# Las Cruces International Airport (LRU / KLRU)

**Las Cruces International Airport** (IATA: LRU, ICAO: KLRU) is a medium airport in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States. It opened in Feb 1943. It has 3 runways; the longest is 7,506 ft (2,288 m). In 2025 it handled 4 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/klru

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LRU / KLRU
- FAA: LRU
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
- Opened: Feb 1943
- Elevation: 4,457 ft / 1,359 m
- Coordinates: 32.2894, -106.9220
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 7,506 ft / 2,288 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Passengers: 4,343 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: http://www.las-cruces.org/1246/Airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Cruces_International_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6492168
- Weather station: KLRU
- Ident: KLRU

## Timeline

- Feb 1943: Las Cruces International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 7,506 ft / 2,288 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 135° / 315° | yes |
| 04/22 | 7,501 ft / 2,286 m | 105 ft / 32 m | Asphalt | 055° / 235° | yes |
| 08/26 | 6,069 ft / 1,850 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 090° / 270° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00869AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 3,566 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 4,878 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 4,343 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [ABQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kabq.md) Albuquerque International Sunport · United States · 191 mi / 307 km · Advanced Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from LRU, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [Advanced Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/advanced-air) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 4K (2025) | #2,952 of 3,974 | #775 in North America | #561 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,506 ft / 2,288 m | #3,104 of 29,858 | #663 in North America | #491 in US |
| Elevation | 4,457 ft / 1,359 m | =2,739 of 43,403 | =1,462 in North America | =1,148 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 119.025 |
| CNTR | ALBUQUERQUE CNTR | 128.200 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [BIF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbif.md) Biggs Army Air Field (Fort Bliss) · 44 mi / 71 km
- [ELP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kelp.md) El Paso International Airport · 46 mi / 74 km
- [DMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdmn.md) Deming Municipal Airport · 47 mi / 75 km
- [CJS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmcs.md) Abraham González International Airport · 54 mi / 86 km
- [HMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khmn.md) Holloman Air Force Base · 61 mi / 99 km
- [ALM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kalm.md) Alamogordo White Sands Regional Airport · 66 mi / 106 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Las Cruces International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Las_Cruces_International_Airport&oldid=1363052575), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/klru/data