Domestic Air Freight,
Door to Door.
Palletized freight flown to your destination airport, then trucked straight into your warehouse — West Coast to East Coast door to door in as fast as 1.4 days.
Built for the lanes trucks serve badly
Mainland → Puerto Rico & Hawaii
Islands have no road option — so we made air the reliable one. Daily direct flights to San Juan and Honolulu, weekend operations, same-day arrival, and our own truck for the island last mile.
Island service →Cross-Region, Faster for Less
Air linehaul plus smart hub routing plus truck feeders at both ends. Coast-to-coast freight that beats a team truck by 1.2 days — without paying point-to-point air prices.
Cross-region intermodal →One chain. One bill. No hand-off roulette.
Door Pickup
We collect from your dock, anywhere in the continental U.S.
Gateway Tender
Same-day tender to the origin airport gateway.
Flight
Scheduled linehaul — direct, or one hub transfer where that's faster door to door.
Destination Recovery
We recover on arrival — no third-party hand-off, no dwell.
Truck to Warehouse
Final-mile truck straight into the destination warehouse.
Delivered
POD confirmed. One invoice — the rate you booked is the rate you pay.
Air vs. truckload vs. LTL
| Novahives Air | FTL — Team | FTL — Solo | LTL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West → East door to door | As fast as 1.4 days | ≈ 2.6 days | ≈ 4.4 days | 4+ service days* |
| You pay for | The pallets you ship | The whole truck | The whole truck | Weight × freight class |
| Price certainty | Fixed at booking | Fixed per truck | Fixed per truck | Reweigh / reclass after delivery |
| Weekend operation | Yes — 7 days | Driver hours apply | Driver hours apply | Terminals closed |
| Hand-offs | One chain, one provider | One truck | One truck | 3–5 terminal handlings |
* LTL "service days" are business days and exclude the pickup day — on a calendar, LA → the Northeast is most of a week.
Before you ask
What freight do you accept?
Palletized general cargo on standard 48″ × 40″ pallets, up to 72″ high. No hazardous materials, no special handling — that's deliberate: a simple network is a fast network.
How is my price calculated?
By chargeable weight: the greater of actual weight and dimensional weight (L × W × H in inches ÷ 194). One published rule, no freight classes, no post-delivery re-rating. The rate you book is the rate you pay.
Why aren't prices on this website?
Because your rate depends on your lanes and volume. Open an account — it takes two minutes — and from then on you quote and book online, any time.
How far ahead do I need to book?
Bookings carry a 48-hour lead time. With an account in place, tendering takes minutes.