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In 1995, UPS purchased a second aircraft type from Boeing, the Boeing 767 freighter. The launch customer of both aircraft, UPS Airlines would purchase 75 757s and 32 767s, more than doubling the size of its aircraft fleet. To update the oldest aircraft in its fleet, the 727-100QF conversion was introduced (QF=Quiet Freighter).
Because of UPS, Louisville is the fourth-busiest cargo airport in the world, and the second busiest in the United States. [12] Although UPS has had a hub at Louisville since 1980, the term was not used officially by the company until 2002, after a $1 billion, five-year expansion. [23] Previously, the project was named Hub 2000.
List of the largest cargo airports in the United States based on weight of landed cargo in US pounds (freight + mail) since 2008 (note: this list includes airports in U.S. territories). Rank (2022)
A cargo hub is an airport that primarily is operated by a cargo airline that uses the hub-and-spoke system. In the United States , two of the largest cargo hub airports, FedEx 's Memphis Superhub and UPS Louisville Worldport , are close to the mean center of the United States population .
In 2004, CNF (which had acquired Emery Worldwide in 1989) sold its Menlo Forwarding business to UPS, who operated the Menlo freight facility at Dayton as an air cargo hub and sorting center. [14] In June 2006, UPS ceased operations at the Menlo cargo facility, consolidating its cargo operation and sorting facility to its Louisville hub, and ...
The airport has four parking garages open in the main terminal area: A1, A2, B2 and C. Valet parking is available between at a drop off/pick up area Terminals A and B, and between Terminals B and C. An off-airport parking lot (Main Street Parking) is also available at 1512 Main Street in Irvine, with free shuttle service to the terminals.
Manchester–Boston is New England's third-largest cargo airport behind Connecticut's Bradley International, which is a hub for UPS Airlines, and Logan in Boston. FedEx, UPS and Amazon all serve Manchester with cargo-specific jets, including the Airbus A300, Boeing 757, Boeing 767 and Boeing 737.
The 2016 figure itself was a 16% decrease from 2012 and a 59% decrease from 2007. 48% of the 2021 aircraft operations were general aviation, 42% were air taxi, 8% were scheduled commercial, and 2% were military. There were 62 aircraft based on the field: 31 single-engine and 18 multi-engine airplanes, 10 jets, and 4 helicopters. [95] [96]