St. Landry Parish Airport

LOCATED NORTHWEST OF OPELOUSAS OFF LA HWY 749
Location

299 Hanger Road
Opelousas, LA 70570

Contact Us

Phone : (337) 407-1551

After Hours Emergency:
(337) 351-0025

Our Hours

Mondays – Fridays: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location

FAA Identifier: OPL
Lat/Long: 30-33-30.2000N 092-05-57.8000W
30-33.503333N 092-05.963333W
30.5583889,-92.0993889
(estimated)
Elevation: 74.7 ft. / 22.8 m (surveyed)
Variation: 01E (2010)
From city: 2 miles NW of OPELOUSAS, LA
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 70570

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 10/1947
Control tower: no
ARTCC: HOUSTON CENTER
FSS: DE RIDDER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: OPL (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0800-1700, ALL SAT 0800-1200
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: MIRL RY 18/36, REIL RYS 18 & 36 PRESET LOW INTST DUSK-DAWN; TO INCR INTST ACTVT – CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A+
FUEL AVBL 24 HRS WITH CREDIT CARD.
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MINOR
Powerplant service: MINOR

 

airport runway map

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 123.0
WX AWOS-3PT: 118.775 (337-948-8560)
LAFAYETTE APPROACH: 128.7
LAFAYETTE DEPARTURE: 128.7
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY HOUSTON ARTCC ON FREQS 126.35/338.25 (LAFAYETTE RCAG) WHEN LAFAYETTE APCH CTL CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
LFTr343/22.6 LAFAYETTE VORTAC 109.80 03E

 

NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
DURALDE 088/18.0 263 02E ECY . -.-. -.–
ABBEVILLE 000/29.9 230 02E BNZ -… -. –..

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 5999 x 100 ft. / 1828 x 30 m
Surface: concrete, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 30.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
 RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 30-34.102533N 30-33.112928N
Longitude: 092-05.932275W 092-05.935547W
Elevation: 71.1 ft. 71.4 ft.
Traffic pattern: right left
Runway heading: 179 magnetic, 180 true 359 magnetic, 000 true
Displaced threshold: 150 ft. 789 ft.
Markings: nonprecision, in good condition nonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path) 2-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yes yes
Touchdown point: yes, no lights yes, no lights
Obstructions: 48 ft. tree, 943 ft. from runway, 114 ft. left of centerline, 15:1 slope to clear
APCH SLOPE 16:1 TO DSPLCD THLD.
 19 ft. road, 307 ft. from runway, 5:1 slope to clear
APCH SLOPE 30:1 TO DSPLCD THLD.

Runway 6/24

Dimensions: 4051 x 100 ft. / 1235 x 30 m
Surface: concrete, in fair condition
RY HAS SOME CRACKS WITH GRASS GROWING THRU CRACKS.
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 30.0
Runway edge markings: RY MARKINGS ARE FADED.
 RUNWAY 6  RUNWAY 24
Latitude: 30-33.184145N 30-33.516652N
Longitude: 092-06.339817W 092-05.669980W
Elevation: 70.0 ft. 74.7 ft.
Traffic pattern: left right
Runway heading: 059 magnetic, 060 true 239 magnetic, 240 true
Displaced threshold: 165 ft. 169 ft.
Markings: basic, in poor condition basic, in poor condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lights yes, no lights
Obstructions: 45 ft. trees, 688 ft. from runway, 107 ft. left of centerline, 10:1 slope to clear
APCH RATIO 10:1 FM DSPLCD THLD.
 60 ft. trees, 397 ft. from runway, 72 ft. right of centerline, 3:1 slope to clear
APCH RATIO 19:1 FM DSPLCD THLD.

Hours of Operation

Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Call for an appointment during the COVID-19 pandemic.