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. | |||
If your company appears on the list, you have a few ways to announce it. Visit our logo library to get ready-made graphics.
Post-COVID normalization and shaky economic conditions led to a difficult year at container ports and airports in 2023.
Learn more about Transport Topics’ Top 50 Global Freight Companies publication.
Hapag-Lloyd Warns of Further Earnings Decline in 2024
Following a slump in profits in 2023, German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd expects earnings to decline again in 2024.
March 14, 2024Houthi Missile Damages MSC Containership in Gulf of Aden
Houthi militants attacked and damaged a Swiss-owned container vessel on March 4 in the Gulf of Aden, as the Iran-backed group continues to roil shipping in the region.
March 5, 2024Norfolk Southern Urges Shareholders to Reject Takeover Plan
OMAHA, Neb. — Norfolk Southern wants its shareholders to back its current management team and strategy and reject a bid from a group of investors seeking to take control of the railroad.
February 27, 2024Port of Baltimore Hit Cargo Record Last Year
The Port of Baltimore hit records for handling cargo last year, state officials said, showing a rebound from global supply chain difficulties and disruptions during the pandemic.
February 26, 2024Investors Flee Tumbling EV Upstarts
Investors have all but thrown in the towel on shares of EV startups Rivian Automotive and Lucid Group.
February 26, 2024Southwest Airlines Ground Workers Reach Deal for Pay Bump
Southwest Airlines has reached a contract with its ramp, operations, provisioning and freight agents that’ll give workers an average pay increase of over 18%.
February 23, 2024Shipping Giant CMA CGM Posts Loss as Red Sea Conflict Rages
CMA CGM SA posted its first quarterly loss in four years as the shipping industry struggles with the conflict in the Red Sea and the specter of overcapacity.
February 23, 2024Port of Mobile to Build Container Facility in North Alabama
The Alabama Port Authority and CSX Transportation announced that Decatur, Ala., will be home to a new intermodal container transfer facility to connect north Alabama to the Port of Mobile.
February 8, 2024Maersk Warns of Slowdown Once Freight Boost Fades
A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S shares plunged after the company said it expects renewed gloom in the industry this year when the current boost to freight rates from the Red Sea conflict evaporates.
February 8, 2024Cincinnati Airport Deploys Autonomous Baggage Handling EVs
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport is using devices known as Auto-DollyTugs, electric autonomous vehicles complete with “robotic arms,” to handle baggage and cargo.
February 6, 2024-
2023
-
2022
-
2021
-
2020
-
2019
-
2018
-
2017
-
2016
-
2015
