Tables 2-8 and 2-8M: Top 25 Airports by Landed Weight of All-Cargo Operations1
Two airports, Anchorage International and Memphis International, handle the largest amount of cargo (both domestic and foreign) landing by aircraft dedicated to freight transportation (so-called "all cargo" aircraft). Memphis International is also one of the fastest growing all-cargo airports in the top 25. Both Memphis International and Honolulu International grew 40 percent in terms of landed weight in all-cargo operations between 2000 and 2002.
Table 2-8 (standard units)
Table in Excel format
| Airport | 2002 Rank | Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2000 |
Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2001 |
Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage, AK (Ted Stevens Anchorage International)2 | 1 | 8,084 | 7,777 | 8,994 |
| Memphis, TN (Memphis International) | 2 | 6,318 | 6,865 | 8,826 |
| Louisville, KY (Louisville International-Standiford Field) | 3 | 3,987 | 4,026 | 4,202 |
| Miami, FL (Miami International) | 4 | 2,929 | 3,055 | 3,174 |
| Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) | 5 | 2,892 | 2,929 | 3,038 |
| New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) | 6 | 2,793 | 2,543 | 2,912 |
| Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) | 7 | 2,884 | 3,154 | 2,338 |
| Chicago, IL (O'Hare International) | 8 | 2,062 | 2,012 | 2,217 |
| Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) | 9 | 1,961 | 1,795 | 1,758 |
| Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland International) | 10 | 1,811 | 1,639 | 1,746 |
| Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) | 11 | 1,691 | 1,546 | 1,481 |
| Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) | 12 | 1,454 | 1,452 | 1,466 |
| Ontario, CA (Ontario International) | 13 | 1,220 | 1,291 | 1,444 |
| Atlanta, GA (William B. Hartsfield International) | 14 | 1,090 | 1,043 | 1,166 |
| Covington/Cincinnati, OH (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International) | 15 | 912 | 980 | 1,043 |
| San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) | 16 | 1,267 | 1,012 | 1,035 |
| Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) | 17 | 692 | 789 | 970 |
| Dayton, OH (James M. Cox Dayton International) | 18 | 2,233 | 1,444 | 897 |
| Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) | 19 | 1,060 | 958 | 881 |
| Phoenix, AZ (Sky Harbor International) | 20 | 920 | 838 | 867 |
| Portland, OR (Portland International) | 21 | 882 | 807 | 816 |
| Denver, CO (Denver International) | 22 | 900 | 803 | 783 |
| Boston, MA (Logan International) | 23 | 703 | 651 | 636 |
| Rockford, IL (Greater Rockford) | 24 | 654 | 681 | 630 |
| Orlando, FL (Orlando International) | 25 | 672 | 611 | 623 |
| Top 25 airports |  | 52,070 | 50,701 | 53,942 |
| United States, all airports3 | | 74,754 | 71,426 | 73,433 |
| Top 25 as % of U.S. total | | 69.7% | 71.0% | 73.5% |
1All-Cargo operations are aircraft 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.
Table 2-8M (metric units)
Table in Excel format
| Airport | 2002 Rank | Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes) 2000 |
Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes) 2001 |
Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes) 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage, AK (Ted Stevens Anchorage International)2 | 1 | 7,333 | 7,055 | 8,159 |
| Memphis, TN (Memphis International) | 2 | 5,732 | 6,228 | 8,007 |
| Louisville, KY (Louisville International-Standiford Field) | 3 | 3,617 | 3,653 | 3,812 |
| Miami, FL (Miami International) | 4 | 2,657 | 2,771 | 2,879 |
| Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) | 5 | 2,624 | 2,657 | 2,756 |
| New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) | 6 | 2,534 | 2,307 | 2,642 |
| Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) | 7 | 2,616 | 2,862 | 2,121 |
| Chicago, IL (O'Hare International) | 8 | 1,870 | 1,825 | 2,011 |
| Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) | 9 | 1,779 | 1,628 | 1,595 |
| Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland International) | 10 | 1,643 | 1,487 | 1,584 |
| Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) | 11 | 1,534 | 1,402 | 1,343 |
| Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) | 12 | 1,319 | 1,318 | 1,330 |
| Ontario, CA (Ontario International) | 13 | 1,107 | 1,172 | 1,310 |
| Atlanta, GA (William B. Hartsfield International) | 14 | 989 | 946 | 1,058 |
| Covington/Cincinnati, OH (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International) | 15 | 828 | 889 | 946 |
| San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) | 16 | 1,149 | 918 | 939 |
| Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) | 17 | 628 | 716 | 880 |
| Dayton, OH (James M. Cox Dayton International) | 18 | 2,026 | 1,310 | 814 |
| Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) | 19 | 961 | 869 | 799 |
| Phoenix, AZ (Sky Harbor International) | 20 | 835 | 760 | 787 |
| Portland, OR (Portland International) | 21 | 800 | 732 | 740 |
| Denver, CO (Denver International) | 22 | 817 | 729 | 710 |
| Boston, MA (Logan International) | 23 | 638 | 591 | 577 |
| Rockford, IL (Greater Rockford) | 24 | 593 | 618 | 572 |
| Orlando, FL (Orlando International) | 25 | 610 | 554 | 565 |
| Top 25 airports | | 47,237 | 45,995 | 48,936 |
| United States, all airports3 | | 67,815 | 64,796 | 66,617 |
| Top 25 as % of U.S. total | | 69.7% | 71.0% | 73.5% |
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 2002 and CY 2000, available at http://www2.faa.gov/arp/planning/stats as of December 16, 2003.
