2024 Essential Revenue and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Global Freight Companies
Up Front

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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