{"id":3867,"date":"2014-02-24T15:42:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T21:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/?page_id=3867"},"modified":"2018-12-07T18:53:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T18:53:49","slug":"air","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/freight-system\/air\/","title":{"rendered":"Air"},"content":{"rendered":"

Air-freight infrastructure is vital for moving high-value goods.\u00a0 Air freight is used to transport time-sensitive (perishables, express parcels, etc.) and value-sensitive goods (just-in-time inputs, pharmaceuticals, etc.).\u00a0 Air freight is limited to time and value sensitive shipments because of cost.\u00a0 Air cannot compete on a strictly cost per ton basis when compared to truck, water, or rail. Figure 1 displays the locations, classifications, and freight activity of MAFC airports.\u00a0 The colored markers show freight activity at the airport and are separated by type.\u00a0 Commercial airports are publicly owned and defined as having more than 2,500 scheduled passengers per year.\u00a0 Reliever airports are designated by FAA as airports that relieve congestion at commercial airports. General Aviation airports are those sites that do not meet the classification<\/a> of commercial or reliever.\u00a0 The MAFC has a total of 817 airports, the majority of which are classified as general aviation.\u00a0 Additionally, the MAFC has several critical air freight hubs including the UPS Worldport in Louisville, FedEx\u2019s second largest airport hub in Indianapolis, and Chicago\u2019s O\u2019Hare International.<\/p>\n

Figure 1: Air Freight Infrastructure in the MAFC<\/h4>\n

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Source: Esri Business Analyst<\/a><\/em>, 2011<\/p>\n

Beyond counting airports in the MAFC, Table 1 displays the total tonnage of emplaned and landed mail and freight in the MAFC.\u00a0 Enplaned can be thought of as originating in the MAFC and landed is freight destined for the MAFC.\u00a0 As such, in 2010 the MAFC was responsible for 7 million tons or 23.1 percent of total air freight activity in the US.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

Table 1: 2010 Air Freight in the MAFC<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
State<\/td>\nEnplaned (Tons)<\/td>\nLanded (Tons)<\/td>\nTotal Activity (Tons)<\/td>\nMAFC Share<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Illinois<\/td>\n791,565<\/td>\n957,976<\/td>\n1,749,541<\/td>\n25.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indiana<\/td>\n546,405<\/td>\n509,747<\/td>\n1,056,153<\/td>\n15.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iowa<\/td>\n58,401<\/td>\n52,341<\/td>\n110,742<\/td>\n1.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kansas<\/td>\n11,700<\/td>\n17,311<\/td>\n29,011<\/td>\n0.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kentucky<\/td>\n1,432,657<\/td>\n1,370,455<\/td>\n2,803,112<\/td>\n40.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michigan<\/td>\n123,702<\/td>\n161,248<\/td>\n284,950<\/td>\n4.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minnesota<\/td>\n124,860<\/td>\n131,251<\/td>\n256,111<\/td>\n3.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Missouri<\/td>\n100,436<\/td>\n102,037<\/td>\n202,473<\/td>\n2.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ohio<\/td>\n203,091<\/td>\n191,379<\/td>\n394,470<\/td>\n5.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wisconsin<\/td>\n57,300<\/td>\n58,533<\/td>\n115,834<\/td>\n1.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total MAFC<\/td>\n3,450,118<\/td>\n3,552,279<\/td>\n7,002,396<\/td>\n100.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source: Air Cargo in the Mid-America Freight Coalition Region<\/a>, 2012<\/p>\n

As with the other modes of transportation, air freight contributes to employment in the MAFC.\u00a0 In this case, a map is largely unnecessary because employment is generally at the airport in the form of airport operations and air traffic control.\u00a0 Air freight is similar to maritime transportation in that it is a relatively small employer and supports very few businesses in the MAFC.<\/p>\n

Table 2: Air Freight Employment and Businesses in the MAFC<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
State<\/td>\nAir Freight Employment<\/td>\nAir Freight Businesses<\/td>\nTotal State Employment<\/td>\nTotal Business Count<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Iowa<\/td>\n186<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n5,884,453<\/td>\n476,575<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Illinois<\/td>\n1,082<\/td>\n122<\/td>\n2,938,335<\/td>\n222,320<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indiana<\/td>\n539<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n1,607,190<\/td>\n136,378<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kansas<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n1,407,272<\/td>\n123,790<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kentucky<\/td>\n638<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n1,819,898<\/td>\n153,924<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michigan<\/td>\n272<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n4,305,125<\/td>\n371,368<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minnesota<\/td>\n289<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n2,888,004<\/td>\n221,993<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Missouri<\/td>\n430<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n2,883,801<\/td>\n239,690<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ohio<\/td>\n364<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n5,634,785<\/td>\n413,878<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wisconsin<\/td>\n227<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n3,063,309<\/td>\n244,656<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MAFC<\/td>\n4,067<\/td>\n549<\/td>\n32,432,172<\/td>\n2,604,572<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source: Esri Business Analyst<\/a><\/em>, 2011<\/p>\n

<\/a>[1] The MAFC total for Table 1 \u00a0double counts trade within the MAFC when thinking about total tonnage traveling by air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Air-freight infrastructure is vital for moving high-value goods.\u00a0 Air freight is used to transport time-sensitive (perishables, express parcels, etc.) and value-sensitive goods (just-in-time inputs, pharmaceuticals, etc.).\u00a0 Air freight is limited to time and value sensitive shipments because of cost.\u00a0 Air cannot compete on a strictly cost per ton basis when compared to truck, water, or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":2560,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-rfs.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3867","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3867"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10130,"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3867\/revisions\/10130"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}