The Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport saw the largest year-over-year reported cargo growth in the country last year.
According to the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, in 2020, the airport handled approximately 33 million pounds of cargo, which increased by 438 percent in 2021 when more than 192 million pounds of cargo was transported through the airport. As a result, TOL now ranks 99th of all the nation’s airports in cargo tonnage handled.
This additional cargo activity is largely due to the launch of Amazon Air’s Toledo Gateway in March. The gateway currently operates two daily flights out of Toledo, supporting fast, free shipping for Amazon customers in Ohio and throughout the region.
The operation, which is managed and ground handled by Amazon logistics partner Worldwide Freight Services, employs more than 100 people at the airport.
InterJet West, a womanowned business with more than 25 years of experience, launched operations at the airport in 2014, as an on-demand air cargo service for the manufacturing industry. Due to the success that it has realized over the past eight years, the company recently expanded operations, leasing a third hangar at the airport.
Fixed-Based Operators National Flight Services and Grand Aire also handle cargo at the airport. Grand Aire, has the capability to load and unload cargo from any aircraft type. The organization operates its own loading equipment and offers temporary warehousing. Grand Aire’s cargo operation has increased 140 percent since 2020 in day-today operations.
