Shreveport Regional Airport

• Designated small hub airport served by five airlines
• 32 scheduled departures per day
• Service provided by
  • American Eagle
  • Delta Airlines/Delta Connection through ASA and Comair Airlines
  • Continental Express
  • Northwest Airlink
• Air Cargo Carriers and Handlers
  • DHL/Airborne Express
  • Federal Express
  • United Parcel Service
  • Airport Group International
  • Emery Worldwide
• U.S. Customes Office on site

Downtown Shreveport Airport

• General Aviation/reliever airport
• Houses privately owned and corporate aircraft
• Houses aircraft maintenance and modification companies. Largest private tenant is Metro Avaition
• Southern University Shreveport airframe and power plant mechanics certification school
• Primary runway is 5,000 feet

Source: Shreveport Airport Authority

Road Transportation

• The greater Shreveport 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
  • Fund are dedicated for
    - Construction and maintenance of roads and bridges of the state and federal high ways
    - 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.
• 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 paratransit 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
  • Enterprise Zone
• 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