Transportation
Shreveport Regional Airport
- Designated small hub airport served by six airlines
- Over 62 scheduled arrivals and departures per day
- Service provided by
- American Eagle Airlines to Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas (DFW)
- Allegiant Air service to Las Vegas, Nevada & Orlando, Florida
- Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) to DFW and Atlanta, Georgia
- ASA/Comair to Cincinnati, Ohio
- Continental Express Airlines to Houston, Texas
- Northwest Airlink to Memphis, Tennessee and Detroit, Michigan
- Air Cargo Carriers and Handlers
- Airborne Express
- Federal Express
- United Parcel Service
- Airport Group International
- Emery Worldwide
- U.S. Customs Office on site
- Foreign Trade Zone
Downtown Shreveport Airport
- General Aviation/reliever airport
- Houses privately owned and corporate aircraft
- Houses aircraft maintenance and modification companies. Largest private tenant is Metro Aviation
- Southern University Shreveport airframe and power plant mechanics certification school
- Primary runway is 5,000 feet
Source: Shreveport Airport Authority
Road Transportation
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The Greater Shreveport-Bossier area is served by 3 Interstate Highways: I-20, I-49 and I-220
- Louisiana Transportation Trust fund was established in 1989
- All taxes levied on fuels are invested in the trust fund
- Funds are dedicated for
- Construction and maintenance of roads and bridges of the state and federal highways
- State Flood-Control Program
- Ports, airports, transit, state police for traffic control
- Parish Transportation Fund
Motor Freight Service
- Next day and second day motor freight delivery from Northwest Louisiana encompasses most of the Sunbelt and Midwest U. S.
- Next day and second day motor freight delivery from Northwest Louisiana encompasses most of the Sunbelt and Midwest U. S.
- Northwest Louisiana has convenient access to I-20 (east-west) and to I-49 (north-south) which connects Shreveport to I-10 (east-west) in South Louisiana
- Overnight delivery service can reach more than 43 million people
Public Transportation - SPORTRAN
- 50 buses operate 7 days a week
- 9 vans operate a demand-response para transit system 7 days a week with 3 vans available on weekends
- Discount fares accommodate students, senior citizens and monthly riders
Port of Shreveport-Bossier
- Port of Entry for
- Foreign Trade Zone
- U. S. Customs
- General cargo and liquid wharves
- 3,200-foot-long slack water harbor and turning basin
- Comprehensive rail network and two locomotive switch engines
- Rail links to Union Pacific main line rail, Kansas City Southern and Burlington Northern Santa Fe
- On-dock rail & roll-on/roll-off ramp
- 9 ft. depth and 200 ft. width channel maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers
Railroads Serving the Region
- Rail service by
- Kansas City Southern Railroad (KCS)
- Union Pacific Railroad
- Shreveport intermodal container loading/unloading at the Kansas City Southern Deramus Yard
- Next, second and third-day rail service to the Sunbelt and Midwest regions
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