Table 3-8 amd 3-8M. Top 25 Airports by Landed Weight of All-Cargo Operations: 2000-20051
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 and do not include aircraft carrying passengers as well as cargo.
Table in Excel format | Historical data
| Airport | 2005 Rank | Landed weight (thousands of short tons) 2000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage, AK (Ted Stevens Anchorage International)2 | 1 | 8,084 | 8,994 | 9,007 | 9,844 | 10,364 |
| Memphis, TN (Memphis International) | 2 | 6,318 | 8,826 | 8,760 | 8,885 | 9,343 |
| Louisville, KY (Louisville International-Standiford Field) | 3 | 3,987 | 4,202 | 4,172 | 4,388 | 4,591 |
| Miami, FL (Miami International) | 4 | 2,929 | 3,174 | 3,239 | 3,423 | 3,550 |
| Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) | 5 | 2,892 | 3,038 | 3,120 | 3,062 | 2,927 |
| New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) | 6 | 2,793 | 2,912 | 2,937 | 2,898 | 2,811 |
| Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) | 7 | 2,884 | 2,338 | 2,277 | 2,314 | 2,545 |
| Chicago, IL (O'Hare International) | 8 | 2,062 | 2,217 | 2,351 | 2,359 | 2,412 |
| Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) | 9 | 1,961 | 1,758 | 1,835 | 1,765 | 1,870 |
| Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland International) | 10 | 1,811 | 1,746 | 1,695 | 1,703 | 1,797 |
| Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) | 11 | 1,691 | 1,481 | 1,481 | 1,431 | 1,655 |
| Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) | 12 | 1,454 | 1,466 | 1,365 | 1,371 | 1,401 |
| Ontario, CA (Ontario International) | 13 | 1,220 | 1,444 | 1,338 | 1,326 | 1,344 |
| Atlanta, GA (William B. Hartsfield International) | 14 | 1,090 | 1,166 | 1,194 | 1,162 | 1,014 |
| Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) | 15 | 692 | 970 | 1,017 | 970 | 828 |
| Covington/Cincinnati, OH (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International | 16 | 912 | 1,043 | 1,098 | 1,141 | 812 |
| San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) | 17 | 1,267 | 1,035 | 1,200 | 740 | 797 |
| Dayton, OH (James M. Cox Dayton International) | 18 | 2,233 | 897 | 784 | 787 | 789 |
| Phoenix, AZ (Sky Harbor International) | 19 | 920 | 867 | 779 | 801 | 778 |
| Denver, CO (Denver International) | 20 | 900 | 783 | 747 | 763 | 763 |
| Portland, OR (Portland International) | 21 | 882 | 816 | 749 | 718 | 747 |
| Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) | 22 | 480 | 482 | 666 | 697 | 710 |
| Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) | 23 | 1,060 | 881 | 796 | 531 | 709 |
| Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain | 24 | 622 | 621 | 687 | 678 | 702 |
| Chicago/Rockford, IL (Chicago/Rockford International) | 25 | 654 | 630 | 625 | 677 | 696 |
| Top 25 airports3 |  | 51,796 | 53,786 | 53,920 | 54,436 | 55,955 |
| United States, all airports4 | | 74,743 | 73,433 | 73,072 | 74,297 | 76,091 |
| Top 25 as % of U.S. total | | 69.3% | 73.2% | 73.8% | 73.3% | 73.5% |
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.
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 June 6, 2007.
Table 3-8M (metric units - thousand metric tonnes)
3-8M. Top 25 Airports by Landed Weight of All-Cargo Operations: 2000-20051
Table in Excel format | Historical data
| Airport | 2005 Rank | Landed weight (thousands of metric tonnes) 2000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage, AK (Ted Stevens Anchorage International)2 | 1 | 7,333 | 8,159 | 8,171 | 8,931 | 9,402 |
| Memphis, TN (Memphis International) | 2 | 5,732 | 8,007 | 7,947 | 8,061 | 8,476 |
| Louisville, KY (Louisville International-Standiford Field) | 3 | 3,617 | 3,812 | 3,785 | 3,981 | 4,165 |
| Miami, FL (Miami International) | 4 | 2,657 | 2,879 | 2,938 | 3,106 | 3,221 |
| Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) | 5 | 2,624 | 2,756 | 2,830 | 2,778 | 2,655 |
| New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) | 6 | 2,534 | 2,642 | 2,664 | 2,629 | 2,550 |
| Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) | 7 | 1,870 | 2,011 | 2,133 | 2,140 | 2,309 |
| Chicago, IL (O'Hare International) | 8 | 2,616 | 2,121 | 2,065 | 2,099 | 2,188 |
| Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) | 9 | 1,779 | 1,595 | 1,664 | 1,601 | 1,697 |
| Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland International) | 10 | 1,643 | 1,584 | 1,537 | 1,545 | 1,631 |
| Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) | 11 | 1,534 | 1,343 | 1,344 | 1,298 | 1,502 |
| Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) | 12 | 1,319 | 1,330 | 1,238 | 1,244 | 1,271 |
| Ontario, CA (Ontario International) | 13 | 1,107 | 1,310 | 1,213 | 1,203 | 1,219 |
| Atlanta, GA (William B. Hartsfield International) | 14 | 989 | 1,058 | 1,083 | 1,055 | 919 |
| Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) | 15 | 828 | 946 | 996 | 1,035 | 751 |
| Covington/Cincinnati, OH (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International | 16 | 628 | 880 | 923 | 880 | 737 |
| San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) | 17 | 835 | 787 | 707 | 727 | 723 |
| Dayton, OH (James M. Cox Dayton International) | 18 | 2,026 | 814 | 712 | 714 | 715 |
| Phoenix, AZ (Sky Harbor International) | 19 | 817 | 710 | 678 | 692 | 706 |
| Denver, CO (Denver International) | 20 | 1,149 | 939 | 1,089 | 671 | 692 |
| Portland, OR (Portland International) | 21 | 800 | 740 | 679 | 651 | 677 |
| Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) | 22 | 435 | 437 | 604 | 632 | 644 |
| Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) | 23 | 564 | 564 | 624 | 615 | 643 |
| Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain | 24 | 593 | 572 | 567 | 614 | 637 |
| Chicago/Rockford, IL (Chicago/Rockford International) | 25 | 682 | 529 | 544 | 563 | 632 |
| Top 25 airports3 | | 46,709 | 48,524 | 48,737 | 49,465 | 50,761 |
| United States, all airports4 | | 67,806 | 66,617 | 66,290 | 67,401 | 69,029 |
| Top 25 as % of U.S. total | | 68.9% | 72.8% | 73.5% | 73.4% | 73.5% |
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 = 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 June 8, 2007.
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