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Because of UPS, Louisville is the sixth-busiest cargo airport in the world, and the third busiest in the United States. [12] [23] 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. [24] Previously, the project was named Hub 2000.
UPS Airlines Flight 1354 (5X1354/UPS1354) was a scheduled cargo flight from Louisville, Kentucky, to Birmingham, Alabama. On August 14, 2013, the Airbus A300 flying the route crashed and burst into flames short of the runway on approach to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport .
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).
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)
Last month the International Air Transport Association said that total demand for air cargo, which is measured in cargo ton-kilometers, climbed 18.4% in January compared with the prior-year period.
Sky Lease Cargo: GG KYE SKY CUBE Miami: 1969 Founded as Wrangler Aviation and commenced operations in 1973. Skyway Enterprises: KI SKZ SKYWAY-INC 1981 Commenced operations in 1983. StratAir: Miami: 2018 Virtual airline on behalf of Northern Air Cargo. Trans Executive Airlines: KH MUI RHOADES EXPRESS Honolulu: 1982 UPS Airlines: 5X UPS UPS ...
It has since switched to identifying the facility by its location name of Hodgkins. A secondary CACH facility, known as the "West Point Pad", is located in Hammond, Indiana , south of the Cline Avenue exit on the Indiana Toll Road at Calumet Avenue , within an eastbound entrance ramp cloverleaf leading onto the ITR ( 41°38′38″N 87°30′33 ...
The world's thirty busiest airports by cargo traffic for various periods (data provided by Airports Council International). Numbers listed refer to loaded and unloaded freight in metric tonnes , including transit freight.