Air Freight
Corpus Christi TX

Usually within hours, but no two shipments are alike. For boxed freight we look for the earliest scheduled departure from CRP with room on it, and a driver delivers it to the airline counter in time. Since many CRP flights connect through Houston or Dallas, a chartered aircraft is sometimes the quicker answer, above all late at night. We price both so you can choose.

On the road, San Antonio and Laredo are each about 145 miles away and Houston about 210, so a dedicated truck makes any of them before dark. Brownsville is roughly 160 miles down US 77. In the air the map opens up: the PC-12 is listed with a 1,700-mile range, and the Falcon 20 flies at 530 mph, so a single charter leg covers most of the U.S.

CRP's main runway is 7,510 ft, which handles everything up to a DC-9 15F jet freighter and its 22,930 lb payload. Below that sit the Convair CV-580 at 15,400 lbs and the PC-12 at 2,400 lbs. A 747-400F, at 274,000 lbs, wants about 10,500 ft, so a load that big flies from a larger Texas airport and we truck it to or from the bay.

Start with size and risk. A control card or a lab sample that must stay in someone's care goes with an on-board courier. Boxes and small crates usually ride scheduled flights, as next flight out, overnight or economy. A shipment too big for scheduled space, due at an odd hour, or bound for a small field near the job calls for a charter.

Air cargo is billed on chargeable weight: whichever is greater, the real weight or a figure based on the volume of the piece. Long, light items such as instrument skids or packed tubing often bill on volume. Send the crate dimensions with the weight and the quote will hold.

Anywhere in Nueces and San Patricio counties: the refinery row on the channel, downtown, Flour Bluff, Robstown, Calallen, Portland, Gregory, Ingleside, Aransas Pass and Sinton, with Kingsville, Alice and Rockport on request. Scheduled freight departs through CRP, and charters can also load at McCampbell-Porter, Aransas County or Alice International.

Yes, if we know the requirements early. Most plants and the base ask for the driver and vehicle details beforehand, and some insist on site safety training, so we assign a driver who has it. Airline counters identify freight by the air waybill number, the air shipment's paperwork, and charter aircraft load at the FBO. Give us the gate and a contact name at booking.

We do, all year. Off-hours shipments can carry a higher price because scheduled departures thin out and pilots and drivers are called in, and any extra charge is in the quote before you book.

Pickup and delivery addresses, the size and weight of every piece, a short description, the packaging and the deadline. Flag a forklift at the dock, a gate pass or a delivery alongside a ship. Reach us at (210) 598-5300 or through the quote form.

When the destination is close or the load is heavy and bulky. Count the drive to CRP and the drive from the arrival airport, and a run to San Antonio or Houston is often as fast in a dedicated urgent truck. Shipments without a deadline usually go cheaper as LTL or full truckload.

Refinery and LNG spares such as seals, valves and instruments, control boards and analyzers, helicopter components for the depot, and rush parts for the steel mill and the plastics plants. They are worth a lot, weigh little and cost a fortune when they are late.

Yes. AirFreight.com also handles freight in San Antonio, Laredo, Victoria, Brownsville, McAllen and Houston, plus the smaller towns around them, and a pickup on the bay can deliver to any address in the lower 48.

In many cases. A hand carry courier can go to where the shipment is stuck, take custody and fly it to the receiver, or we can put it on the first available scheduled flight from that city. Have the other carrier's tracking number and your deadline ready when you call.