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

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

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: 04E (1985)
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
Sectional chart: HOUSTON
Control tower: no
ARTCC: HOUSTON CENTER
FSS: DE RIDDER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: DRI (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)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 123.0
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 LANDRY176/5.833504EOPL --- .--. .-..
DURALDE088/18.026302EECY . -.-. -.--
BUNKIE156/19.739703EBWK -... .-- -.-
OAKDALE096/30.937903ELRR .-.. .-. .-.
NEW ROADS258/31.835604EFWX ..-. .-- -..-
MARKSVILLE180/32.234702EMKV -- -.- ...-

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
FOR FUEL AFT HRS CALL 337-407-1551.
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: 176 magnetic, 180 true356 magnetic, 000 true
Displaced threshold: 150 ft.789 ft.
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, 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: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 15 ft. trees, 900 ft. from runway, 46:1 slope to clear15 ft. road, 340 ft. from runway, 9:1 slope to clear
APCH RATIO 43:1 FM DSPLCD THR.

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: 056 magnetic, 060 true236 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: 20 ft. trees, 650 ft. from runway, 22:1 slope to clear
APCH RATIO 40:1 FM DSPLCD THLD.
15 ft. road, 350 ft. from runway, 10:1 slope to clear
APCH RATIO 34:1 FM DSPLCD THR.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: POLICE JURY
ST. LANDRY PARISH, P. O. BOX 285
OPELOUSAS, LA 70571
Phone 337-942-8528
Manager: MR. DAVID TOUISSIANT
299 HANGER RD.
OPELOUSAS, LA 70570
Phone 337-407-1551

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 39
Single engine airplanes: 30
Multi engine airplanes: 5
Ultralights: 4
    
Aircraft operations: avg 49/day *
58% local general aviation
42% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 03 July 2008

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 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18   download (230KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 36   download (253KB)
VOR/DME RWY 36   download (256KB)
NDB RWY 18   download (258KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (25KB)

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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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of KOPL (St Landry Parish Airport-Ahart Field)
Photo taken 11-May-2005

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From to KOPL

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 08-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:0512:05
Sunrise06:3012:30
Sunset17:1523:15
Evening civil twilight17:4023:40

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 14:36:09
Local (UTC-6)  08-Nov-2009 08:36:09
 
METAR
KLFT 
22nm S 
081353Z 06006KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP199 T01780156
KACP 
33nm W 
081400Z AUTO 09003KT 7SM CLR 18/17 A3013 RMK AO2
KARA 
33nm S 
081353Z 07011KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP198 T01780161
K0R3 
35nm S 
118.875
081419Z AUTO 06004KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A3012 RMK AO2
TAF
KLFT 
22nm S 
081142Z 0812/0912 09005KT 5SM BR BKN035 BKN200 FM081400 09012G18KT P6SM BKN040 BKN180 FM090100 06010KT P6SM OVC100 FM091000 05012G20KT P6SM VCSH BKN020 OVC030
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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 $4.20 $4.00 
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DAYS INN AND SUITES OPELOUSAS 3.5 60-91
 

Other hotels near St Landry Parish Airport-Ahart Field

Miles Price ($)
HOLIDAY INN HOTEL & SUITES OPELOUSAS 3.4 83-145
SUPER 8 OPELOUSAS 3.5 51-108
COMFORT INN OPELOUSAS 5.6 100-146

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