FTL RATESHow it works
FTL Rates answers one question: what has freight on this lane actually been paying? Everything below is about how that answer is produced and what its limits are.
Where the numbers come from
Every rate on the site is derived from invoiced loads contributed by companies in the network — real freight that moved and was paid for. Contributors share what they moved and see what every lane paid in return.
A search matches every load that picked up within 75 miles of your origin and delivered within 75 miles of your destination, on your equipment class. There is no exact-address mode and no radius to choose, so every rate on the site is built the same way. Each load is counted once, even when the source recorded it as several stops.
What each number means
Each matched load contributes its linehaul divided by its own miles. The window's rate per mile is the average of those figures, and the dollar figure is that rate multiplied by the miles of the lane you searched. Both are printed on the card so the arithmetic is visible.
The rate is linehaul only. Fuel surcharge and accessorials are reported separately.
If a one-, three- or ten-day window holds fewer than three paid loads, the search widens through 5, 10, 15 and 20 days and the card names the window it used. If even twenty days is thin, the card says insufficient data rather than showing a dollar figure.
A 12-month trend, bucketed by month, shows how the lane moves through the year, with the 12-month high and low beside it. A low, medium or high visibility label tells you how many loads stand behind each window.
What it will not tell you
It will not predict next week's rate. There is no forecast, no index, and no confidence score.
It will not widen the search in miles until a number appears. The radius is fixed; only the days move, and you are told when they do.
It will not quote route mileage. Lane miles are estimated from postal centroids and labelled as estimates until a routing source is approved.