SHREVEPORT AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL PARK - AEROPARK

Strengths of AeroPark

AeroPark's incentives and amenities are many compared to larger, more expensive airport parks. Some of the benefits include:

Enterprise Zone

The park is part of Louisiana's Enterprise Zone, a tax exemption program that means substantial tax credits for each new job created as well as sales tax exemptions on the purchase of tools, equipment and machinery.

In addition, Louisiana Freeport Law exempts goods and commodities in public or private storage from property taxes while moving through Louisiana to a final destination outside the state.

U.S. Customs Port of Entry

Shreveport's U.S. Customs Port of Entry enables products from around the world to be shipped and cleared here much faster than at high-traffic coastal ports of entry. In addition, businesses save big money by eliminating wharfage fees as well as the transportation costs between entry ports and here.

Foreign Trade Zone Designation

Our highly secured area is legally considered as outside the domain of U.S. Customs Service by the U.S. Government. This means foreign goods may be brought into the FTZ without formal customs entry or the payment of duty and excise taxes until and unless they enter the U.S. Testing, repackaging, inspections and further processing can also be conducted within the FTZ.

Air Navigational Facilities

In the center of the Shreveport Regional Airport Industrial Park is a 24-hour FAA operated control tower monitoring domestic travel, as well as industrial flights. AeroPark also features a CAT II, Instrument Landing System, high-intensity runway lights, an approach lighting system, a non-directional beacon, runway visual range, radar, a localizer/DME approach, VASIs, PAPIs, REILs, and lighted windsocks.

Runways

Runway 14/32 is 8,350 feet long and 200 feet wide with grooved pavement and Category II lighting, while Runway 5/23 is 6,200 feet long and 150 feet wide. The runways and taxiways have the highest weight-bearing capacity called for by the FAA and are able to accommodate the largest of aircraft.

Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting (ARFF)

Because Shreveport Regional Airport is a commercial airport, the facility provides the utmost in aircraft rescue and fire-fighting facilities which meet an Index B, the FAA's highest requirement. Our 24-hour team is ready to act should an unforeseen emergency arises. Plus, the Airport Authority recently opened a new $3 million Airport Rescue and Firefighting facility to speed response times.

Maintenance Facility Available

The Shreveport Airport Authority has nearly 45,000 square feet of combined hangar/office space available for companies looking for a site to house an aircraft maintenance operation. The facility consists of two hangars capable of accommodating regional jets or other aircraft.

Continental Express Maintenance Located at Shreveport Airport

Continental Express has a 148,000-square-foot facility to service much of its growing fleet of Embraer Regional Jets from Shreveport.

For  more information or would like a tour of Shreveport Regional Airport's AeroPark, please contact Bill Cooksey at (318) 673-5370 or e-mail: william.cooksey@shreveportla.gov