Laredo International
LRD · KLRD · Laredo, Texas · Webb County · map
Laredo International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Laredo, 3 miles northeast of Laredo, Texas, 508 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 18R/36L, is 8,743 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 70 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 74 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 42,014 takeoffs and landings a year. About 151,783 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Laredo International?
Its FAA code is LRD, and its ICAO code is KLRD.
Where is Laredo International?
It is 3 miles northeast of Laredo, Texas, 508 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Laredo International?
The longest of its 3 runways, 18R/36L, is 8,743 feet long.
Does Laredo International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Laredo International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Laredo International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Dallas-Fort Worth International, George Bush Intcntl/Houston, San Antonio International, Willow Run, Saltillo. Every route
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LRD · ICAO KLRD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Laredo
- Elevation
- 508 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 12:00 am
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- customs available · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Brownsville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18R/36L | 8,743 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18L/36R | 8,236 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 5,927 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 36L: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 120 ft, 8,623 ft available for landing
- Runway 18L: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 36R: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 14: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 32: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, road 12 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.1 | Laredo |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 125.775 | Laredo |
| Ground | 121.8 | Laredo |
| Laredo and rco | 122.3 | Laredo |
| Laredo and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.8 | Laredo |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 956-712-8640.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- customs available
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Zapata County (36 nm south), Jim Hogg County (40 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 18R - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32; high-intensity runway lights runways 18L/36R and 18R/36L preset med intst.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 363 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 18R.
- JP4 fuel available.
- Runway 14/32 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Runway 14/32 rstrd to aircraft less than 60000 pounds dtw.
- Taxiway C closed between runway 18L/36R and runway 18R indefinitely.
- Federal inspection station is located on the west general aviation/cargo apron.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Landing fee assessed for all aircraft except federal, military and based aircraft.
- Federal inspection station fee.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 4,749 departures from LRD in those twelve months, carrying 135,036 passengers in 183,867 seats (73% filled), to 114 destinations (16 abroad) on 22 airlines.
All 114 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 21 |
| multi-engine | 9 |
| jets | 19 |
| helicopters | 13 |
| other | 8 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 42,014, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 9,025 |
| air taxi and commuter | 10,561 |
| general aviation, travelling | 16,097 |
| general aviation, local | 961 |
| military | 5,370 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Laredo from the FAA register
82 aircraft are registered to owners in Laredo, Texas: 35 piston singles, 17 turboprops, 15 business jets, 10 helicopters, 5 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Laredo, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 training center examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 15 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Laredo 82 aircraft · 35 piston singles, 17 turboprops, 15 business jets
- International Bank of Commerce 12 aircraft in town
- Armstrong Helicopters LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Rio Grande Helicopters INC 3 aircraft in town
- Plane Sol LLC 2 aircraft in town
- International Aviation Services INC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 1,517 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- George Bush Intcntl/Houston (IAH) 1,384 flights in twelve months · CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir, Federal Express Corporation
- San Antonio International (SAT) 181 flights in twelve months · United Parcel Service, Envoy Air
- Willow Run (YIP) 164 flights in twelve months · USA Jet Airlines Inc., Tatonduk Outfitters Limited d/b/a Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo
- Saltillo (SLW) 121 flights in twelve months · USA Jet Airlines Inc., Tatonduk Outfitters Limited d/b/a Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo
- Harry Reid International (LAS) 109 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Windsor (YQG) 104 flights in twelve months · USA Jet Airlines Inc., Tatonduk Outfitters Limited d/b/a Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo
- Indianapolis International (IND) 93 flights in twelve months · USA Jet Airlines Inc., Gulf And Caribbean Cargo
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 15 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,058 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 393 landing places
- Texas 29,939 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LRD.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 28, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.