2024 Aviation Week Photo Contest Gallery: Cargo Aircraft
Aviation Week Staff December 18, 2024
A National Air Cargo Boeing 747-400F departing from Los Angeles International Airport in February 2024.
Although manufactured in 1944, this Curtiss C-46 Commando still flies daily to provide fuel to remote villages in Alaska. This C-46, photographed in Kenai, Alaska, is operated by Everts Air, which also operates some Douglas DC-6 aircraft.
On Remembrance Day (Nov. 11) 2023 in South Australia, this International Cargo Transporter Antonov An-124 delivered two Airbus H175 helicopters for work in the off-shore oil industry. Spectators at Adelaide International Airport tried to decipher the helicopters' former registrations.
An Atlas Air Boeing 747-400 lines up on the taxiway at Anchorage Airport in Alaska.
An MSC Air Cargo Boeing 777F departs from Anchorage, with the snow-capped Chugach Mountains in the background.
N444CE, named "Spirit Of America," one of Everts Air Fuel's fleet of active Douglas DC-6s, rests on the wet ramp in Fairbanks, Alaska.
A UPS MD-11F departs Seattle's Boeing Field. This particular aircraft, N274UP, has been flying with UPS for over 20 years.
Gleaming in the morning sun, the Queen of the Skies glides in front of the waning moon over Florida's Space Coast. Operated by Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, this Boeing 747-87UF traveled from Anchorage to Miami at 34,000 ft. and 490 kt.
A National Air Cargo Boeing 747-400F departing from Los Angeles International Airport in February 2024.
Although manufactured in 1944, this Curtiss C-46 Commando still flies daily to provide fuel to remote villages in Alaska. This C-46, photographed in Kenai, Alaska, is operated by Everts Air, which also operates some Douglas DC-6 aircraft.
On Remembrance Day (Nov. 11) 2023 in South Australia, this International Cargo Transporter Antonov An-124 delivered two Airbus H175 helicopters for work in the off-shore oil industry. Spectators at Adelaide International Airport tried to decipher the helicopters' former registrations.
An Atlas Air Boeing 747-400 lines up on the taxiway at Anchorage Airport in Alaska.
An MSC Air Cargo Boeing 777F departs from Anchorage, with the snow-capped Chugach Mountains in the background.
N444CE, named "Spirit Of America," one of Everts Air Fuel's fleet of active Douglas DC-6s, rests on the wet ramp in Fairbanks, Alaska.
A UPS MD-11F departs Seattle's Boeing Field. This particular aircraft, N274UP, has been flying with UPS for over 20 years.
Gleaming in the morning sun, the Queen of the Skies glides in front of the waning moon over Florida's Space Coast. Operated by Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, this Boeing 747-87UF traveled from Anchorage to Miami at 34,000 ft. and 490 kt.
A National Air Cargo Boeing 747-400F departing from Los Angeles International Airport in February 2024.
The International Air Transport Association projected cargo demand growth for 2024 would reach an all-time high, with 11.8% growth, continuing at about 6% for 2025.
From Antonov An-124s to Douglas MD-11s, these are the best cargo aircraft photographs from the Aviation Week 2024 Photo Contest.
View the Aviation Week Photo Contest home page to see the winning photos and more galleries.