Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport (AFW) has been named one of the Top 20 U.S. Cargo Airports in rankings by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Moving up three spots in the rankings, Alliance Airport landed more than 2.4 billion pounds in 2021, a volume increase of 45.75% from the previous year.
“A key player in the national and global supply chain, this recognition reinforces the incredible growth and demand we have experienced at the airport over the past five years,” says Christian Childs, president of Alliance Aviation companies at Hillwood, in a press release. “The airport plays a critical role in our national security efforts and in ensuring Americans have access to essential household goods.”
According to the airport’s operations data for 2021, Alliance experienced a 43% year-over-year volume increase in cargo transported. The airport reported 789,429,648 pounds of cargo enplaning and deplaning at Alliance in 2021, compared to 550,762,202 pounds in 2020, according to airport officials. This growth stems from a variety of factors, including increased efficiencies and lower operating costs, a dramatic shift in consumer behavior and an increase in e-commerce shipping activity.
FedEx’s AllianceTexas-based Southwest Regional Sort Hub is ranked third in the U.S. in terms of square footage of sortation and handling facilities. Alliance is also home to one of Amazon Air’s regional air hubs enabling wider selection and faster delivery to customers across Texas and the region.
Born out of a collaboration between Hillwood, the city of Fort Worth and the FAA, Alliance features a vast array of flight services, including air cargo, corporate and government aviation. It is also the cornerstone of one of the nation’s most successful public-private partnerships, the 27,000-acre AllianceTexas development, home to 559 companies that have created more than 63,000 direct jobs and has approximately 53 million square feet of developed commercial real estate assets.
Alliance is also a key component of the AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone, spurring innovative mobility solutions throughout the supply chain and attracting leading companies focused on the autonomous and automated movement of goods.
Since the creation of the airport in 1989, Alliance has served as a premier destination for aviation and global logistic customers at AllianceTexas. The development has contributed to more than $100 billion in cumulative economic impact to the region since its inception.