Top Cargo Airports in North America
Below you will find rankings for top cargo airports in the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
Some ranking highlights include:
Memphis International Airport (Ranked #1, U.S.):
FedEx Corp.
The nation's busiest air cargo airport is home to FedEX Corp.'s SuperHub with nearly 400 daily flights and 34 million square feet ot space.
Louisville International Airport (Ranked #3, U.S.):
UPS set up an overnight -delivery business here in 1982 and now operates a global air hub and occupies more than 5.2 million square feet of space.
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (Ranked #8, U.S.):
Amazon
DHL Express and Amazon.com have air cargo hubs here with DHL moving operations from nearby Wilmington, Ohio, and Amazon using it as a base for operating a fleet of more than 100 carho planes to support its e-commerce business.
Rickenbacker International Airport (Ranked #26, U.S.):
Rickenbacker Inland Port
One of the few cargo-only airports includes truck and rail intermodal facilities and more than 70 million square feet of warehouse and distribution space.
Fort Worth Alliance (Ranked #30, U.S.):
The first aiport designed exclusively for cargo and corporate aviation.
Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (Ranked #91, U.S.):
Wichita is known as the Air Capital of the World because it is home to companies that make Cessna, Beechcraft and Learjet airplanes, plus Spirit AeroSystems, which supplies Boeing with fuselage and wing assemblies.
Top Cargo Airports in the United States | ||
Rank | Airport |
Cargo (millions of lbs.) |
1 | Memphis International | 23,866 |
2 | Ted Stevens Anchorage International | 16,636 |
3 | Louisville International-Standiford Field | 12,804 |
4 | Chicago O'Hare International | 9,358 |
5 | Miami International | 7,899 |
6 | Los Angeles International | 6,931 |
7 | Indianapolis International | 5,329 |
8 | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International | 4,275 |
9 | Dallas-Fort Worth International | 3,328 |
10 | John F. Kennedy International | 3,197 |
11 | Metropolitan Oakland International | 3,152 |
12 | Newark Liberty International | 2,803 |
13 | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International | 2,613 |
14 | Ontario International | 2,588 |
15 | Daniel K. Inouye International | 2,456 |
16 | Philadelphia International | 2,027 |
17 | Seattle-Tacoma International | 1,878 |
18 | Phoenix Sky Harbor International | 1,704 |
19 | George Bush Intercontinental | 1,636 |
20 | Denver International | 1,425 |
21 | San Francisco International | 1,301 |
22 | Portland International | 1,271 |
23 | Luis Munoz Marin International | 1,085 |
24 | Salt Lake City International | 1,084 |
25 | Minneapolis-St. Paul International | 1,002 |
26 | Rickenbacker International | 983 |
27 | General Edward Lawrence Logan International | 981 |
28 | Orlando International | 975 |
29 | Chicago/Rockford International | 923 |
30 | Fort Worth Alliance | 897 |
31 | Bradley International | 831 |
32 | Boeing Field/King County International | 793 |
33 | San Antonio International | 792 |
34 | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County | 779 |
35 | San Diego International | 640 |
36 | Kansas City International | 617 |
37 | General Mitchell International | 614 |
38 | Reno/Tahoe International | 613 |
39 | Tampa International | 587 |
40 | Albuquerque International Sunport | 576 |
41 | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall | 537 |
42 | Rafael Hernandez | 532 |
43 | El Paso International | 510 |
44 | Piedmont Triad International | 499 |
45 | Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International | 493 |
46 | Des Moines International | 486 |
47 | Austin-Bergstrom International | 484 |
48 | Manchester-Boston Regional | 483 |
49 | Charlotte/Douglas International | 467 |
50 | Washington Dulles International | 460 |
51 | Spokane International | 456 |
52 | Raleigh-Durham International | 452 |
52 | Pittsburgh International | 452 |
54 | Laredo International | 450 |
55 | Richmond International | 432 |
56 | Huntsville International-Carl T. Jones Field | 412 |
57 | Jacksonville International | 407 |
58 | Columbia Metropolitan | 407 |
59 | Cleveland-Hopkins International | 404 |
60 | McCarran International | 402 |
61 | Eppley Airfield | 396 |
62 | Lehigh Valley International | 387 |
63 | Sacramento Mather | 376 |
64 | Joe Foss Field | 369 |
65 | Harrisburg International | 363 |
66 | St. Louis Lambert International | 353 |
67 | Lubbock Preston Smith | 352 |
68 | Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field | 346 |
69 | Billings Logan International | 339 |
70 | Sacramento International | 333 |
71 | Syracuse Hancock International | 325 |
72 | Tulsa International | 322 |
73 | Louis Armstrong New Orleans | 316 |
74 | Charleston AFB/International | 296 |
75 | McGhee Tyson | 294 |
76 | Nashville International | 284 |
77 | Buffalo Niagara International | 283 |
78 | Kahului | 282 |
79 | The Eastern Iowa | 276 |
80 | Norman Y. Mineta San Jose | 264 |
81 | Valley International | 263 |
82 | Kona International at Keahole | 258 |
83 | Greater Rochester International | 249 |
84 | Greenville Spartanburg | 248 |
85 | Shreveport Regional | 242 |
86 | Snohomish County/Paine Field | 235 |
87 | Gerald R. Ford International | 231 |
88 | Will Rogers World | 216 |
89 | Norfolk International | 206 |
89 | Grand Forks International | 206 |
91 | Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower | 205 |
92 | Fort Wayne Internatonal | 199 |
93 | St. Pete-Clearwater International | 187 |
94 | Springfield-Branson National | 186 |
95 | Stockton Metropolitan | 184 |
96 | Hilo International | 182 |
97 | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth | 178 |
98 | Mobile Downtown | 174 |
98 | Great Falls International | 174 |
100 | Willow Run | 173 |
Top Cargo Airports in Mexico | ||
Rank | Airport |
Cargo (Tons) |
1 | Mexico City International | 396,732 |
2 | Guadalajara International | 142,580 |
3 | Monterrey International | 43,545 |
4 | Queretaro International | 37,009 |
5 | Ponciano Arriaga International | 28,531 |
6 | Toluca International | 26,696 |
7 | Manuel Crescencio Rejon International | 17,954 |
8 | Tijuana International | 16,880 |
9 | Hermosillo International | 8,888 |
10 | Los Cabos International | 6,185 |
Top Cargo Airports in Canada | ||
Rank | Airport |
Cargo (Metric Tons) |
1 | Lester B. Pearson International | 356,448 |
2 | Vancouver International | 217,201 |
3 | John C. Munro Hamilton International | 88,984 |
4 | Calgary International | 84,994 |
5 | Pierre Elliott Trudeau International | 76,748 |
6 | Mirabel International | 64,148 |
7 | James Armstrong Richardson International | 61,228 |
8 | Robert L. Stanfield International | 28,689 |
9 | Edmonton International | 27,625 |
10 | Greater Moncton International | 21,262 |
11 | Macdonald-Cartier International | 11,872 |
Sources: Federal Aviation Administration Air Carrier Activity Infomation System, Statistics Canada and Secretariat of Public Service.