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Table 3-9: Top 50 Airports by Landed Weight of All-Cargo Operations: 2007–2012

Monday, September 15, 2014

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(In thousand short tons)

Airport Rank in 2012 Landed weight
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Memphis International (MEM) 1 9,772 9,750 9,464 9,772 10,152 10,492
Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC) 2 10,562 8,976 7,762 9,732 8,887 8,261
Louisville International-Standiford Field (SDF) 3 5,216 5,223 5,139 5,319 5,491 5,548
Miami International (MIA) 4 3,715 3,494 3,176 3,453 3,317 3,574
Indianapolis International (IND) 5 2,652 2,564 2,288 2,359 2,407 2,470
Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 6 2,201 2,103 1,750 2,448 2,184 2,278
Los Angeles International (LAX) 7 3,431 2,876 1,884 1,977 2,022 2,102
John F Kennedy International (JFK) 8 2,557 2,222 1,591 1,962 1,972 1,747
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG) 9 97 104 564 1,216 1,410 1,594
Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) 10 1,753 1,614 1,436 1,516 1,532 1,544
Newark Liberty International (EWR) 11 1,873 1,727 1,464 1,489 1,525 1,427
Metropolitan Oakland International (OAK) 12 1,811 1,742 1,341 1,324 1,340 1,323
Ontario International (ONT) 13 1,394 1,350 1,168 1,121 1,157 1,181
Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 14 1,261 1,167 1,278 1,314 1,328 1,014
Honolulu International (HNL) 15 1,134 1,032 1,021 1,062 1,057 988
Philadelphia International (PHL) 16 1,375 1,264 1,132 994 975 942
George Bush Intercontinental/Houston (IAH) 17 769 754 784 763 808 788
Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 18 711 675 610 607 620 650
Seattle-Tacoma International (SEA) 19 691 747 803 697 679 645
Denver International (DEN) 20 642 625 624 619 605 602
San Francisco International (SFO) 21 1,039 775 747 652 622 599
Portland International (PDX) 22 713 656 545 531 567 581
Salt Lake City International (SLC) 23 535 521 449 424 428 438
Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain (MSP) 24 612 562 474 512 484 438
Luis Munoz Marin International (SJU) 25 522 431 543 441 434 425
Rafael Hernandez (BQN) 26 311 322 255 257 333 411
Chicago/Rockford International (RFD) 27 737 710 564 459 444 411
San Antonio International (SAT) 28 407 412 336 337 374 405
Boeing Field/King County International (BFI) 29 403 418 447 453 455 396
General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS) 30 530 492 418 409 403 390
Bradley International (BDL) 31 459 433 382 365 375 364
Orlando International (MCO) 32 483 425 391 398 403 363
Rickenbacker International (LCK) 33 407 365 323 342 327 347
San Diego International (SAN) 34 346 333 319 315 325 341
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW) 35 398 354 292 276 301 333
Fort Worth Alliance (AFW) 36 557 449 299 350 449 317
Piedmont Triad International (GSO) 37 229 232 279 306 304 303
Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) 38 339 315 290 299 297 284
El Paso International (ELP) 39 285 224 196 264 267 277
Manchester (MHT) 40 278 227 166 249 261 260
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) 41 261 228 235 236 242 244
Washington Dulles International (IAD) 42 290 285 215 225 223 233
Laredo International (LRD) 43 170 143 133 212 227 232
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International (FLL) 44 378 336 251 238 213 224
General Mitchell International (MKE) 45 269 279 187 248 245 222
Spokane International (GEG) 46 253 252 219 220 217 220
Reno/Tahoe International (RNO) 47 246 234 168 175 186 219
Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field (HSV) 48 197 190 153 167 223 219
Des Moines International (DSM) 49 314 298 240 217 213 216
Kansas City International (MCI) 50 341 294 228 216 212 214
Top 50 airports, total1   66,754 62,092 55,727 59,873 59,663 59,098
United States, all airports2   76,583 71,147 63,191 67,530 67,194 66,356
Top 50 airports as percent of U.S. total   87.16 87.27 88.19 88.66 88.79 89.06

1The sum of the top 50 airports in earlier years will not be equal to the total since some of the top 50 airports in earlier years are not in the top 50 list in 2012.

2Includes Puerto Rico and Guam.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data, available at www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats as of May 2014.