Charlotte Douglas International Airport is the region's premiere air cargo facility.  The following information is a summary of the major benefits to working with the Charlotte Air Cargo Center.

Accessible
Charlotte Douglas International Airport is just seven miles from Uptown Charlotte, adjacent to a Foreign Trade Zone and immediately accessible to major interstates.


Affordable
Charlotte Douglas International Airport is one of the best operated air transport facilities in the country, maintaining quality service, and a competitively low fee structure.


Accommodating
Charlotte Air Cargo Center consists of approximately 500,000 sq.ft. of facilities and over 50 acres of aircraft ramp space.  The area is adjacent to the airport's three runways, which can accommodate all types of aircraft and measure 10,000 feet, 8,845 feet, and 7,500 feet.  To further support air cargo operations, Charlotte Douglas has a full complement of international service support organizations including U.S. Customs, U.S. Department of Immigration and Naturalization and U.S. Department of Agriculture.  The Charlotte Air Cargo Center is further strengthened by more than 70 freight forwarders, custom house brokers and professional international service providers.

#1 industrial hub in Southeast USA
and 6th largest wholesale center nationwide

6,000,000 people
living within a 100 mile radius

38.25 million passengers
yearly - making Charlotte the 7th busiest
airport nationwide

2nd largest financial center
following New York

20 cargo airlines
including all integrated carriers
 
50+% of USA's population
is within a two hour flight or one day drive

11 major passenger airlines
and 7 commuter airlines

2 major rail systems
linking 27,000 miles of track