The following table shows the top 50 cargo airports ranked by overall cargo tonnage in 2019.
The table, mainly based on Airports Council International (ACI) information and Air Cargo World research, is fully interactive, allowing users to sort according to the parameters in each column.
We at Air Cargo World are proud of the nearly comprehensive portrait that this Top 50 Cargo Airports listing paints for the air cargo airport business. But we also know enough to realize that a perfect list is nearly impossible to compile. While it’s a trustworthy estimate, it’s still just an educated guess. We use multiple sources, including airport representatives, industry associations and government data, but there is still no single database that is 100% accurate. If you spot any errors, please contact us.
| Rank | Region | Airport Code and Name | Combined cargo throughput 2019 (tonnes) | % Change from 2018 | Change in rank from 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asia-Pacific | HKG – Hong Kong International Airport | 4,809,485 | -6 | |
| 2 | Americas | MEM – Memphis International Airport | 4,323,484 | -3 | |
| 3 | Asia-Pacific | PVG – Shanghai Pudong International Airport | 3,634,230 | -4 | |
| 4 | Americas | SDF – Louisville International Airport | 2,790,111 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | Asia-Pacific | ICN – Incheon International Airport | 2,764,369 | -6 | -1 |
| 6 | Americas | ANC – Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | 2,763,723 | -2 | -1 |
| 7 | Middle East | DXB – Dubai International Airport | 2,514,918 | -5 | -1 |
| 8 | Middle East | DOH – Hamad International Airport | 2,215,804 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Asia-Pacific | TPE – Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport | 2,182,342 | -6 | -1 |
| 10 | Asia-Pacific | NRT – Tokyo Narita International Airport | 2,104,063 | -7 | -1 |
| 11 | Europe | CDG – Aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle | 2,102,268 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Americas | MIA – Miami International Airport | 2,092,472 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Europe | FRA – Frankfurt Airport | 2,091,174 | -4 | |
| 14 | Americas | LAX – Los Angeles International Airport | 2,070,629 | -6 | -4 |
| 15 | Asia-Pacific | SIN – Singapore Changi Airport | 2,056,700 | -6 | -3 |
| 16 | Asia-Pacific | PEK – Beijing Capital International Airport | 1,957,779 | -6 | |
| 17 | Asia-Pacific | CAN – Guangzhou Bai Yun International Airport | 1,922,132 | 2 | |
| 18 | Americas | ORD – O’Hare International Airport | 1,758,119 | -3 | |
| 19 | Europe | LHR – London Heathrow Airport | 1,672,874 | -6 | |
| 20 | Europe | AMS – Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | 1,592,221 | -8 | |
| 21 | Asia-Pacific | BKK – Suvarnabhumi International Airport | 1,326,914 | -11 | |
| 22 | Asia-Pacific | HND – Tokyo Haneda Airport | 1,309,051 | -5 | 1 |
| 23 | Americas | JFK – John F. Kennedy International Airport | 1,289,497 | -7 | -1 |
| 24 | Asia-Pacific | SZX – Shenzhen Baoan International Airport | 1,287,922 | 6 | 1 |
| 25 | Europe | LEJ – Flughafen Leipzig/Halle | 1,224,763 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Americas | CVG – Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | 1,115,744 | -1 | 1 |
| 27 | Asia-Pacific | DEL – Indira Gandhi International Airport | 984,594 | -5 | 1 |
| 28 | Americas | IND – Indianapolis International Airport | 935,817 | -2 | 3 |
| 29 | Middle East | DWC – Dubai World Central | 924,755 | -6 | |
| 30 | Asia-Pacific | BOM – Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport | 894,611 | -8 | |
| 31 | Europe | LGG – Liège Airport | 888,156 | 2 | 2 |
| 32 | Americas | DFW – Dallas/Ft Worth International Airport | 879,556 | 6 | 4 |
| 33 | Europe | LUX – Luxembourg-Findel International Airport | 861,659 | -4 | -1 |
| 34 | Asia-Pacific | KIX – Kansai International Airport | 809,930 | -5 | |
| 35 | Europe | CGN – Köln-Bonn Airport | 796,459 | -6 | |
| 36 | Americas | EWR – Newark Liberty International Airport | 796,013 | -4 | 1 |
| 37 | Europe | ISL – Atatürk International Airport | 756,611 | -43 | -13 |
| 38 | Americas | BOG – Aeropuerto Internacional El Dorado | 728,895 | -2 | |
| 39 | Asia-Pacific | MNL – Ninoy Aquino International Airport | 723,924 | -2 | 1 |
| 40 | Asia-Pacific | KUL – KL International Airport | 715,312 | -3 | -1 |
| 41 | Americas | ONT – LA/Ontario International Airport | 711,088 | 4 | 6 |
| 42 | Asia-Pacific | HAN – Noi Bai International Airport | 700,000 | 0 | |
| 43 | Asia-Pacific | HGH – Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport | 699,218 | 9 | 4 |
| 44 | Asia-Pacific | CTU – Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport | 666,458 | 0 | 2 |
| 45 | Americas | ATL – Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport | 641,756 | -8 | -2 |
| 46 | Asia-Pacific | CGK – Soekarno-Hatta International Airport | 589,577 | -20 | -4 |
| 47 | Europe | MAD – Madrid-Barajas Airport | 588,256 | 8 | New |
| 48 | Middle East | AUH – Abu Dhabi International Airport | 583,041 | -3 | 1 |
| 49 | Americas | OAK – Oakland International Airport | 582,779 | -4 | -1 |
| 50 | Americas | MEX – Mexico City International Airport | 554,065 | -5 |
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