USAspending.gov · NAICS 481212 · Transportation and Warehousing
Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation
Top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars — code 481212 in Transportation and Warehousing.
- CY2024 awards
- $4.3B
- Corpus rank
- #31 of 499
- Award plate
- HEAVY
- Sector
- TRANS · WEIGHTY
Nonscheduled Chartered Frei… federal industry awards
Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation (NAICS 481212) ranks #31 of 499 tracked industries by calendar-2024 contract dollars at $4.3B.
Nonscheduled Chartered Frei… takes 21.3% of TRANS sector dollars in the calendar-2024 window, a heavy share within its two-digit NAICS sector. See /methodology/#naics.
Year-over-year change, 2019–2024
Across the calendar years on file, Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation’s annual contract dollars rose from $3.4B in 2023 to $4.3B in 2024. 24.5% vs 2023
Calendar-year prime contract obligations by action date (award types A-D). Annual figures use the same NAICS classification basis as the CY2024 headline above.
How Nonscheduled Chartered Frei… leads the CY2024 industry award board
$4.3B · #31 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , a top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars (same board as the industries listing). See methodology.
$4.3B under NAICS 481212 · #31 of 499 , HEAVY · TRANS · WEIGHTY · CLIMBER. 2019→2024: 41→31 of 499 (0.38%→0.57% of tracked industry dollars) ; #2/29 in TRANS. That is a 10-place move over 5 years. Nearest ABS peer: All Other Miscellaneous Manufac… at $4.2B (HEAVY).
Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 481212 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. This code carries a heavy share of its TRANS sector window. Populations, lag, and NAICS/SBA rules: methodology.
Source: USAspending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury
Mega-scale industry peers nationwide
Cross-sector peers from the USAspending NAICS extract: nearest mega-scale calendar-2024 award dollars and nearest sector-weight share. Not recommendations.
Closest CY2024 award dollars
Similar sector weight
- Natural Gas Extraction 21.2% · $30.6M
- Medical, Dental, 21.1% · $1.9B
- Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 21.1% · $367.5M
- Professional and Management Development Training 20.6% · $1.0B
- Engineering Services 22.2% · $53.9B
- Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 20.1% · $10.2B
Disclaimer: Data from USAspending.gov public records. For informational purposes only. Industry spending amounts are aggregated from contract awards and may not reflect the most current data. Always verify with official sources.
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