The surge in online e-commerce sales has meant a surge in air cargo, and Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, which accounts for more than half the air cargo traffic in the D.C. region, set a record last year.
Commercial airline passengers also soared 68%, when compared with 2020.
In 2021, almost 619 million pounds of cargo was transported through BWI Marshall, a 4% increase from 2020. The airport’s cargo operations accounted for 55% of the total air cargo flown through the three D.C.-area airports.
July was a record month for cargo shipments at BWI Marshall, with 56.3 million pounds.
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