{"id":141413,"date":"2026-02-03T01:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T01:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141413\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T01:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T01:09:18","slug":"amazon-air-to-open-cargo-hub-at-jacksonville-international-airport-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141413\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Air to open cargo hub at Jacksonville International Airport in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla.  \u2013 Amazon Air has reached an agreement with the Jacksonville Aviation Authority to establish an air cargo hub at Jacksonville International Airport. Operations are expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2026, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaxdailyrecord.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/02\/amazon-to-operate-air-cargo-hub-at-jacksonville-international-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.jaxdailyrecord.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/02\/amazon-to-operate-air-cargo-hub-at-jacksonville-international-airport\/\">according to our news partners at the Jacksonville Daily Record. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The company plans to lease the 50,000-square-foot Air Cargo Building Four at 14200 Pecan Park Road for package storage and processing, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Launched in 2016,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutamazon.com\/news\/tag\/amazon-air\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.aboutamazon.com\/news\/tag\/amazon-air\"> Amazon Air<\/a> is the online retailer\u2019s dedicated cargo airline. Its fleet includes Boeing 737s, 767s and Airbus A330s, serving more than 70 distribution centers nationwide. The service was formerly known as Prime Air, a name that still appears on its planes and logo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThis location represents the company\u2019s first air cargo location in NE Florida and will further grow and support Amazon\u2019s current logistics and distribution network in Jacksonville,\u201d the Jacksonville Aviation Authority said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Currently, the nearest Amazon Air facility is in Tampa, where shipments are flown in and then trucked to Jacksonville. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Amazon will occupy the entire building, which previously housed tenants such as Emery Worldwide Airlines and Forward Air. JDR writes that lease terms were not disclosed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Amazon operates 12 facilities in Jacksonville, including fulfillment centers, sortation centers, a heavy bulk freight center and delivery stations. The company opened its first local fulfillment centers in 2017, supported by $26.7 million in city and state incentives tied to job creation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Read the full story at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaxdailyrecord.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/02\/amazon-to-operate-air-cargo-hub-at-jacksonville-international-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.jaxdailyrecord.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/02\/amazon-to-operate-air-cargo-hub-at-jacksonville-international-airport\/\">jaxdailyrecord.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Amazon Air has reached an agreement with the Jacksonville Aviation Authority to establish an air&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3950,68670,558,116,118,1645,117],"class_list":["post-141413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-amazon","tag-amazon-air","tag-business","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-international-airport","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}