FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 DECEMBER 2025
Location
| FAA Identifier: | OPL |
| Lat/Long: | 30-33-30.2390N 092-05-57.7540W
30-33.503983N 092-05.962567W
30.5583997,-92.0993761
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 74.3 ft. / 22.6 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: | REIL RWY 18 & 36; MIRL RWY 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 |
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| LFTr343/22.6 | | LAFAYETTE VORTAC | | 109.80 | | 03E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| 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: | 30-34.102487N | | 30-33.112943N |
| Longitude: | 092-05.932327W | | 092-05.935585W |
| Elevation: | 70.5 ft. | | 70.6 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
RWY HAS SOME CRACKS WITH GRASS GROWING THRU CRACKS. |
| Weight bearing capacity: | |
| Runway edge markings: | RWY MARKINGS ARE FADED. |
| RUNWAY 6 | | RUNWAY 24 |
| Latitude: | 30-33.184108N | | 30-33.516655N |
| Longitude: | 092-06.339867W | | 092-05.669997W |
| Elevation: | 69.1 ft. | | 73.9 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 HRS EMERG CELL 337-351-0025. |
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 25 December 2025 at 0901z to 22 January 2026 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 | |
download (272KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 36 | |
download (267KB) |
| VOR RWY 36 | |
download (204KB) |
| NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (161KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (326KB) |
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 |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo taken 17-Sep-2019
looking north.
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 09-Jan-2026
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:42 | | 12:42 |
| Sunrise | | 07:08 | | 13:08 |
| Sunset | | 17:24 | | 23:24 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 17:50 | | 23:50 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 09-Jan-2026 11:50:26 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 09-Jan-2026 05:50:26 |
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| METAR |
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| KOPL | 091135Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM SCT017 OVC070 21/20 A2994 RMK AO2 T02100200
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| TAF |
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KLFT
22nm S | 090520Z 0906/1006 18007KT 6SM BR VCSH SCT025 BKN040 FM090900 19009KT 5SM -RA BR VCTS OVC009CB FM091800 19007KT 3SM SHRA BR VCTS OVC009CB PROB30 0918/0921 1SM +TSRA FM092100 18008KT 5SM BR VCTS OVC009CB PROB30 0921/0923 2SM TSRA FM092300 VRB05KT 5SM BR VCTS OVC015CB PROB30 0923/1002 2SM TSRA OVC009CB FM100300 04006KT 4SM BR OVC015 PROB30 1003/1006 4SM TSRA BKN015CB
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