8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 8, 2010 (February 8, 2010)

FORWARD AIR CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Tennessee	000-22490	62-1120025
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

430 Airport Road Greeneville, Tennessee	37745
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (423) 636-7000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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SECTION 7.  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURES.

Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosures.

Exhibit 99.1 contains certain historical operating statistics of Forward Air Corporation.  This information is being furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and it shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

SECTION 9. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is being furnished as part of this Report.

No.	Exhibit
99.1	Forward Air Inc. Historical Operating Statistics.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		FORWARD AIR CORPORATION
Date: February 8, 2010	By:	/s/ Rodney L. Bell
		Rodney L. Bell Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Treasurer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

No.	Exhibit
99.1	Forward Air Inc. Historical Operating Statistics.

EX-99.1

Forward Air Corporation
Forward Air Inc. Operating Statistics
	Three months ended
	Dec 31,		Sep 30,	Jun 30,	Mar 31,	Dec 31,	Sep 30,	June 30,	Mar 31,	Dec 31,	Sep 30,	Jun 30,	Mar 31,
	2009		2009	2009	2009	2008	2008	2008	2008	2007	2007	2007	2007
Operating ratio		89.2	91.6	93.0	95.4	86.7	82.2	81.3	82.9	82.4	82.2	80.3	81.9
Business days		64.0	64.0	64.0	63.0	63.0	64.0	64.0	64.0	64.0	63.0	64.0	64.0
Business weeks		12.8	12.8	12.8	12.6	12.6	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.6	12.8	12.8
Airport-to-airport:
Tonnage
Total pounds ¹		398,921	357,768	357,678	338,602	407,162	441,269	459,637	435,895	459,123	405,503	405,166	400,751
Average weekly pounds ¹		31,166	27,951	27,944	26,873	32,314	34,474	35,909	34,054	35,869	32,183	31,654	31,309
Linehaul shipments
Total linehaul		565,922	511,959	514,452	502,890	557,260	568,031	594,612	575,396	611,808	558,515	579,479	569,095
Average weekly		44,213	39,997	40,192	39,912	44,227	44,377	46,454	44,953	47,798	44,327	45,272	44,461
Forward Air Complete shipments		71,442	73,696	67,109	53,889	56,930	53,161	46,172	46,119	21,601	13,366	16,077	8,145
As a percentage of linehaul shipments		12.6	14.4	13.0	10.7	10.2	9.4	7.8	8.0	3.5	2.4	2.8	1.4
Average linehaul shipment size		705	699	695	673	731	777	773	758	750	726	699	704
Revenue per pound ²
Linehaul yield		15.84	15.91	15.93	16.61	16.52	16.39	16.53	16.77	17.13	17.28	17.59	17.35
Fuel surcharge impact		0.96	0.93	0.69	0.73	1.43	2.15	1.89	1.37	1.13	1.02	1.07	0.95
Forward Air Complete impact		1.62	1.83	1.64	1.32	1.21	1.17	0.98	0.69	0.48	0.36	0.40	0.22
Total airport-to-airport yield		18.42	18.67	18.26	18.66	19.16	19.71	19.40	18.83	18.74	18.66	19.06	18.52
Logistics:
Miles
Owner operator ¹		6,421	6,111	6,211	5,594	5,408	4,812	5,005	3,615	3,655	3,145	2,970	2,047
Third party ¹		3,220	2,288	1,800	2,621	4,605	3,618	3,593	3,844	4,061	4,381	3,949	2,764
Total Miles		9,641	8,399	8,011	8,215	10,013	8,430	8,598	7,459	7,716	7,526	6,919	4,811
Revenue per mile	$	1.62	1.58	1.54	1.61	1.69	1.80	1.80	1.67	1.56	1.57	1.54	1.70
Cost per mile	$	1.25	1.23	1.19	1.25	1.33	1.33	1.26	1.23	1.19	1.23	1.18	1.28

¹ - In thousands.

² - In cents per pound; percentage change is expressed as a percent of total yield.