Busiest cargo airlines, February 2025

3,328 flights, Ameriflight

The busiest cargo airline in February 2025 was Ameriflight, with 3,328 flights.

February 2025 (1–28 February 2025) Source: www.airportia.com/statistics/cargo-airlines/2025-02/

Period: 1–28 February 2025 (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, February 2025: top 15, flights1–28 February 2025. Source: Airportia.1. Ameriflight: 3,328 (3,645 flights)1. Ameriflight3,3282. Air Transport International (8C): 2,577 (2,751 flights)2. Air Transport International (8C)2,5773. Alpine Air Express (5A): 2,512 (2,735 flights)3. Alpine Air Express (5A)2,5124. Atlas Air (5Y): 2,014 (2,176 flights)4. Atlas Air (5Y)2,0145. Empire Airlines (EM): 1,796 (1,969 flights)5. Empire Airlines (EM)1,7966. ABX Air (GB): 1,608 (1,746 flights)6. ABX Air (GB)1,6087. Yangtze River Express (Y8): 1,237 (1,325 flights)7. Yangtze River Express (Y8)1,2378. Kalitta Air (K4): 1,069 (1,182 flights)8. Kalitta Air (K4)1,0699. Amerijet International (M6): 404 (431 flights)9. Amerijet International (M6)40410. Swiftair (WT): 280 (300 flights)10. Swiftair (WT)28011. ASL Airlines France (5O): 195 (210 flights)11. ASL Airlines France (5O)19512. Silk Way West Airlines (7L): 85 (92 flights)12. Silk Way West Airlines (7L)8513. European Air Transport (QY): 74 (78 flights)13. European Air Transport (QY)7414. Sky Lease 1 (GG): 41 (43 flights)14. Sky Lease 1 (GG)4115. SF Airlines (O3): 29 (31 flights)15. SF Airlines (O3)29

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 3,328 33.0 min 0.0% 3,645
2 Air Transport International (8C) United States United States 2,577 41.4 min 0.0% 2,751
3 Alpine Air Express (5A) United States United States 2,512 28.7 min 0.0% 2,735
4 Atlas Air (5Y) United States United States 2,014 37.6 min 0.0% 2,176
5 Empire Airlines (EM) United States United States 1,796 44.0 min 0.0% 1,969
6 ABX Air (GB) United States United States 1,608 29.5 min 0.0% 1,746
7 Yangtze River Express (Y8) China China 1,237 20.8 min 0.0% 1,325
8 Kalitta Air (K4) United States United States 1,069 41.0 min 0.0% 1,182
9 Amerijet International (M6) United States United States 404 26.2 min 0.0% 431
10 Swiftair (WT) Spain Spain 280 4.7 min 0.0% 300
11 ASL Airlines France (5O) France France 195 25.3 min 0.0% 210
12 Silk Way West Airlines (7L) Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 85 34.3 min 0.0% 92
13 European Air Transport (QY) Germany Germany 74 33.9 min 0.0% 78
14 Sky Lease 1 (GG) United States United States 41 61.9 min 0.0% 43
15 SF Airlines (O3) China China 29 27.3 min 0.0% 31
16 ASL Airlines Belgium (3V) Belgium Belgium 19 31.3 min 0.0% 21
17 ASL Airlines Hungary Hungary Hungary 6 13.0 min 0.0% 8

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The busiest cargo airline in February 2025 was Ameriflight, with 3,328 flights. Source: Airportia, "Busiest cargo airlines, February 2025" (1–28 February 2025), https://www.airportia.com/statistics/cargo-airlines/2025-02/, 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.