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LA71 · O'Brien Flying Service Airport

ICAO · US · 4 NTSB events

ID LA71 Elev 26 ft Lat 30° 13.46' N Lon 93° 0.01' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 3,800 ft.

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
03 — 3,800 ft 100 ft Turf No —
21 — 3,800 ft 100 ft Turf No —

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 0 matched · 1 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (1 sentence)
  • ·FOR CD CTC LAKE CHARLES APCH AT 337-480-3103, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC HOUSTON ARTCC AT 281-230-5622.

Field profile

Use

Private

Ownership

Private

Scheduled service

No

NTSB events

4 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

13

since 1982

Fatal

0

0.0% of total

Last 5 years

0

no recent events

Last 10 years

2

≈ 0.2/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Last 10 years · n=1

  • Loss of control 1

All time · n=4

  • Ground collision 1
  • Engine failure / power loss 1
  • Other 1
  • Loss of control 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2018-07-26 Air Tractor AT502 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2016-05-04 GRUMMAN ACFT ENG COR-SCHWEIZER G 164B · Other · VMC · day →
2009-05-07 GULFSTREAM-SCHWEIZER A/C CORP GULFSTREAM · Engine failure · day →
2005-06-04 Grumman G-164B · Ground collision · VMC · day →

Designees in LA

CFI Flight Instructors 581 A&P Mechanics 2,749 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 32 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 5 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 3 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 7 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 3 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 4 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 14 APD Aircrew Program Designees (APD) 3 TCE Training Center Evaluators (TCE) 11 Schools Flight Schools 25 FBO Fixed Base Operators 50 Clubs Flying Clubs 6 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 5 EAA EAA Chapters 9

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Jean Pierre Inderkummen Lake Charles LA 11 nm
John Emerson Lake Charles LA 11 nm
Peyton Augustine Enloe Lafayette LA 50 nm
Michael Paul Jackson Leesville LA 57 nm
Dan Maurice Malone Baton Rouge LA 98 nm
Damian Nikell Johnson Zachary LA 99 nm
Ryan Roberts Greenwell Springs LA 106 nm
Deborah Rihn-Harvey La Porte TX 112 nm
Richard William Rawlings Kingwood TX 114 nm
Jeffrey Vincent Kling Friendswood TX 122 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Michael Raymond Pike Iowa LA 1 nm
Alexander Neil Kerbow Iowa LA 1 nm
William Lloyd Kelley Lake Charles LA 11 nm
David Richard Mcfarland Lake Charles LA 11 nm
John Samuel Emerson Lake Charles LA 11 nm
Olin Ray Ashworth Lake Charles LA 11 nm
Van Michael Davidson Iii Lake Charles LA 11 nm
Andrew Chance Popiel Lake Charles LA 11 nm
Sara Elizabeth Sewell Lake Charles LA 11 nm
Robert Jason Garrett Lake Charles LA 11 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Larry John Hardy Iowa LA 1 nm
Charles Daniel Bourne Iowa LA 1 nm
Stephen Rory Mckay Iowa LA 1 nm
Frank Gamboa Soliz Iowa LA 1 nm
Gary Joseph Villiard Iowa LA 1 nm
Richard Leon Watson Iowa LA 1 nm
Keith Ray Foreman Iowa LA 1 nm
Travis Ronald Batchelor Iowa LA 1 nm
Matthew Blake Hardy Iowa LA 1 nm
Herman Paul Prejean Iowa LA 1 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Avionics Solutions, LLC
Lafayette, LA
 52 nm
Patterson Avionics, Inc.
Patterson, LA
 92 nm
Davis Aircraft, Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA
 97 nm
RealClean Aircraft Detailing
New Orleans, LA
 107 nm
K & W Aviation, Inc.
LA PORTE, TX
 112 nm
Brazos Avionics, Inc.
Houston, TX
 119 nm
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Houston, TX
Houston, TX
 124 nm
CXO MX, LLC
Conroe, TX
 126 nm
Avionics Unlimited, Inc.
Conroe, TX
 126 nm
General Avionics, Inc.
Houston, TX
 141 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.