Airports / Texas / HRL
Valley International Airport
KHRL / HRLHarlingen, TexasELEV 36 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#56 / 115
Texas airports by Google rating
4.5★ across 1639 Google ratings — ranked against 115 rated TX fields.
23 nm
To the nearest alternate
Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport (BRO) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Valley International Airport, listed as KHRL / HRL, is a mid-sized airport in Harlingen, Texas. The field lies at an elevation of 36 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
HRL has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport (BRO, 23 nm), McAllen Miller International Airport (MFE, 32 nm), and Kingsville Naval Air Station (NQI, 77 nm).
Quotes for flights out of HRL vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from HRL, or browse verified operators serving the area.
What fliers highlight
Terminal & facilities
5/5 reviews“I would be perfectly comfortable getting here 30 minutes before boarding because of how small and easy this airport is.”
Matt McLean5★ on Google
Easy in & out
4/5 reviews“I would be perfectly comfortable getting here 30 minutes before boarding because of how small and easy this airport is.”
Matt McLean5★ on Google
Staff & service
3/5 reviews“Everyone that works at the airport from the parking ticket person to the airline employees and restaurant workers are polite and helpful.”
Justin V5★ on Google
Themes counted by keyword across Google review texts for Valley International Airport — every quote is verbatim from a real review.
Field capability
ICAO
KHRL
IATA
HRL
FAA / Local
HRL
Elevation
36 ft
Coordinates
26.2285° N · 97.6544° W
Airspace
C · CharlieClass C — CharlieRadar-controlled airspace around mid-size hubs. Aircraft must be in two-way radio contact and squawking a transponder while approach control sequences arrivals.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs TX fields
state range 6–4,849 ft
At 36 ft, HRL sits lower than 89% of the 127 Texas fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 23nmBROBrownsville South Padre Island International AirportBrownsville
- 32nmMFEMcAllen Miller International AirportMcAllen
- 77nmNQIKingsville Naval Air StationKingsville
- 90nmNGPNaval Air Station Corpus Christi Truax FieldCorpus Christi
- 93nmCRPCorpus Christi International AirportCorpus Christi
- 93nmALIAlice International AirportAlice
Location
Open the full mapKHRL · Valley International Airport · Harlingen, TX
From the ramp
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