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Table 3-9: Top 50 All-Cargo Airports by Landed Weight: 2002-2005

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Airport Rank in 2005 Landed weight (million lbs.)
2002 2003 2004 2005
Anchorage, AK (Ted Stevens Anchorage International) 1 17,987 18,015 19,689 20,728
Memphis, TN (Memphis International) 2 17,653 17,519 17,771 18,687
Louisville, KY (Louisville International-Standiford Field) 3 8,403 8,345 8,777 9,182
Miami, FL (Miami International) 4 6,347 6,477 6,847 7,101
Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles International) 5 6,076 6,239 6,124 5,853
New York, NY (John F. Kennedy International) 6 5,824 5,874 5,797 5,623
Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis International) 7 4,676 4,554 4,628 5,089
Chicago, IL (Chicago O'Hare International) 8 4,434 4,702 4,718 4,824
Newark, NJ (Newark Liberty International) 9 3,516 3,669 3,529 3,741
Oakland, CA (Metropolitan Oakland International) 10 3,493 3,389 3,406 3,595
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth International) 11 2,961 2,962 2,862 3,310
Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia International) 12 2,932 2,730 2,743 2,802
Ontario, CA (Ontario International) 13 2,888 2,675 2,652 2,688
Atlanta, GA (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International) 14 2,332 2,387 2,325 2,027
Honolulu, HI (Honolulu International) 15 1,941 2,035 1,940 1,656
Covington/Cincinnati, OH (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International) 16 2,086 2,197 2,282 1,625
San Francisco, CA (San Francisco International) 17 2,070 2,400 1,480 1,593
Dayton, OH (James M. Cox Dayton International) 18 1,794 1,569 1,573 1,577
Phoenix, AZ (Phoenix Sky Harbor International) 19 1,735 1,559 1,603 1,556
Denver, CO (Denver International) 20 1,565 1,495 1,526 1,526
Portland, OR (Portland International) 21 1,632 1,498 1,436 1,493
Houston, TX (George Bush Intercontinental) 22 964 1,332 1,394 1,420
Seattle, WA (Seattle-Tacoma International) 23 1,761 1,593 1,062 1,417
Minneapolis, MN (Minneapolis-St. Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain) 24 1,242 1,375 1,356 1,405
Rockford, IL (Greater Rockford) 25 1,261 1,251 1,354 1,393
San Juan, PR (Luis Munoz Marin International) 26 1,073 1,303 904 1,250
Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake City International) 27 1,166 1,199 1,242 1,179
Orlando, FL (Orlando International) 28 1,246 1,090 1,161 1,156
Boston, MA (General Edward Lawrence Logan International) 29 1,272 1,199 1,172 1,149
Fort Worth, TX (Fort Worth Alliance) 30 740 697 747 1,002
Toledo, OH (Toledo Express) 31 945 921 1,004 986
Windsor Locks, CT (Bradley International) 32 905 824 890 967
Kansas City, MO (Kansas City International) 33 853 850 943 925
Seattle, WA (Boeing Field/King County International) 34 782 764 892 867
Columbia, SC (Columbia Metropolitan) 35 838 609 884 785
San Antonio, TX (San Antonio International) 36 683 705 736 761
Detroit, MI (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County) 37 709 728 697 757
Charlotte, NC (Charlotte/Douglas International) 38 747 733 765 753
Columbus, OH (Rickenbacker International) 39 651 478 594 752
Fort Lauderdale, FL (Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International) 40 823 771 734 744
San Diego, CA (San Diego International) 41 653 652 641 741
Fort Wayne, IN (Fort Wayne International) 42 623 749 764 697
Fairbanks, AK (Fairbanks International) 43 1,237 875 820 693
Austin, TX (Austin-Bergstrom International) 44 801 735 732 683
Albuquerque, NM (Albuquerque International Sunport) 45 619 589 623 649
Des Moines, IA (Des Moines International) 46 680 644 623 639
Washington, DC (Washington Dulles International) 47 677 617 610 610
St. Louis, MO (Lambert-St Louis International) 48 600 605 602 595
Milwaukee, WI (General Mitchell International) 49 555 535 579 590
Aguadilla, PR (Rafael Hernandez) 50 291 626 549 573
Top 50 airports   127,742 127,340 128,780 132,411
United States, all airports1   146,581 146,144 148,594 157,537
Top 50 as % of U.S. total   87% 87% 87% 84%

1Includes Puerto Rico and Guam.

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Airport Planning, CY 2005 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data, available at http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/ as of Oct. 13, 2006.