There are a number of different reasons and situations that could call for you to want to hire a local courier service to ship goods to an airport for pickup. This is obviously going to depend on the nature of your business, but, there are small couriers in place in most major cities like metropolitan areas that can handle this kind of a request for you. There are companies that offer this service as its own service category, but also companies that can bundle this kind of service with NFO shipments or with a personal handler to carry your package safely to its destination, again, obviously depending on what line of business a company is in and what they need to ship.
A company could have a number of reasons to ship freight to an Airport for pickup. This could include moving goods from a warehouse, office, or storage facility to an airport for air freight transportation, such as is necessary with many rush orders of a variety of components, or supplies in a variety of industries. Secondly, many companies that deal with small items that get rush ordered might need to utilize an NFO shipment which would need to be taken to the airport for immediate transportation. Companies may also use the services of a local courier service to take goods to the airport for further transportation by one of the global carriers such as FedEx. This service is particularly useful because if you are a company that deals with FedEx but you miss your scheduled delivery time, many small couriers have agreements with the larger carriers that they will pick up your package and get it to the airport in time to get shipped out with the large air transportation company, regardless of you missing your regularly scheduled pickup.
So, if you need to get your goods to the airport in a hurry for any number of reasons, don't be afraid to call your local, reliable courier service. They likely have many scheduled runs that are going to the airport throughout the course of the day as well as being able to schedule special service for you if you've run into a situation where you need to get something to the airport right away. You can also arrange for shipping to airports where pickup will be done by a separate local agent in some situations. This is another option to provide you with increased flexibility in your shipping options.