Las Cruces International
LRU · KLRU · Las Cruces, New Mexico · Dona Ana County · map
Las Cruces International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Las Cruces, 8 miles west of Las Cruces, New Mexico, 4,457 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 7,506 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 106 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 36,825 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,960 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Las Cruces International?
Its FAA code is LRU, and its ICAO code is KLRU.
Where is Las Cruces International?
It is 8 miles west of Las Cruces, New Mexico, 4,457 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Las Cruces International?
The longest of its 3 runways, 12/30, is 7,506 feet long.
Does Las Cruces International have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Las Cruces International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Las Cruces International?
Airline flights go to 7 airports, the busiest of them Albuquerque International Sunport, Harry Reid International, Easterwood Field, Dallas-Fort Worth International, Phoenix Sky Harbor International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Las Cruces International?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Regents of New Mexico State University and Frost Aviation Services INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Las Cruces International?
3 pilot examiners and 5 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Las Cruces International…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LRU · ICAO KLRU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Las Cruces
- Elevation
- 4,457 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1943
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 7,506 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 7,501 × 105 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 6,069 × 100 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 30: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 22: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Lru and aWOS-3PT | 119.025 | |
| El Paso B Center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.2 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 575-526-4831.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Dona Ana County International Jetport (27 nm southeast), EL Paso International (40 nm southeast), Deming Municipal (40 nm west).
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 New Mexico · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 and 8/26; high-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runway 12 sunset to sunrise. PAPI runway 08, 26 and VASI runway 22 on continuously. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 preset low intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Air carrier and aircraft over 30000 pounds NA.
- Runway 30 calm wind runway.
- Block cracking up to 3 in wide cracks, raveling, and weathering. Runway closed indefinitely execept for taxiing.
- Asphalt achieved end of service life and in need of total rehab. Projected planned for FY27.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport SEP-MAR. drone (UAS) training on airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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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 257 departures from LRU in those twelve months, carrying 1,655 passengers in 3,363 seats (49% filled), to 7 destinations on 3 airlines.
All 7 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 | 82 |
| multi-engine | 10 |
| jets | 2 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 9 |
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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 36,825, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 3,634 |
| general aviation, travelling | 10,658 |
| general aviation, local | 12,180 |
| military | 10,353 |
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 Las Cruces from the FAA register
137 aircraft are registered to owners in Las Cruces, New Mexico: 92 piston singles, 15 drones, 12 piston twins, 5 gliders, 4 business jets. 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 New Mexico.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Las Cruces, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Frost Aviation Services INC Frost Aviation Services is a flight school at Las Cruces International Airport in New Mexico offering pilot training from private pilot to airline transport pilot ratings, including instrument, commercial, and multi-engine ratings.
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Regents of New Mexico State University 12 aircraft · Las Cruces New Mexico State University is a land-grant institution in Las Cruces, New Mexico that provides teaching, research, and service.
- Frost Aviation Services INC 8 aircraft · Las Cruces Frost Aviation Services is a flight school based at Las Cruces International Airport in New Mexico.
- C182 Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Las Cruces
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
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 3 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 5 aviation medical examiners, 1 engineering representative.
- Angel Tomas Peralta private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Santa Teresa, NM (27 nm) · (915) 206-4088 · [email protected]
- Shane Lipson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Santa Teresa, NM (27 nm) · (917) 816-3722 · [email protected]
- Floyd Lawrence Draper private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · El Paso, TX (40 nm) · (915) 217-5792 · [email protected]
All 10 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
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 · 35 since 1982, 5 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 Las Cruces 137 aircraft · 92 piston singles, 15 drones, 12 piston twins
- Regents of New Mexico State University 12 aircraft in town
- Frost Aviation Services INC 8 aircraft in town
- Virgin Galactic Vehicle Holdings INC 5 aircraft in town
- Vehicle Holdings INC 3 aircraft in town
- Frost Aviation Services INC 8 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Regents of New Mexico State University 12 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Frost Aviation Services INC 8 aircraft · flight school
- C182 Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) 250 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- Harry Reid International (LAS) 2 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Easterwood Field (CLL) 1 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 1 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 1 flights in twelve months · Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Rhode Island TF Green International (PVD) 1 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Grant County (SVC) 1 flights in twelve months · ADVANCED AIR, LLC
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 35 since 1982 · 5 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in New Mexico 1,422 since 1982 · 184 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 7 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New Mexico 65 landing places
- New Mexico 3,105 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LRU.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 27, 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.