Table 19,,,,,,
"Top 20 U.S. Gateways for International Freight by Weight: 1990, 1995, and 2000",,,,,,
(Short tons),,,,,,
Rank in 1990,Rank in 2000,U.S. airport,1990,1995,2000,"Average annual
growth rate,
1990–2000"
1,1,"Anchorage, AK","908,543","1,068,558","1,967,370", 8.0 
3,2,"Miami, FL","742,000","1,326,403","1,250,494", 5.4 
2,3,"New York JFK, NY","896,547","972,369","1,020,932", 1.3 
4,4,"Los Angeles LAX, CA","347,722","513,046","641,501", 6.3 
5,5,"Chicago O'Hare, IL","271,455","408,680","556,048", 7.4 
6,6,"San Francisco SFO, CA","185,349","296,292","366,372", 7.1 
11,7,"Newark, NJ","74,627","173,238","353,066", 16.8 
9,8,"Atlanta Hartsfield, GA","85,709","150,085","249,742", 11.3 
48,9,"Memphis, TN1",14,"93,623","198,630", 160.1 
17,10,"Fairbanks, AK","27,351","130,107","175,186", 20.4 
7,11,"Honolulu, HI","158,691","134,844","154,037",-0.3
16,12,"Washington Dulles, VA","36,536","88,332","140,975", 14.5 
12,13,"Dallas-Fort Worth, TX","69,020","69,485","133,518", 6.8 
19,14,"Philadelphia, PA","18,041","48,804","124,317", 21.3 
10,15,"Houston Intercontinental, TX","82,144","90,755","121,121", 4.0 
13,16,"Seattle, WA","61,052","72,449","116,763", 6.7 
8,17,"Boston, MA","97,968","86,562","112,446", 1.4 
18,18,"Detroit, MI","22,409","61,650","85,605", 14.3 
15,19,Guam Island,"36,892","39,659","69,238", 6.5 
27,20,"Huntsville/Decatur, AL","6,167","8,019","64,253", 26.4 
1 The extreme change in tonnage handled reflects the relocation of the Federal Express hub to Memphis.,,,,,,
"NOTE: These data are based on nonstop bidirectional air trade by U.S. and foreign carriers by weight between the United States and other countries and, as such, will differ from U.S. Census Bureau international air freight weight data.  For additional information, see notes for table 20, p. 47.",,,,,,
"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information data, May 2002.",,,,,,
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