Air cargo volume at Dresden airport
Air cargo volume at Dresden airport stood at 4 tonnes in Aug 2026. It is one of the indicators in the Air traffic by airport table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Jul 2025 to Aug 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Air traffic by airport table
| Indicator | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | |
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| Air cargo by airport | |||||||||||
| Dresden | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| Düsseldorf | 2,791 | 2,788 | 1,380 | 1,178 | 1,271 | 1,613 | 2,613 | 2,630 | 2,629 | 3,315 |
Understanding air cargo volume at Dresden airport
Commercial cargo tonnage documented for Dresden encompasses the overall weight in tonnes of air freight and airmail loaded, unloaded, and handled in transit on aircraft. The series captures bellyhold freight transported on scheduled commercial passenger flights alongside dedicated cargo operations, including flights linked to aircraft maintenance and engineering facilities. This configuration distinguishes Dresden from dedicated mega-freight hubs in the table, positioning it as a specialized regional freight terminal handling high-value components and express consignments. The statistic covers only cargo flown on aircraft, excluding road feeder trucking operating under airline airway bills, passenger baggage, and non-commercial flights.
Monthly cargo figures follow industrial manufacturing rhythms and corporate delivery deadlines, showing characteristic activity dips during summer holiday plant shutdowns and end-of-year periods. Month-to-month comparisons are prone to distortion caused by variations in business days and the timing of public holidays; year-on-year comparisons against the corresponding month of the prior year provide the most dependable reading of underlying freight developments. Initial monthly releases are based on provisional airline and handler manifests, with routine retrospective revisions occurring during data consolidation. Researchers should also account for the fact that specialized technical flight operations can generate episodic cargo volume variations that are independent of general trade flows.
Frequently asked questions
- Are road feeder truck services moving on air waybills included in Dresden cargo totals?
- Trucked air freight is excluded from this metric, which tallies only cargo that is physically flown on board aircraft.
- Does the Dresden cargo series capture airmail alongside commercial freight?
- Total cargo tonnage combines commercial freight and postal airmail transported on scheduled services and charter flights.
- Why are year-on-year comparisons preferred when evaluating Dresden air cargo?
- Year-on-year comparisons filter out seasonal manufacturing lulls, holiday plant shutdowns, and differences in the number of working days across months.