Shreveport Regional Airport


Shreveport Regional Airport is a public use airport in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. It is owned by the City of Shreveport and located four nautical miles southwest of its central business district.
The airport's runways and terminal are visible to traffic along Interstate 20, a main east–west corridor of the Southern United States. Shreveport Regional was designed to replace the Shreveport Downtown Airport, which limited growth due to close proximity of the Red River.
The airport had 683,498 passengers in calendar year 2019. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, it is a primary commercial service airport.
The FAA classifies Shreveport Regional Airport as a "Small Hub" airport. For the 2018 calendar year, Shreveport Regional Airport ranked just under Mobile Regional Airport and Augusta Regional Airport and just above Grand Canyon National Park Airport and Aspen-Pitkin County Airport in total enplanements.

History

Historically, Shreveport was served by a number of airlines operating mainline jet service. Delta Air Lines was a major player at the airport for many years as Shreveport was a "focus city" and mini-hub for this air carrier. According to the February 1, 1976, edition of the Official Airline Guide, Delta was operating thirty-three flights a day with Boeing 727-200 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jetliners from Shreveport. The December 15, 1979, Delta timetable lists ten daily direct, no change of plane and nonstop jet services to Atlanta as well as daily nonstop jet flights to Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Little Rock, Birmingham, AL, Jackson, MS, Memphis, New Orleans, and Baton Rouge. This Delta timetable also lists one-stop, no change of plane direct jet service from Shreveport to New York–La Guardia Airport, Los Angeles, San Francisco, national Airport in Washington, D.C., Phoenix, Denver, Chicago, and St. Louis. Delta later operated Boeing 737 and McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jetliners from the airport as well. Northwest Airlines flew Douglas DC-9 jets nonstop to Memphis. Trans World Airlines served the airport as well with Douglas DC-9 jet service to St. Louis. Other airlines that previously served Shreveport included the original Braniff International flying British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven jets followed by Boeing 727-200 jetliners nonstop to New Orleans and Fort Smith, AR, and also direct to Kansas City, Tulsa, Chicago and Minneapolis/St Paul. The original Frontier Airlines also served Shreveport and operated Boeing 737-200 jetliners nonstop to Dallas/Fort Worth with direct, one-stop service to Denver. In the late 1970s Texas International Airlines serviced Shreveport with daily flights between Dallas and Texarkana using Convair 600 aircraft. In later years, American Airlines flew Boeing 727-200 and McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jet service nonstop to Dallas/Fort Worth while Continental Airlines operated Douglas DC-9 jets on nonstop flights to Houston. Now defunct Royale Airlines, a commuter airline, was based at the Shreveport Regional Airport from 1962 until 1989. It served 23 cities in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Florida using Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, Beechcraft Model 99, Short 330, Grumman Gulfstream I and de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter turboprops as well as Douglas DC-9-10 jetliners.

Facilities and aircraft

Shreveport Regional Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 258 feet above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 14/32 is 8,351 by 200 feet and 6/24 is 6,202 by 150 feet. The airport is located off Hollywood Avenue with easy access to Interstate 20. Much of the work on the location of the facility was conducted by then Shreveport Public Works Commissioner H. Lane Mitchell, an engineer under whose jurisdiction the airport fell prior to implementation in 1978 of the mayor-council city charter.
In 2009, the airport opened a $30 million cargo terminal, which serves as an anchor for the Aero Park Industrial Park. Cargo tenants include United Parcel Service, FedEx, Integrated Airline Solutions, USA Jet, and Empire Airlines.
The recently renovated terminal now features wireless access and a restaurant between the two security checkpoints. The airport is also an alternate destination for American Airlines flights that cannot land at Dallas-Fort Worth Int'l and United Airlines that cannot land at Houston Intercontinental Airport due to bad weather. In June 2017, regional feeder ExpressJet Airlines closed their Shreveport based Embraer regional jet aircraft maintenance hangar.
In 2018, Western Global Airlines created a consolidated maintenance center at Shreveport Regional to serve its growing fleet of 16 Boeing 747 and McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 aircraft. The airline moved into the former Expressjet facilities. The airline cited Shreveport's central location as the reason for the airport being selected. The facility took in its first Boeing 747 on August 17, 2018.
Shreveport Regional Airport was awarded the "2009 Louisiana Airport of the Year." It is Shreveport's third time winning the award.

