AirportsValley International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Harlingen, in Texas, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HRL.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HRL
- ICAO code
- KHRL
- City
- Harlingen
- State or region
- Texas
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 26.2285° N, 97.6544° W
- Elevation
- 11 m (36 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 2,865 m (9,400 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HRL means Valley International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KHRL. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 26.2285° N, 97.6544° W. It stands 11 metres (36 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Heroica Matamoros, about 42 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Chicago, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Valley International Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 2,865 metres (9,400 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 148.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18R/36L | 2,865 m 9,400 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 13/31 | 2,212 m 7,257 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 18L/36R | 1,814 m 5,950 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Brownsville South Padre Island International AirportBrownsville | BRO | 42 km |
| General Servando Canales International AirportMatamoros, Mexico | MAM | 53 km |
| McAllen Miller International AirportMcAllen | MFE | 59 km |
| General Lucio Blanco International AirportReynosa, Mexico | REX | 62 km |
| Corpus Christi International AirportCorpus Christi | CRP | 172 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,898 km | 17 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,873 km | 18 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,601 km | 16 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,228 km | 10 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,719 km | 3 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 2,168 km | 3 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 16,168 km | 20 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,876 km | 13 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,458 km | 16 h 45 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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