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OnTrac Area Surcharge Zip Code Update

Effective Date: June 16, 2026 (announced on May 20, 2026)
Reviewed & Verified by:
Dave Sullivan

Summary

OnTrac will expand its Area Surcharge ZIP Code listings effective June 16, 2026, adding 35 ZIP codes that were not included in the March 6, 2026 list, while removing none and making no apparent category reclassifications. The change is modest in total scope but concentrated geographically, meaning the impact will be most noticeable for shippers with parcel volume into rural pockets of Upstate/Southern Tier New York, northern Pennsylvania, and the WV/KY/OH Appalachian corridor. Because OnTrac applies the surcharge per package, shippers should update ZIP-based rating logic, checkout rules, and invoice-audit controls before the effective date.

Analysis

The update is an expansion of surcharge coverage rather than a structural change. OnTrac adds 21 ZIP codes to the Delivery Area Surcharge list and 14 ZIP codes to the Extended Delivery Area Surcharge list. There are no removals, so no shippers gain surcharge relief. The new ZIPs are clustered primarily in NY 137/138/148, PA 188, WV 255, KY 411, and OH 456 ranges.

Impact on Shippers

This will most directly affect shippers with high residential or e-commerce volume into the newly added rural and edge-of-network ZIP codes. Since the surcharge applies per package, multi-package orders and high-volume destination clusters will see the largest cost impact. Shippers using flat-rate or free-shipping models may under-recover costs unless they update rating tables, customer pricing, and TMS/manifest logic.

Key Takeaways

💡 OnTrac adds 35 area surcharge ZIP codes effective June 16, 2026.
💡 No ZIP codes were removed or reclassified between surcharge categories.
💡 Impact is concentrated in Southern Tier NY, northern PA, and the WV/KY/OH corridor.
💡 The change increases per-package cost exposure for shippers serving those ZIPs.
💡 Shippers should update rating, checkout, billing, and invoice-audit rules before the effective date.

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