Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing air transportation of cargo without transporting passengers with no regular routes and regular schedules. It has no schema of its own: companies here are mapped on the Transportation & logistics schema, and what it does not cover is recorded as gaps.

Baseline: Transportation & logistics v2
Inherited from: Transportation & logistics
Companies mapped: 0 of 0
Primitives: 56 in 8 parts
Last updated: Nov 2, 2026

The numbers for this industry

United States · 2023 · NAICS 481212

Establishments: 260
Employees: 23,321
Annual payroll: $3.1B
Payroll per employee: $132.3K

Establishments by number of employees

1-4122
5-933
10-1948
1000+5
20-4916
50-9918
100-2498
250-4995
500-9995

Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (national file), employees as of mid-March 2023, payroll for the year; published 2025-06-26. Coded on NAICS 2017. Withheld cells read as not published.

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25 parameters

Parameter	Primitive	Type	Unit	Companies	Median	Range
Revenue per loaded mile	Rates and surchargesPremium	Money	USD per mile	Members	Members	—
Volume on contract rates	Rates and surchargesPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Tenders accepted	Rate quotes and tenders	Percent	%	0	—	—
Loads covered per rep per day	Load matchingPremium	Number	loads	Members	Members	—
Gross margin per load	Load matchingPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Claims as share of revenue	Claims and damage	Percent	%	0	—	—
Deliveries on time	Final-mile delivery	Percent	%	0	—	—
Fleet utilisation	FleetPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Average truck age	FleetPremium	Number	years	Members	Members	—
Maintenance cost per mile	FleetPremium	Money	USD per mile	Members	Members	—
Empty miles	RoutingPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Stops per route	RoutingPremium	Number	stops	Members	Members	—
Capacity under contract rather than spot	Carrier contractsPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Carrier on-time performance	Carrier contractsPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Pick accuracy	Warehouse operations	Percent	%	0	—	—
Orders per labour hour	Warehouse operations	Number	orders	0	—	—
Dock to stock	Warehouse operations	Number	hours	0	—	—
Average dwell time	Yard and dock scheduling	Number	hours	0	—	—
Shipments tracked live	Shipment tracking	Percent	%	0	—	—
Days from delivery to invoice	Freight billing	Number	days	0	—	—
Invoices without disputes	Freight billing	Percent	%	0	—	—
Accessorial charges recovered	Freight billing	Percent	%	0	—	—
Annual driver turnover	Driver recruiting	Percent	%	0	—	—
Safety rating	Vehicle and driver compliance	Choice not rated · satisfactory · conditional · unsatisfactory	—	0	—	—
Roadside inspections put out of service	Vehicle and driver compliance	Percent	%	0	—	—

Median and range are shown once 3 or more companies on Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation and below have published a number; each company counts once.

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25 parameters

Parameter	Primitive	Type	Unit	Companies	Median	Range
Revenue per loaded mile	Rates and surchargesPremium	Money	USD per mile	Members	Members	—
Volume on contract rates	Rates and surchargesPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Tenders accepted	Rate quotes and tenders	Percent	%	0	—	—
Loads covered per rep per day	Load matchingPremium	Number	loads	Members	Members	—
Gross margin per load	Load matchingPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Claims as share of revenue	Claims and damage	Percent	%	0	—	—
Deliveries on time	Final-mile delivery	Percent	%	0	—	—
Fleet utilisation	FleetPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Average truck age	FleetPremium	Number	years	Members	Members	—
Maintenance cost per mile	FleetPremium	Money	USD per mile	Members	Members	—
Empty miles	RoutingPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Stops per route	RoutingPremium	Number	stops	Members	Members	—
Capacity under contract rather than spot	Carrier contractsPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Carrier on-time performance	Carrier contractsPremium	Percent	%	Members	Members	—
Pick accuracy	Warehouse operations	Percent	%	0	—	—
Orders per labour hour	Warehouse operations	Number	orders	0	—	—
Dock to stock	Warehouse operations	Number	hours	0	—	—
Average dwell time	Yard and dock scheduling	Number	hours	0	—	—
Shipments tracked live	Shipment tracking	Percent	%	0	—	—
Days from delivery to invoice	Freight billing	Number	days	0	—	—
Invoices without disputes	Freight billing	Percent	%	0	—	—
Accessorial charges recovered	Freight billing	Percent	%	0	—	—
Annual driver turnover	Driver recruiting	Percent	%	0	—	—
Safety rating	Vehicle and driver compliance	Choice not rated · satisfactory · conditional · unsatisfactory	—	0	—	—
Roadside inspections put out of service	Vehicle and driver compliance	Percent	%	0	—	—

Median and range are shown once 3 or more companies on Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation and below have published a number; each company counts once.