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Valley International Airport
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Valley International Airport (VIA) is owned by the City of Harlingen, in Cameron County, Texas, United States. It is operated by a nine-member airport board appointed by the mayor. HRL is centrally located in the Rio Grande Valley and is referred to as the "Gateway to South Padre Island" with travel amenities and door to door transportation to South Padre Island. With over HRL is the largest airport in the RGV with room for future expansion. HRL has the longest runways in the area with modern aircraft approach systems that minimize chances of delays during bad weather.
Current airlines are Southwest Airlines, United Airlines (via United Express), American Airlines (via American Eagle), Delta Air Lines (seasonally) Sun Country Airlines (seasonal service) and most recently Mexican air carrier VivaAerobús. Destinations served nonstop from the airport include Austin, Chicago (ORD), Dallas (both Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field), Denver, Houston (both Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Houston Hobby Airport), Las Vegas, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Monterrey, and Orlando. The airport is also a large air cargo port ranked in the top 80 airports in the United States and is served by FedEx and DHL wide body jet freighters.
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport.
Harlingen Air Force Base closed in 1962; a 1961 budget by President John F. Kennedy proposed to close 70 air bases in the U.S., and the military airfield was turned over to the City of Harlingen and then converted to civil use as Harlingen Industrial Airport. In 1967, following Hurricane Beulah, the original Harlingen civil airport, Harlingen Municipal Airport/Harvey Richards Field (at , where the Harlingen Country Club is now located) was permanently closed due to wind and flood damage and all civil aviation operations shifted to Harlingen Industrial Airport.
The airport was later renamed Harlingen Regional Airport until it was renamed to its current name of Valley International Airport.
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