The Brief
- The Amazon Air Hub at Lakeland Linder International Airport in Lakeland operates 16 daily flights to process thousands of packages.
- Ground crews unload 40 unit load devices per plane, carrying an average of 30,000 total packages on every aircraft.
- Facility systems sort hundreds of thousands of items daily to route customer orders directly to local doorsteps.
LAKELAND, Fla – Ever wondered how your Amazon package makes it to your doorstep in less than 24 hours?
At the Amazon Air Hub – also referred to as the Amazon Air Gateway — in Lakeland, it’s a high-speed, coordinated operation.
The path of a package
By the numbers:
This facility – located at Lakeland Linder International Airport — – handles 16 daily flights: Eight fly packages in, and eight fly packages out.…