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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)
Table in Excel format

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)
Table in Excel format

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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