Laredo International Airport (IATA: LRD, ICAO: KLRD, FAA LID: LRD) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Laredo, a city in Webb County, Texas, United States.
The airport is served by three commercial airlines. In the twelve months ending December 2010, LRD had 233,834 passengers, a 9 percent increase from the same time period the year before. In 2010, LRD totaled 419,323,814 pounds of cargo, a 58 percent increase from 2009.
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