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Logistics & Distribution Logistics & Distribution Mecklenburg County Red Classic_Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Ad_FINAL.pdf 1 8/18/15 10:54 AM C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Red Classic_Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Ad_FINAL.pdf 1 8/18/15 10:54 AM Charlotte’s Market Accessibility Charlotte’s central East Coast location and excellent With all of the support services available, Charlotte provides transportation network provide businesses with a strategic a top-of-the-line connection for moving products and advantage in receiving and shipping goods and services. materials efficiently and conveniently throughout the world. Fifty-eight per cent of the United States population is east Evidence of Charlotte’s significance as a distribution center of the Mississippi River, putting Charlotte within one to can be seen in the more than $17 billion wholesale sales two days shipping time of over half of the country’s major recorded here annually. Factor in the continuing trend of metropolitan markets. Fifty-five of the United States’ top population migration to the Sunbelt states, Charlotte’s position metropolitan areas and 170 million U.S. and Canadian as a distribution center location will only grow stronger in the consumers lie within 650 miles of Charlotte. years to come. Boston Milwaukee Buffalo C Detroit New York M Pittsburgh Chicago Cleveland Philadelphia Y Baltimore CM Columbus Indianapolis MY Washington, D.C. Kansas City Cincinnati CY CMY K St. Louis Charlotte 100 200 Atlanta 300 400 500 600 Population Comparison 650 Mile Radius Pop. (mil.) % of U.S. Tampa Charlotte 167.1 53% Atlanta 149.3 46% Miami (652 miles from New York 121.5 38% Charlotte) Total U.S. Population: 318,857,056 Source: EASI, 2015 charlotte.global Logistics & Distribution 3 Gateway to the CHARLOTTE: East Coast CHARLOTTE IS BLESSED WITH A STRATEGIC GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION THAT PLACES IT CENTRALLY LOCATED ON THE EAST COAST MIDWAY BETWEEN NEW YORK, MIAMI, CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS AND NEW ORLEANS. Fifty-eight percent of the U.S. population is east of the Charlotte has long been a major rail hub. It is at the center of the Mississippi River, putting Charlotte within one to two days largest consolidated rail system in the country. Norfolk Southern shipping time to 29 of the 51 metropolitan markets in the U.S. and CSX Transportation have major operations in Charlotte that with more than 1 million in population. link 43,200 track miles of rail to 23 states, Washington, D.C., and Canada. More than 300 trains pass through Charlotte on a Charlotte’s transportation infrastructure has also fed the growth weekly basis. Norfolk Southern Railroad is currently working with of the area’s distribution industry. Charlotte is served by a highly the Charlotte Douglas International Airport on a new $90 million efficient highway system. Interstates 85 and 77 link Charlotte intermodal yard that will be co-located at the airport to expand with the Northeast, Southwest and Midwest. I-40 is a short half- the scope of operations possible in Charlotte. hour drive north of Charlotte, providing a crucial link to the West Coast. The N.C. Ports Authority operates an inland terminal in Charlotte, linking port facilities in Wilmington with businesses Charlotte is a major trucking center as well. More than 320 in Charlotte. Freight is moved either by rail or by “Sprint Truck trucking firms have operations in the Charlotte area and employ Service” from the port at Wilmington to Charlotte, and the 28,000 workers. Approximately half of the nation’s top 100 shipper is only charged for a one-way trip. The designated Port trucking firms are in Charlotte, including nine of the top 10 of Entry and Inland Port status in Charlotte also provides speedier firms. These companies provide a complete range of services processing of international shipments through U.S. Customs. including freight, liquid or dry bulk; heavy hauling; furniture Charlotte also has a geographic advantage in that the Port of moving; and container shipping. In addition, Charlotte provides Charleston, S.C., is the same distance as the Port of Wilmington. a “break-bulk” point, which can result in cost and time savings This gives companies in Charlotte greater flexibility in scheduling to Charlotte area companies. shipments. 