Airlines and destinations

Currently, most airline services from Shreveport are flown with regional jet aircraft with the exception of flights operated by Allegiant Air which are operated with Airbus A320 Family jetliners and Delta Air Lines with Boeing 717-200 jets. This Delta mainline nonstop jet service to Atlanta became effective on July 2, 2014 and marked the return of such mainline flights from the Shreveport Regional Airport operated by the airline. Delta Connection flies nonstop to Atlanta as well with Canadair CRJ-200 and CRJ-900 regional jets on behalf of Delta. American Eagle operating on behalf of American Airlines began flying four daily nonstop flights with Embraer E175 and Canadair CRJ 700 regional jet aircraft featuring first class and coach cabin service to Dallas/Fort Worth. American Eagle also operates Embraer ERJ-140 regional jets nonstop to DFW. ExpressJet operating as United Express currently flies nonstop service to Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Denver with Canadair CRJ 700, Embraer ERJ-135 and ERJ-145 regional jets on behalf of United Airlines.

Passenger

Destinations map

Cargo

Statistics

Annual traffic

Annual passenger travel at SHV, 2009 – 2018.
YearEnplanementsDeplanementsTotal Passenger TravelGain/Loss
2009254,737252,716507,453Unavailable
2010253,616251,910505,526-0.38%
2011280,046277,153557,199+10.22%
2012290,200278,414568,614+2.05%
2013292,986292,820585,806+2.15%
2014318,513315,397633,910+8.31%
2015305,061307,506612,567-3.45%
2016287,978286,357574,335-5.45%
2017291,447279,730561,177-1.88%
2018315,803313,506629,309+12.14%
2019345,718337,780683,498+8.61%

Top destinations

Airport Operations & Services

For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2017, the airport had 41,007 aircraft operations, an average of 112 per day: 35% air taxi, 44% general aviation, 13% air carrier and 8% military. At that time there were 62 aircraft based at this airport: 35% single-engine, 23% multi-engine, 39% jet and 3% helicopter.
TypeFleet
Single Engine 22
Multi Engine 14
Jet 24
Total Fixed Wing 60
Helicopters2
Gliders0
Military0

Ground Transportation Service

The Shreveport Regional Airport has many options for transportation to and from the airport.
Rental Car Companies:
Taxi and Limo Services:
Rideshare:
Public transportation is also available through SPORTRAN, Shreveport-Bossier's extensive public bus system.

The Arts and the Airport

Art at the Airport (Artport)

In 1990, the Airport Beautification Committee began a campaign to bring art and media to the Shreveport Regional Airport. Paintings, photographs, and projects by local school children decorate the lobby, hallways, and terminals of the airport. Officially known as Artport, the campaign declares itself "the only revolving public art display located in an airport setting in America, Artport features artwork from over 100 local and regional artists".
The Airport Beautification Committee hosts an annual gala-style event at the Shreveport Regional Airport showcasing local artists and raising funds for the program.

The Louisiana Film Industry and the Shreveport Regional Airport

After Hurricane Katrina devastated much of New Orleans and south Louisiana in 2005, Shreveport has been home to the booming film industry in Louisiana. With production companies shooting films all over north Louisiana, the Shreveport Regional has seen growth in flights, passengers, air cargo operations, and even filming at the airport itself.
Requests can be made to film at the Shreveport Regional Airport. The airport boasts that it is "a proud supporter of the Shreveport-Bossier Film Industry" and that it has "a reputation for making production easy, with full support and streamlined paperwork."
The following is a list of productions shot at either Shreveport Regional or Shreveport Downtown airports:
ProjectTypeYearNetwork
Billy the ExterminatorTV Series2009–2012A&E
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo BayMovie2008New Line Cinema
My Mom's New BoyfriendMovie2008Millennium Films
Leaves of GrassMovie2009Millennium Films
TV Series2008Logo
ThiefTV Mini-Series2006FX
W.Movie2008Lionsgate
Welcome Home, Roscoe JenkinsMovie2008Universal Pictures