % of U.S. total Empty cell. 70.1 73.4 73.5 (R) 74.6 75.4

Key: R = revised.

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 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 2007.

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 April 13, 2009.

 

Table 3-11M (metric units)

Table in Excel format | Historical data

Airport 2007 Rank Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes)
2000
Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes)
2004
Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes)
2005
Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes)
2006

Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes)
2007

Anchorage, AK (Ted Stevens Anchorage International)2 1 7,333 8,931 9,402 9,605 9,582
Memphis, TN (Memphis International) 2 5,732 8,061 8,476 8,550 8,865
Louisville, KY (Louisville International-Standiford Field) 3 3,617 3,981 4,165 4,550 4,732
Miami, FL (Miami International) 4 2,657 3,106 3,221 3,258 3,370
Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) 5 2,624 2,778 2,655 3,290 3,112
Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) 6 2,616 2,099 2,309 2,383 2,406
New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) 7 2,534 2,629 2,550 2,372 2,320
Chicago, IL (O'Hare International) 8 1,870 2,140 2,188 2,003 1,996
Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) 9 1,779 1,601 1,697 1,694 1,700
Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland International) 10 1,643 1,545 1,631 1,631 1,643
Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) 11 1,534 1,298 1,502 1,562 1,591
Ontario, CA (Ontario International) 12 1,107 1,203 1,219 1,271 1,265
Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) 13 1,319 1,244 1,271 1,239 1,248
Atlanta, GA (William B. Hartsfield International) 14 989 1,055 920 1,070 1,144
Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) 15 628 880 751 888 1,028
San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) 16 1,149 671 723 752 943
Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) 17 435 632 644 631 698
Chicago/Rockford, IL (Chicago/Rockford International) 18 593 614 632 631 669
Portland, OR (Portland International) 19 800 651 677 662 647
Phoenix, AZ (Sky Harbor International) 20 835 727 706 659 645
Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) 21 961 482 643 643 627
Denver, CO (Denver International) 22 817 692 692 645 583
Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain) 23 564 615 637 562 555
Fort Worth, TX (Fort Worth Alliance) 24 461 339 455 584 505
Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake City International) 25 681 563 535 497 486
Top 25 airports3   47,520 49,466 50,762 51,686 52,359
United States, all airports4   67,807 67,402 69,029 (R) 69,275 69,476
Top 25 as % of U.S. total   70.1 73.4 73.5 (R) 74.6 75.4

Key: R = revised.

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 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 2007.

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

Note:

1 metric tonne = 1.1023 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 April 13, 2009.

 


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