FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 26 JANUARY 2023
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 0800-1630, 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 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 (LFT) 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 | -... -. --.. |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A+ 100LL:CTC ARPT MGR FOR ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF PAYMENT FOR FUEL. |
Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MINOR |
Powerplant service: | MINOR |
Runway Information
Runway 18/36
Dimensions: | 5999 x 100 ft. / 1828 x 30 m |
Surface: | concrete, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
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: | |
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: | 46 ft. trees, 520 ft. from runway, 110 ft. left of centerline, 6:1 slope to clear APCH RATIO 10:1 FM DSPLCD THLD. | | 56 ft. trees, 941 ft. from runway, 16 ft. left of centerline, 13:1 slope to clear APCH RATIO 16:1 FM DSPLCD THLD. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | ST. LANDRY PARISH GOVERNMENT ST. LANDRY PARISH, P. O. DRAWER 1550 OPELOUSAS, LA 70571 Phone 337-948-3688 |
Manager: | LLOYD ARDOIN 299 HANGAR RD. OPELOUSAS, LA 70570 Phone 337-407-1551 AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY CELL 337-351-0025. |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 41 | Single engine airplanes: | | 36 | Multi engine airplanes: | | 2 | Helicopters: | | 3 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 94/day * | 73% | local general aviation | 26% | transient general aviation | 1% | military | * for 12-month period ending 23 June 2022 | |
Additional Remarks
- | FOR CD CTC LAFAYETTE APCH AT 337-262-2729, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC HOUSTON ARTCC AT 281-230-5622. |
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 from 26 January 2023 at 0901Z to 23 February 2023 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 | |
download |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 36 | |
download |
VOR RWY 36 | |
download |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (158KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (294KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
4R7 - Eunice Airport (18 nm W)
KLFT - Lafayette Regional Airport/Paul Fournet Field (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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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo taken 17-Sep-2019
looking north.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 30-Jan-2023
| | Local (UTC-6) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:37 | | 12:37 |
Sunrise | | 07:02 | | 13:02 |
Sunset | | 17:42 | | 23:42 |
Evening civil twilight | | 18:07 | | 00:07 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 30-Jan-2023 20:59:03 |
Local (UTC-6) | 30-Jan-2023 14:59:03 |
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METAR |
KOPL | 302035Z AUTO 01005KT 5SM BR OVC005 17/17 A3011 RMK AO2 T01700170
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TAF |
KLFT 22nm S | 301732Z 3018/3118 36004KT 1SM BR OVC003 FM302100 35006KT 3SM BR OVC005 FM310400 06005KT 1SM BR OVC002 TEMPO 3110/3114 1/2SM FG VV002 FM311400 02008KT 3SM BR OVC003
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NOTAMs |
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