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📍 Belle Chasse2 runways
65LA · BCS

Southern Seaplane Airport

29.86610°N
-90.02220°W
ARR / DAY
1
36.4%
DEP / DAY
1
27.3%

Southern Seaplane Airport (65LA/BCS) is a small general aviation airport located in Belle Chasse, LA. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

02
91% of ops
20 land · 1 TO
20
9% of ops
2 land · 0 TO
Runway 02 carries 91% of operations (20 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 9%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

02 20 landings
UA 15%
20 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 02 show a 15% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 20 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy — hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
1.5
flights/day · 46 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
85%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–6pm local, averaging 1.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.2× weekday (0.4 vs 2.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here — top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (46% of 46 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZHU
Mag var:
3° E
Fuel:
100LL
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