Air transport freight

(million ton-km)

The United States of America is the top country by air transport freight in the world. As of 2021, air transport freight in the United States of America was 46,005 million ton-km that accounts for 20.98% of the world's air transport freight. The top 5 countries (others are China, Qatar, Republic of Korea, and the United Arab Emirates) account for 51.77% of it. The world's total air transport freight was estimated at 219,227 million ton-km in 2021.

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What is air transport freight?

Air freight is the volume of freight, express, and diplomatic bags carried on each flight stage (operation of an aircraft from takeoff to its next landing), measured in metric tons times kilometers traveled.