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Ton Mile

Term · Transportation · MLC-T-TRA-000386

One ton (2,000 pounds) transported one statue mile. Ton-miles are computed by multiplying the aircraft miles flown on each inter-airport segment by the number of tons carried on that segment.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-TRA-000386
FieldTransportation
ReferencesTranStats Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-TRA-000386",
  "term": "Ton Mile",
  "field": "Transportation",
  "definition": "One ton (2,000 pounds) transported one statue mile. Ton-miles are computed by multiplying the aircraft miles flown on each inter-airport segment by the number of tons carried on that segment.",
  "references": [
    "TranStats Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/transportation/ton-mile/"
}

Record 386 of 450 in Transportation terminology (MLC-0120). Request the full dataset.