Top 100 Airports | 2025 Top 50 Global Freight

2025 Essential Revenue and Operating Information for the 50 Largest Global Freight Companies

Up Front

The world’s largest transportation and logistics providers are operating in a highly volatile business environment.

Shippers await clarity on tariffs and trade policies before reconfiguring international supply chains.

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 2024 Landed Weight (millions of lbs.)
1 Ted Stevens Anchorage International Anchorage, Alaska 25,468
2 Memphis International Memphis, Tenn. 21,215
3 Louisville Muhammad Ali International Louisville, Ky. 17,985
4 Miami International Miami 11,700
5 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Hebron, Ky. 9,797
6 Los Angeles International Los Angeles 8,348
7 Chicago O'Hare International Chicago 8,159
8 Ontario International Ontario, Calif. 4,825
9 John F. Kennedy International Queens, N.Y. 4,791
10 Indianapolis International Indianapolis 4,490
11 Dallas Fort Worth International Dallas 3,754
12 Daniel K. Inouye International Honolulu 3,576
13 San Francisco Bay Oakland International Oakland, Calif. 3,208
14 Chicago Rockford International Rockford, Ill. 3,144
15 Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Atlanta 2,922
16 Seattle-Tacoma International Seattle 2,781
17 Newark Liberty International Newark, N.J. 2,543
18 Philadelphia International Philadelphia 2,271
19 George Bush Intercontinental Houston 1,904
20 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Phoenix 1,825
21 Portland International Portland, Ore. 1,786
22 Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Fort Worth, Texas 1,779
23 Luis Muñoz Marín International San Juan, Puerto Rico 1,777
24 Denver International Denver 1,672
25 San Bernardino International San Bernardino, Calif. 1,364
26 Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Glen Burnie, Md. 1,299
27 San Francisco International San Francisco 1,153
28 Orlando International Orlando, Fla. 1,099
29 Salt Lake City International Salt Lake City 1,043
30 Bradley International Windsor Locks, Conn. 1,038
31 Felipe Ángeles International Zumpango, Mexico 986
32 General Edward Lawrence Logan International Boston 963
33 Toronto Pearson International Mississauga, Ontario 947
34 San Antonio International San Antonio 818
35 Minneapolis-St. Paul International Minneapolis 809
36 Kansas City International Kansas City, Mo. 782
37 Lakeland Linder International Lakeland, Fla. 760
38 Charlotte Douglas International Charlotte, N.C. 745
39 Piedmont Triad International Greensboro, N.C. 741
40 Richmond International Richmond, Va. 740
41 Austin-Bergstrom International Austin, Texas 729
42 Laredo International Laredo, Texas 724
43 El Paso International El Paso, Texas 691
44 Vancouver International Richmond, British Columbia 679
45 Manchester-Boston Regional Manchester, N.H. 647
46 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Detroit 631
47 Lehigh Valley International Allentown, Pa. 595
48 Pittsburgh International Pittsburgh 571
49 Raleigh-Durham International Morrisville, N.C. 565
50 Tampa International Tampa, Fla. 560
51 Boeing Field/King County International Seattle 543
52 San Diego International San Diego 534
53 Mexico City International Mexico City 529
54 Harry Reid International Las Vegas 518
55 Spokane International Spokane, Wash. 513
56 Milwaukee Mitchell International Milwaukee 509
57 Reno-Tahoe International Reno, Nev. 508
58 Sacramento Mather Mather, Calif. 507
59 Albuquerque International Sunport Albuquerque, N.M. 490
60 Billings Logan International Billings, Mont. 485
61 Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keāhole Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 483
62 Kahului Kahului, Hawaii 477
63 Sacramento International Sacramento, Calif. 468
64 Eppley Airfield Omaha, Neb. 455
65 Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 452
66 Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field Boise, Idaho 450
67 Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Kenner, La. 433
68 Jacksonville International Jacksonville, Fla. 431
69 Rickenbacker International Columbus, Ohio 430
70 St. Louis Lambert International St. Louis 425
71 Washington Dulles International Dulles, Va. 421
72 Cleveland Hopkins International Cleveland 402
73 Greenville-Spartanburg International Greer, S.C. 393
74 Sioux Falls Regional/Joe Foss Field Sioux Falls, S.D. 389
75 Guadalajara International Guadalajara, Mexico 383
76 Des Moines International Des Moines, Iowa 367
77 Rafael Hernández International Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 361
78 Hector International Fargo, N.D. 349
79 Tulsa International Tulsa, Okla. 349
80 Montréal-Trudeau International Dorval, Quebec 348
81 Harrisburg International Middletown, Pa. 348
82 Syracuse Hancock International Syracuse, N.Y. 347
83 Lihue Lihue, Hawaii 337
84 Columbia Metropolitan Columbia, S.C. 332
85 Nashville International Nashville, Tenn. 317
86 Lubbock Preston Smith International Lubbock, Texas 304
87 Eastern Iowa Cedar Rapids, Iowa 304
88 John C. Munro Hamilton International Hamilton, Ontario 296
89 Buffalo Niagara International Buffalo, N.Y. 285
90 Calgary International Calgary, Alberta 273
91 Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Rochester, N.Y. 270
92 McGhee Tyson Alcoa, Tenn. 262
93 OKC Will Rogers International Oklahoma City 262
94 Huntsville International/Carl T. Jones Field Huntsville, Ala. 254
95 Capital Region International Township of Clinton, Mich. 250
96 Shreveport Regional Shreveport, La. 235
97 Hilo International Hilo, Hawaii 234
98 Stockton Metropolitan Stockton, Calif. 225
99 Palm Beach International West Palm Beach, Fla. 221
100 March ARB Riverside, Calif. 216
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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