Dallas sits near the middle of the country, a few hours' flight from most major cities. AirFreight.com arranges air freight from Dallas on the next flight out, with a courier on board or on a chartered aircraft, with trucks at both ends.
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Shipping within tight time constraints? We put businesses at ease with urgent shipping solutions, including air charter, air freight, and hand carry options, available nationwide. And when air delivery services aren't the right solution, we also offer urgent trucking solutions for seamless ground transport.
Our understanding of global trade, global cargo routes, and air cargo schedules allows us to tailor each delivery to meet your needs. We're available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, year-round to support you when you need it most. We dispatch a vehicle sized to your freight to pick up your delivery as quickly as possible.
You'll work one-on-one with a single point of contact who will guide you through the shipping process from door to door. No matter the complexity of your shipment, we're here to provide personalized guidance. Explore our custom shipping solutions to choose the right option for you.
Move your cargo across the country, whether from a metro area or a remote location. We'll help you meet ultra-critical delivery deadlines with the right aircraft. Enjoy concierge-level customer service and complete shipment flexibility to get your delivery to its final destination with ease.
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Meet your dependable air freight broker for custom air freight solutions. We offer routine assistance and utilize high-tech tracking systems to ensure every shipment arrives on schedule. Choose from next flight out (NFO), overnight, or economy (general freight), depending on your individual requirements.
When you have a highly sensitive or critical shipment, our hand carry service provides security and speed. This service is not typically available for larger freight, but it's ideal for time-sensitive or high-value items. It's also the perfect solution for rescuing a delayed shipment, ensuring it gets back on track and into the right hands as quickly as possible.
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When air delivery isn't the right fit for your shipment, our urgent trucking solutions might be the answer. We support your urgent ground shipping needs with expedited trucking options. Choose from sprinter vans, cargo vans, and trucks of all sizes, including tractor-trailers, to get your items where they need to be—fast.
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Most U.S. cities are a few hours' flight from Dallas.
Air freight in Dallas benefits from geography. The Dallas Fort Worth area sits near the middle of the country, so most major U.S. cities are only a few hours' flight away, and both coasts are within a day. That central position has made the area one of the busiest freight and distribution regions in the country. This page is about shipping freight to and from Dallas, not air freight jobs or a specific company.
The metroplex is large, with Dallas, Fort Worth and dozens of suburbs spread across several counties, and several airports serve it. Which one freight uses depends on the option and the route.
AirFreight.com arranges air freight from Dallas with trucks at both ends, so a shipment can go from a dock in the metroplex to a door in another city on one plan.
The right airport saves time
DFW, Alliance and smaller airports each have a role.
Dallas Fort Worth International, between the two cities, is the area's main airport for freight. It has many scheduled passenger flights, which carry cargo in their holds, as well as regular freighter flights. For most urgent freight, it offers the widest choice of next flight out options.
Fort Worth Alliance, north of Fort Worth, is an industrial airport focused on cargo and freighter traffic, surrounded by distribution and logistics centers. Dallas Love Field, close to downtown Dallas, mainly serves passenger flights. General aviation airports around the area, such as Addison, handle business jets and smaller aircraft, which makes them useful for small charters.
Picking the right airport depends on the freight, the flight and where the pickup is in the metroplex. AirFreight.com matches each shipment to the airport and flight that fit.
A broad economy, urgent freight
Many Dallas industries fly freight when time matters.
Dallas Fort Worth has one of the broadest economies in the country, and many of its industries rely on air freight when timing matters. Aerospace and defense manufacturing, centered around Fort Worth, ships parts and assemblies on tight schedules. Semiconductor, electronics and telecommunications companies to the north of Dallas fly components that are valuable for their weight.
The area's hospitals and medical centers send and receive equipment, devices and supplies that cannot wait. Retail and e-commerce distribution centers ship stock to stores and customers across the country. Energy companies with offices in the area send parts to field sites, and automotive plants and suppliers fly parts when a missing one would stop a line.
What these industries share is a central location and freight that is often needed somewhere else, fast.
Distance decides
Short regional runs often go faster by truck.
Not every urgent shipment from Dallas should fly. Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Oklahoma City are each a few hours' drive away on I-45 and I-35, and I-20 and I-30 lead east toward Shreveport and Little Rock. For these runs, a dedicated truck that leaves at pickup and drives straight to the receiver is often as fast as a flight, once the drive to the airport, the cargo cutoff and the recovery at the other end are counted.
A truck also handles freight that is too large or heavy for a passenger aircraft, without the limits of a flight. For longer distances, across the country or to the coasts, air is faster.
AirFreight.com arranges both, so the shipper gets the option that fits the distance rather than a single answer for every shipment.
Plan the drive to the flight
Pickup timing matters in a large metroplex.
The metroplex is large, and the drive from a pickup to the airport can take longer than expected, especially at rush hour. A shipment from a suburb north of Dallas or west of Fort Worth needs a pickup timed so the freight reaches the airport before the cargo cutoff for its flight, with room for traffic.
At the destination, a recovery truck collects the freight once it is released and delivers it to the door. Keeping the trucks and the flight on one plan, with one person following the shipment, avoids handoff gaps.
To book, have ready what the freight is, the number of pieces, the weight and dimensions of each, how it is packed, both addresses, contacts at each end and the deadline. AirFreight.com uses those details to pick the airport, the option and the trucks, and follows the freight until it is delivered.
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A small, single-engine aircraft with a large aft cargo door, designed for short- to medium-range travel. The PC-12 operates from small airfields and is known for safety and reliability.
A small, twin-engined turboprop aircraft for short- to medium-range deliveries. Capacity is limited, but its size and versatility allow it to use airports close to where its cargo is produced and needed.
The perfect aircraft for delivering vital parts or materials quickly, this famously efficient private jet accommodates five pallets and has a range of nearly 3,000 miles.
A smaller, twin-engined jet built for short- to medium-range transportation. Cargo capacity is a little over 10 tons, but the ability to use shorter runways increases the versatility of this aircraft.
Built for efficient delivery of huge loads to any corner of the globe. The wide-body design, with an opening nose, large side door, and cargo handling system, simplifies loading and unloading.
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