4 Logistics & Distribution charlotte.global Air service to and from Charlotte is also exceptional. Charlotte Douglas International Airport is the eighth largest airport in the nation and 25th in the world. It averages 700 daily flights to some 150 domestic and international airports. Charlotte Douglas is the second-largest hub for American Airlines. The airport ranks 33rd nationwide for air cargo shipments. Both domestic and international freight services are available at the airport to and from Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, South America and Mexico. The airport is also a hub for small package express. Air couriers, commercial passenger carriers and large freight forwarders are all available. The airport has drastically changed over the past 5 years, wrapping up multiple projects that included adding a third parallel runway in 2009 and completing a new road system to increase capacity and efficient flow in 2014. In 2015, CLT completed two miles of high-speed, high- tech, high-security conveyors. The new Intermodal Facility, a partnership with Norfolk Southern that doubles current lift capacity to 250,000 lifts per year and links air, sea, and truck transportation, opened in 2014. CLT is adding a fourth 12,000-foot-long runway that will accommodate simultaneous takeoffs and landings, expected to be completed in 2017. The expansions, addition of new runways and the intermodal facility has opened up further opportunities to add cargo-only flights to Charlotte. With all of the support services available, Charlotte provides a top-of- the-line connection for moving products and materials efficiently and conveniently throughout the world. charlotte.global Logistics & Distribution 5 Air Cargo Services Charlotte Air Cargo Center Facts Fastest growing urban area from 2000 to 2010 329 trucking companies making Charlotte 11th in U.S. 7.4 million people living within a 100 mile radius 54 percent of Fortune 500 companies have facilities in the area 41.2 million passengers yearly — making Charlotte 24th More than $4 billion worth of manufactured goods exported worldwide annually from North and South Carolina 20 cargo airlines including all integrated carriers 127,230 tons of air cargo forwarded to destinations 53 percent of the nation’s population is within a two hour worldwide flight or one day drive $10 billion impact by airport on local economy Nine major passenger airlines and 14 regional airlines More than 950 foreign-owned firms have facilities in the area Four major rail systems linking 43,200 miles of track Daily Non-stop or Single Plane Air Service from Charlotte 715 Daily Departures to 150 Destinations From Charlotte Douglas International Airport Through June 2015 Seattle/Tacoma Montreal, Canada Portland Portland Manchester Toronto, Canada Syracuse Boston Minneapolis/ Albany/Troy/ Newport/ St. Paul SchenectadyWhite Plains/ Providence Rochester Westchester Grand Rapids Buffalo/ Hartford/Springfield/ Niagra Falls Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre Windsor Locks Milwaukee La Guardia JFK Detroit Allentown/Easton/ New York/Newark Salt Lake City Omaha, NE Des Moines Cleveland Bethlehem Trenton-Mercer Sacramento Akron/ Pittsburgh Harrisburg/ Chicago / O’Hare Canton York Philadelphia/Camden Chicago / Midway Columbus Baltimore Dayton Washington Denver (Dulles/ReaganOcean Nat’l) City/ Indianapolis Cincinnati Charlottesville Richmond Salisbury Dublin, Ireland San Francisco Charleston Kansas City Ashland, KY/ Huntington, WV/ Hampton/Newport Ironton, OH Lynchburg St. Louis News/WilliamsburgLondon, England San Jose Las Louisville Vegas Lexington/ Roanoke Norfolk/ Brussels, Belgium Frankfort VA. Beach Frankfurt / Munich, Germany Bristol/Kingsport/ Greensboro/ Paris, France Johnson City High Point/ New Bern Barcelona / Madrid, Spain Albuquerque Tulsa Winston-Salem Raleigh/ Greenville/Kinston Knoxville Durham Nashville Jacksonville Los Angeles Asheville Ft. Bragg/Fayetteville Bermuda / Rome, Italy Oklahoma City Fayetteville Chatanooga Greenville/ Spartanburg Florence Wilmington Memphis Huntsville/ Columbia Little Rock Decatur Myrtle Beach San Diego Atlanta Phoenix/ Augusta Charleston Scottsdale Birmingham Hilton Head Island Dallas/Ft. Worth Jackson/ Vicksburg Montgomery Savannah St. Croix & S Biloxi/ Pensacola Jacksonville Tallahassee Antigua & Barbuda Los Cabos, Mexico Austin Gulfport Ft. Walton t. Thomas, US Virigin Islands Baton Rouge Mobile/ Gainesville Beach/Valparaiso Daytona Beach Houston New Orleans Pascagoula San Juan, Puerto Rico San Antonio Orlando St. Petersburg/ Melbourne Tampa/Clearwater Punta Cana, Dominican Republic Sarasota/ West Palm Beach Bradenton Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Ft. Myers Ft. LauderdaleSt. Maarten/St. Martin Miami Bridgetown, Barbados San Jose, Costa Rica Costa Jose, San Nassau, Grand Bahamas Liberia, Costa Rica Costa Liberia, Freeport, Grand Bahamas Grand Cayman Island, Cayman Islands St. Kitts & St. Lucia Aruba, Aruba Montego Bay, Jamaica Mexico City, Mexico Cozumel, Mexico Cancun, Mexico Belize City, Belize Willemstad, Curaçao Note: Red indicates an international flight.Click here to download the daily flights PDF. Sources: Charlotte Douglas International Airport, 2015; Airline Flight Tables; google.com/flights, 2015. 6 Logistics & Distribution charlotte.global Charlotte Air Cargo Facility Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)
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