List of busiest airports by cargo traffic
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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 tonnes, including transit freight.
2025 statistics
ACI's 2025 preliminary figures released in April 2026 are as follows.
2024 final statistics
ACI's 2024 preliminary figures released in April 2025 are as follows.
2023 final statistics
ACI's 2023 preliminary figures released in April 2024 are as follows.
2022 final statistics
ACI's 2022 preliminary figures released in April 2023 are as follows.
2021 final statistics
ACI's 2021 final figures released in July 2022 are as follows.
2020 final statistics
ACI's 2020 final figures released in November 2021 are as follows.
2019 final statistics
ACI's 2019 preliminary figures released in May 2020 are as follows.
2018 final statistics
ACI's 2018 final figures released in September 2019 are as follows.
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