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KOPL St Landry Parish Airport-Ahart Field
Opelousas, Louisiana, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 MAY 2013

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: 75 ft. / 22.9 m (surveyed)
Variation: 01E (2010)
From city: 2 miles NW of OPELOUSAS, LA
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 70570

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 10/1947
Sectional chart: HOUSTON
Control tower: no
ARTCC: HOUSTON CENTER
FSS: DE RIDDER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: OPL (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-SAT 0800-1700, ALL SUN 0800-1200
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN. 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 Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 123.0
WX AWOS-3PT: 118.775 (337-948-8560)
LAFAYETTE APPROACH: 128.7
LAFAYETTE DEPARTURE: 128.7
  • APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED 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
LFTr343/22.6LAFAYETTE VORTAC109.8003E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
ST LANDRY179/5.833501EOPL --- .--. .-..
DURALDE088/18.026302EECY . -.-. -.--
BUNKIE156/19.739703EBWK -... .-- -.-
ABBEVILLE000/29.923002EBNZ -... -. --..
OAKDALE096/30.937903ELRR .-.. .-. .-.
NEW ROADS258/31.835604EFWX ..-. .-- -..-
MARKSVILLE180/32.234702EMKV -- -.- ...-

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
FUEL AVBL 24 HRS WITH CREDIT CARD.
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MINOR
Powerplant service: MINOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 5999 x 100 ft. / 1828 x 30 m
Surface: concrete, in fair condition
SOME CRACKS WITH GRASS IN CRACKS. BUMP IN RY 18 AT 850 FT FROM DSPLCD THLD. RY HAS PONDING DURING WET WEATHER.
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 30.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 30-34.102533N30-33.112928N
Longitude: 092-05.932275W092-05.935547W
Elevation: 71.1 ft.71.4 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 179 magnetic, 180 true359 magnetic, 000 true
Displaced threshold: 150 ft.789 ft.
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair 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: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 50 ft. trees, 1150 ft. from runway, 19:1 slope to clear
APCH SLOPE TO DSPLCD THLD 26:1.
44 ft. road, 1000 ft. from runway, 18:1 slope to clear
APCH RATIO 40:1 FM DSPLCD THLD.

Runway 6/24

Dimensions: 4051 x 100 ft. / 1235 x 30 m
Surface: concrete, in fair condition
SOME CRACKS WITH GRASS. RY HAS PONDING IN WET WEATHER.
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 30.0
RUNWAY 6  RUNWAY 24
Latitude: 30-33.184145N30-33.516652N
Longitude: 092-06.339817W092-05.669980W
Elevation: 70.0 ft.74.7 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 059 magnetic, 060 true239 magnetic, 240 true
Displaced threshold: 165 ft.169 ft.
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 33 ft. trees, 750 ft. from runway, 16:1 slope to clear
APCH RATIO 28:1 FM DSPLCD THLD.
26 ft. road, 745 ft. from runway, 21:1 slope to clear
APCH RATIO 35:1 FM DSPLCD THLD.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: POLICE JURY
ST. LANDRY PARISH, P. O. BOX 1550
OPELOUSAS, LA 70571
Phone 337-948-3688
Manager: MR. ROBERT SPEYRER
299 HANGER RD.
OPELOUSAS, LA 70570
Phone 337-407-1551

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 37
Single engine airplanes: 26
Multi engine airplanes: 6
Helicopters: 1
Ultralights: 4
    
Aircraft operations: avg 49/day *
58% local general aviation
42% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 08 March 2012

Additional Remarks

GCO AVBL ON FREQ 135.075 THRU LFT APCH AND DRI AFSS.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 2 May 2013 at 0901Z and 30 May 2013 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 **CHANGED**   download (251KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 36 **CHANGED**   download (247KB)
VOR/DME RWY 36 **CHANGED**   download (197KB)
NDB RWY 18 **CHANGED**   download (245KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

4R7 - Eunice Airport (18 nm W)
KLFT - Lafayette Regional Airport (22 nm S)
2R6 - Bunkie Municipal Airport (25 nm N)
KMKV - Marksville Municipal Airport (32 nm N)
KACP - Allen Parish Airport (33 nm W)
 
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Area around KOPL (St Landry Parish Airport-Ahart Field)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of KOPL (St Landry Parish Airport-Ahart Field)
Photo by Jack Arceneaux
Photo taken 11-Dec-2010
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From to KOPL

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 18-May-2013
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:4710:47
Sunrise06:1311:13
Sunset19:5700:57
Evening civil twilight20:2301:23

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  18-May-2013 11:41:36
Local (UTC-5)  18-May-2013 06:41:36
 
METAR
KOPL 181035Z AUTO 18007KT 10SM OVC017 23/22 A2997 RMK AO2 T02320216
TAF
KLFT 
22nm S 
180520Z 1806/1906 18005KT P6SM SCT015 TEMPO 1806/1808 OVC015 FM180800 17007KT P6SM SCT008 OVC015 TEMPO 1810/1814 5SM BR OVC008 FM181500 18012G20KT P6SM SCT035 FM190000 16008KT P6SM SCT025
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
 St. Landry Parish Airport
337-407-1551
[web site]
[email]
Airport management, Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Hangars, Hangar leasing / sales, Passenger terminal and lounge, Catering, Pilot supplies, ...

More info about St. Landry Parish Airport
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100LL Jet A
AS $5.45 $4.99 
 Updated 29-Apr-2013
 
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DAYS INN SUITES OPELOUSAS LA 3.5 60-118
 

Other hotels near St Landry Parish Airport-Ahart Field

Miles Price ($)
EVANGELINE DOWNS HOTEL, AN ASCEND COLLECTION HOTEL 3.4 
HOLIDAY INN HOTEL & SUITES OPELOUSAS 3.4 96-135
SUPER 8 OPELOUSAS 3.5 67-79
COMFORT INN OPELOUSAS 5.6 90-110

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