Below are lists of the primary sorting facilities (hubs) for the two largest air delivery firms in the world – UPS and Fedex. The first airport listed in bold is their principle worldwide hub, while the others are the company’s national and/or regional hubs.

UPS (United Parcel Service)

Louisville, Kentucky – WORLDPORT – 5,200,000 sq. ft., 252 flights/day

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – East Coast Regional Hub – 681,000 sq. ft., 44 flights/day

Columbia, South Carolina – Southeast Regional Hub – 281,000 sq. ft., 10 flights/day

Ontario, California – West Coast Regional Hub – 779,000 sq. ft., 38 flights/day

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas – Southwest Regional Hub – 323,000 sq. ft., 22 flights/day

Rockford (Chicago), Illinois – Midwest Regional Hub – 586,000 sq. ft., 30 flights/day

Miami, Florida – Latin America/Caribbean Regional Hub – 36,000 sq. ft., 24 flights/day

Hamilton, Ontario – Canadian Regional Hub – 31,000 sq. ft., 19 flights/day

Cologne-Bonn, Germany – European Regional Hub – 323,000 sq. ft., 72 flights/day

Shenzhen, China – 958,000 sq. ft., 16 flights/day

Hong Kong, China – 44,000 sq. ft., 12/flights/day

Shanghai, China – 1,000,000 sq. ft., 12 flights/day

The feeder airports to this system can be viewed through this weblink for the 97 airports in the United States and this second weblink for the 112 international airports. Fascinating maps for UPS’s air routes in North America and Europe are provided below. Separate maps for Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Oceania, and South America can viewed via this weblink.

Fedex (formerly Federal Express)

Fedex’s feeder airports in the USA can be found by airport code through this weblink. A worldwide map of he Fedex system is shown below.