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HRL Meaning

HRL Airport Meaning

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HRL Meaning:

HRL stands for Valley International Airport


Located in Harlingen, Texas, HRL (Valley International Airport) is classified as a small hub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of HRL's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Valley International Airport (HRL) Characteristics:

      City: Harlingen
      State: Texas
      FAA: Valley International Airport
      IATA: HRL
      ICAO: KHRL
      Role: P-S

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


HRL is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding HRL, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

HRL meaning is Valley International Airport.

Valley International Airport can be abbreviated as HRL.

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