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UPS Airlines is a major American cargo airline based in Louisville, Kentucky, US. [8] One of the largest cargo airlines worldwide in terms of freight volume flown, UPS Airlines flies to 815 destinations worldwide. [9] It has been a wholly owned subsidiary of United Parcel Service since its launch in 1988.
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)
Worldport is the worldwide air hub for UPS (United Parcel Service) located at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. 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 ...
Panorama of UPS Worldport Air Hub at Louisville International Airport in 2004. UPS’ global hub for air shipments Is the Worldport, located at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. The facility contributes to the airport's status of the second-busiest cargo airport in the United States and the fourth-busiest worldwide. [58] [59]
An airline hub or hub airport is an airport used by one or more airlines to concentrate passenger traffic and flight operations. Hubs serve as transfer (or stop-over) points to help get passengers to their final destination. [a][b] It is part of the hub-and-spoke system. An airline may operate flights from several non-hub (spoke) cities to the ...
The airport is a hub for UPS Airlines and was a hub for Air South, a former low-cost carrier. For the year ending February 22, 2022 the airport had 63,338 aircraft operations, an average of 174 per day: 46% general aviation, 23% air taxi, 23% airline and 8% military. In November 2023, there were 81 aircraft based at this airport: 44 single ...
The airport is a regional cargo hub for UPS Airlines and a focus city for Frontier Airlines. The airport has service to cities in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. As of 2019, the airport offers flights to 140 destinations, 102 of which are domestic and 38 of which international.
The airport is a cargo global hub for Amazon Air, Atlas Air, ABX Air, Kalitta Air, and DHL Aviation. The airport is currently the 6th busiest airport in the United States by cargo traffic and 12th largest in the world. CVG is the fastest-growing cargo airport in North America. [8] [9]