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Tables 3-10 and 3-10M. Top 25 Airports by Landed Weight of All-Cargo Operations: 2000-20081 (Historical)

Table 3-10 (standard units)

Table in Excel format

Airport 2008 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 Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2005 Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2006 Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2007 Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2008
Memphis, TN (Memphis International) 1 6,318 6,865 8,826 8,760 8,885 9,343 9,425 9,772 9,750
Anchorage, AK (Ted Stevens Anchorage International)2 2 8,084 7,777 8,994 9,007 9,844 10,364 10,588 10,562 8,976
Louisville, KY (Louisville International-Standiford Field) 3 3,987 4,026 4,202 4,172 4,388 4,591 5,015 5,216 5,223
Miami, FL (Miami International) 4 2,929 3,055 3,174 3,239 3,423 3,550 3,591 3,715 3,494
Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) 5 2,892 2,929 3,038 3,120 3,062 2,927 3,627 3,431 2,876
Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) 6 2,884 3,154 2,338 2,277 2,314 2,545 2,627 2,652 2,564
New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) 7 2,793 2,543 2,912 2,937 2,898 2,811 2,615 2,557 2,222
Chicago, IL (O'Hare International) 8 2,062 2,012 2,217 2,351 2,359 2,412 2,208 2,201 2,103
Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland International) 9 1,811 1,639 1,746 1,695 1,703 1,797 1,798 1,811 1,742
Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) 10 1,961 1,795 1,758 1,835 1,765 1,870 1,867 1,873 1,727
Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) 11 1,691 1,546 1,481 1,481 1,431 1,655 1,722 1,753 1,614
Ontario, CA (Ontario International) 12 1,220 1,291 1,444 1,338 1,326 1,344 1,401 1,394 1,350
Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) 13 1,454 1,452 1,466 1,365 1,371 1,401 1,366 1,375 1,264
Atlanta, GA (William B. Hartsfield International) 14 1,090 1,043 1,166 1,194 1,162 1,014 1,180 1,261 1,167
Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) 15 692 789 970 1,017 970 828 979 1,134 1,032
San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) 16 1,267 1,012 1,035 1,200 740 797 829 1,039 775
Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) 17 480 463 482 666 697 710 696 769 754
Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) 18 1,060 958 881 796 531 709 709 691 747
Chicago/Rockford, IL (Chicago/Rockford International) 19 654 681 630 625 677 696 696 737 710
Phoenix, AZ (Sky Harbor International) 20 920 837 867 779 801 778 726 711 675
Portland, OR (Portland International) 21 882 807 816 749 718 747 730 713 656
Denver, CO (Denver International) 22 900 803 783 747 763 763 711 642 625
Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain) 23 622 586 621 687 678 702 620 612 562
Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake City International) 24 751 606 583 599 621 590 548 535 521
Boston, MA (General Edward Lawrence Logan International) 25 703 651 636 600 586 574 550 530 492
Top 25 airports3 Empty cell. 52,381 50,701 53,942 53,947 54,526 55,955 56,973 57,715 53,621
United States, all airports4 Empty cell. 74,743 71,441 73,433 73,072 74,297 76,091 76,362 76,583 71,281
Top 25 as % of U.S. total Empty cell. 70.1 71.0 73.5 73.8 73.4 73.5 74.6 75.4 75.2

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 2008.

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/media/cy07_cargo.pdf as of July 7, 2010.

 

Table 3-10M (metric units)

Table in Excel format

Airport 2008 Rank Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes) 2000 Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes) 2001 Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes) 2002 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
Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes)
2007
Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes)
2008
Memphis, TN (Memphis International) 1 5,732 6,228 8,007 7,947 8,061 8,476 8,550 8,865 8,845
Anchorage, AK (Ted Stevens Anchorage International)2 2 7,333 7,055 8,159 8,171 8,931 9,402 9,605 9,582 8,143
Louisville, KY (Louisville International-Standiford Field) 3 3,617 3,653 3,812 3,785 3,981 4,165 4,550 4,732 4,738
Miami, FL (Miami International) 4 2,657 2,771 2,879 2,938 3,106 3,221 3,258 3,370 3,170
Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) 5 2,624 2,657 2,756 2,830 2,778 2,655 3,290 3,112 2,609
Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) 6 2,616 2,862 2,121 2,066 2,099 2,309 2,383 2,406 2,326
New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) 7 2,534 2,307 2,642 2,664 2,629 2,550 2,372 2,320 2,016
Chicago, IL (O'Hare International) 8 1,870 1,825 2,011 2,133 2,140 2,188 2,003 1,996 1,908
Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland International) 9 1,643 1,487 1,584 1,537 1,545 1,631 1,631 1,643 1,580
Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) 10 1,779 1,628 1,595 1,664 1,601 1,697 1,694 1,700 1,566
Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) 11 1,534 1,402 1,343 1,344 1,298 1,502 1,562 1,591 1,464
Ontario, CA (Ontario International) 12 1,107 1,172 1,310 1,213 1,203 1,219 1,271 1,265 1,225
Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) 13 1,319 1,318 1,330 1,238 1,244 1,271 1,239 1,248 1,146
Atlanta, GA (William B. Hartsfield International) 14 989 946 1,058 1,083 1,055 920 1,070 1,144 1,059
Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) 15 628 716 880 923 880 751 888 1,028 936
San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) 16 1,149 918 939 1,089 671 723 752 943 703
Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) 17 435 420 437 604 632 644 631 698 684
Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) 18 961 869 799 722 482 643 643 627 677
Chicago/Rockford, IL (Chicago/Rockford International) 19 593 618 572 567 614 632 631 669 644
Phoenix, AZ (Sky Harbor International) 20 835 760 787 707 727 706 659 645 612
Portland, OR (Portland International) 21 800 732 740 679 651 677 662 647 595
Denver, CO (Denver International) 22 817 729 710 678 692 692 645 583 567
Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain) 23 564 532 564 624 615 637 562 555 510
Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake City International) 24 681 550 529 543 563 535 497 486 473
Boston, MA (General Edward Lawrence Logan International) 25 638 591 577 544 532 521 499 481 446
Top 25 airports3 Empty cell. 47,520 45,996 48,936 48,940 49,466 50,762 51,686 52,359 48,645
United States, all airports4 Empty cell. 67,807 64,810 66,618 66,291 67,402 69,029 69,275 69,476 64,666
Top 25 as % of U.S. total Empty cell. 70.1 71.0 73.5 73.8 73.4 73.5 74.6 75.4 75.2

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 2008.

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/media/cy07_cargo.pdf as of July 7, 2010.

 


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