Busiest cargo airlines, May 2024

4,253 flights, Ameriflight

The busiest cargo airline in May 2024 was Ameriflight, with 4,253 flights.

May 2024 (1–31 May 2024) Source: www.airportia.com/statistics/cargo-airlines/2024-05/

Period: 1–31 May 2024 (UTC). Data calculated on 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC. In the average departure delay, early and cancelled flights count as 0. How we calculate this

Top 15 airlines by flights
Busiest cargo airlines, May 2024: top 15, flights1–31 May 2024. Source: Airportia.1. Ameriflight: 4,253 (4,074 flights)1. Ameriflight4,2532. Air Transport International (8C): 2,972 (2,878 flights)2. Air Transport International (8C)2,9723. Alpine Air Express (5A): 2,936 (2,814 flights)3. Alpine Air Express (5A)2,9364. Atlas Air (5Y): 2,897 (2,790 flights)4. Atlas Air (5Y)2,8975. Empire Airlines (EM): 1,804 (1,722 flights)5. Empire Airlines (EM)1,8046. Kalitta Air (K4): 1,362 (1,325 flights)6. Kalitta Air (K4)1,3627. Yangtze River Express (Y8): 1,345 (1,299 flights)7. Yangtze River Express (Y8)1,3458. ABX Air (GB): 1,315 (1,264 flights)8. ABX Air (GB)1,3159. Amerijet International (M6): 392 (379 flights)9. Amerijet International (M6)39210. Swiftair (WT): 310 (300 flights)10. Swiftair (WT)31011. ASL Airlines France (5O): 200 (196 flights)11. ASL Airlines France (5O)20012. Sky Lease 1 (GG): 93 (90 flights)12. Sky Lease 1 (GG)9313. European Air Transport (QY): 82 (78 flights)13. European Air Transport (QY)8214. Silk Way West Airlines (7L): 72 (68 flights)14. Silk Way West Airlines (7L)7215. SF Airlines (O3): 35 (34 flights)15. SF Airlines (O3)35

Every cargo airline with at least one flight in the period is included.

Full ranking: 17 airlines

# Airline Country Flights Avg departure delay Cancelled Flights
1 Ameriflight United States United States 4,253 24.6 min 0.0% 4,074
2 Air Transport International (8C) United States United States 2,972 35.7 min 0.0% 2,878
3 Alpine Air Express (5A) United States United States 2,936 20.3 min 0.0% 2,814
4 Atlas Air (5Y) United States United States 2,897 36.3 min 0.0% 2,790
5 Empire Airlines (EM) United States United States 1,804 32.6 min 0.0% 1,722
6 Kalitta Air (K4) United States United States 1,362 44.4 min 0.0% 1,325
7 Yangtze River Express (Y8) China China 1,345 41.2 min 2.2% 1,299
8 ABX Air (GB) United States United States 1,315 30.8 min 0.0% 1,264
9 Amerijet International (M6) United States United States 392 24.3 min 0.0% 379
10 Swiftair (WT) Spain Spain 310 56.6 min 0.0% 300
11 ASL Airlines France (5O) France France 200 25.2 min 0.0% 196
12 Sky Lease 1 (GG) United States United States 93 34.3 min 0.0% 90
13 European Air Transport (QY) Germany Germany 82 25.3 min 0.0% 78
14 Silk Way West Airlines (7L) Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 72 35.7 min 0.0% 68
15 SF Airlines (O3) China China 35 12.1 min 0.0% 34
16 ASL Airlines Hungary Hungary Hungary 4 16.5 min 0.0% 4
17 ASL Airlines Belgium (3V) Belgium Belgium 2 18.5 min 0.0% 2

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The busiest cargo airline in May 2024 was Ameriflight, with 4,253 flights. Source: Airportia, "Busiest cargo airlines, May 2024" (1–31 May 2024), https://www.airportia.com/statistics/cargo-airlines/2024-05/, retrieved 3 November 2026.

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How we calculate this

Which flights count
Every flight in Airportia's schedule data (from the Aviation Edge feed) that was scheduled to depart in the period, counted once: code-share listings of the same flight are left out. Days are UTC calendar days.
Departure delay
The actual departure time (or the latest reported estimate when no actual time came in) minus the scheduled departure time. A flight that left early or on time counts as 0 minutes. A flight with no reported departure time, cancelled flights included, also counts as 0, so where the feed is patchy the average is lower than the real one.
Average departure delay
The mean of those delays over all counted flights in the period. It is not the share of flights more than 15 minutes late (the usual on-time measure), and it is about departures, not arrivals.
Why there is no "most punctual" ranking
Because flights without a reported departure time count as 0 minutes, a low average can mean missing data rather than punctuality, and the stored figures do not say how many flights had a reported time. So we only rank the most delayed, and the delay rankings leave out every airport, airline or country whose average delay is exactly 0, which almost always means that no times were reported.
Cancellations
Flights with the status Cancelled, as a share of the counted flights in the period.
Airlines
Flights operated by the airline, wherever they depart from. Only cargo airlines are included: carriers that Wikidata lists as cargo airlines or that we checked by hand, such as DHL's operators, UPS Airlines, FedEx and Atlas Air. Airlines that also carry passengers are not. Amazon Air has no airline of its own: its flights are counted under the airlines that operate them, such as Air Transport International, ABX Air and Atlas Air.
Period
A month combines three 10-day periods: days 1–10, 11–20 and the last ten days of the month, weighted by departures. In a 31-day month day 21 is not included; in February the second and third periods overlap by a day or two.
Minimum sample
Every cargo airline with at least one flight in the period is included.

Coverage follows the schedule feed: some regional airports and airlines are missing or report few actual times. These are Airportia's own figures, not official statistics from airports, airlines or regulators.