Revenues declined in 2023 amid an international trade slump, geopolitical conflicts and economic uncertainty.
E-commerce growth and constraints on ocean shipping have fueled strong demand for airfreight this year.
Get a continent-by-continent and country- by-country look at where the Top 50 Global Freight Companies are based.
Rankings
Airport Data
| Rank | Airport | Location | 2023 Landed Weight (millions of lbs.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ted Stevens Anchorage International | Anchorage, Alaska | 25,635 |
| 2 | Memphis International | Memphis, Tenn. | 22,952 |
| 3 | Louisville Muhammad Ali International | Louisville, Ky. | 17,056 |
| 4 | Miami International | Miami | 11,467 |
| 5 | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International | Hebron, Ky. | 10,720 |
| 6 | Los Angeles International | Los Angeles | 8,621 |
| 7 | Chicago O'Hare International | Chicago | 7,260 |
| 8 | Indianapolis International | Indianapolis | 5,151 |
| 9 | John F. Kennedy International | Queens, N.Y. | 4,947 |
| 10 | Ontario International | Ontario, Calif. | 4,562 |
| 11 | Dallas Fort Worth International | Dallas | 3,861 |
| 12 | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International | Atlanta | 3,355 |
| 13 | San Francisco Bay Oakland International | Oakland, Calif. | 3,323 |
| 14 | Daniel K. Inouye International | Honolulu | 3,114 |
| 15 | Chicago Rockford International | Rockford, Ill. | 3,098 |
| 16 | Seattle-Tacoma International | Seattle | 2,746 |
| 17 | Newark Liberty International | Newark, N.J. | 2,715 |
| 18 | Philadelphia International | Philadelphia | 2,711 |
| 19 | George Bush Intercontinental | Houston | 2,320 |
| 20 | Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance | Fort Worth, Texas | 2,046 |
| 21 | Phoenix Sky Harbor International | Phoenix | 1,998 |
| 22 | Portland International | Portland, Ore. | 1,997 |
| 23 | Luis Muñoz Marín International | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1,751 |
| 24 | Denver International | Denver | 1,595 |
| 25 | San Bernardino International | San Bernardino, Calif. | 1,333 |
| 26 | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall | Glen Burnie, Md. | 1,329 |
| 27 | San Francisco International | San Francisco | 1,131 |
| 28 | Bradley International | Windsor Locks, Conn. | 1,052 |
| 29 | Orlando International | Orlando, Fla. | 1,030 |
| 30 | Salt Lake City International | Salt Lake City | 1,023 |
| 31 | General Edward Lawrence Logan International | Boston | 997 |
| 32 | Mexico City International | Mexico City | 987 |
| 33 | Toronto Pearson International | Mississauga, Ontario | 905 |
| 34 | Lakeland Linder International | Lakeland, Fla. | 903 |
| 35 | Piedmont Triad International | Greensboro, N.C. | 893 |
| 36 | Tampa International | Tampa, Fla. | 816 |
| 37 | San Antonio International | San Antonio | 787 |
| 38 | Laredo International | Laredo, Texas | 775 |
| 39 | El Paso International | El Paso, Texas | 768 |
| 40 | Manchester-Boston Regional | Manchester, N.H. | 729 |
| 41 | Charlotte Douglas International | Charlotte, N.C. | 728 |
| 42 | Minneapolis-St. Paul International | Minneapolis | 725 |
| 43 | Austin-Bergstrom International | Austin, Texas | 705 |
| 44 | Kansas City International | Kansas City, Mo. | 702 |
| 45 | Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County | Detroit | 699 |
| 46 | Richmond International | Richmond, Va. | 695 |
| 47 | Rickenbacker International | Columbus, Ohio | 683 |
| 48 | Lehigh Valley International | Allentown, Pa. | 680 |
| 49 | Vancouver International | Richmond, British Columbia | 637 |
| 50 | Spokane International | Spokane, Wash. | 623 |
| 51 | Raleigh-Durham International | Morrisville, N.C. | 621 |
| 52 | Sacramento International | Sacramento, Calif. | 619 |
| 53 | Boeing Field/King County International | Seattle | 601 |
| 54 | Reno-Tahoe International | Reno, Nev. | 576 |
| 55 | Albuquerque International Sunport | Albuquerque, N.M. | 549 |
| 56 | Pittsburgh International | Pittsburgh | 549 |
| 57 | Greenville-Spartanburg International | Greer, S.C. | 543 |
| 58 | Billings Logan International | Billings, Mont. | 528 |
| 59 | Harry Reid International | Las Vegas | 513 |
| 60 | San Diego International | San Diego | 513 |
| 61 | Jacksonville International | Jacksonville, Fla. | 505 |
| 62 | Milwaukee Mitchell International | Milwaukee | 502 |
| 63 | Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | 486 |
| 64 | Sacramento Mather | Mather, Calif. | 461 |
| 65 | Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field | Boise, Idaho | 460 |
| 66 | Washington Dulles International | Dulles, Va. | 456 |
| 67 | Eppley Airfield | Omaha, Neb. | 454 |
| 68 | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International | Kenner, La. | 439 |
| 69 | Cleveland Hopkins International | Cleveland | 416 |
| 70 | Felipe Ángeles International | Zumpango, Mexico | 409 |
| 71 | Harrisburg International | Middletown, Pa. | 407 |
| 72 | Hector International | Fargo, N.D. | 406 |
| 73 | Columbia Metropolitan | Columbia, S.C. | 397 |
| 74 | Nashville International | Nashville, Tenn. | 396 |
| 75 | Syracuse Hancock International | Syracuse, N.Y. | 394 |
| 76 | Sioux Falls Regional/Joe Foss Field | Sioux Falls, S.D. | 374 |
| 77 | Kahului | Kahului, Hawaii | 367 |
| 78 | Rafael Hernández International | Aguadilla, Puerto Rico | 365 |
| 79 | Guadalajara International | Guadalajara, Mexico | 364 |
| 80 | New York Stewart International | Newburgh, N.Y. | 363 |
| 81 | Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keāhole | Kailua-Kona, Hawaii | 355 |
| 82 | Lubbock Preston Smith International | Lubbock, Texas | 347 |
| 83 | Lihue | Lihue, Hawaii | 347 |
| 84 | St. Louis Lambert International | St. Louis | 342 |
| 85 | Tulsa International | Tulsa, Okla. | 332 |
| 86 | McGhee Tyson | Alcoa, Tenn. | 328 |
| 87 | Huntsville International/Carl T. Jones Field | Huntsville, Ala. | 320 |
| 88 | Shreveport Regional | Shreveport, La. | 316 |
| 89 | Eastern Iowa | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 315 |
| 90 | Buffalo Niagara International | Buffalo, N.Y. | 308 |
| 91 | Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International | Rochester, N.Y. | 306 |
| 92 | John C. Munro Hamilton International | Hamilton, Ontario | 300 |
| 93 | Montréal-Trudeau International | Dorval, Quebec | 287 |
| 94 | Des Moines International | Des Moines, Iowa | 267 |
| 95 | OKC Will Rogers International | Oklahoma City | 255 |
| 96 | Calgary International | Calgary, Alberta | 245 |
| 97 | Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International | San Jose, Calif. | 243 |
| 98 | Palm Beach International | West Palm Beach, Fla. | 241 |
| 99 | Stockton Metropolitan | Stockton, Calif. | 232 |
| 100 | Gerald R. Ford International | Grand Rapids, Mich. | 229 |
| Data for U.S. airports is via the Federal Aviation Administration. Data for Mexican airports is via the Federal Civil Aviation Agency. Data for Canadian airports is via Statistics Canada. | |||
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