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South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr Airport

29.44480°N
-90.26110°W
ARR / DAY
1
▲ 0.0%
DEP / DAY
2
▲ 0.0%

South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr Airport (KGAO) is a small general aviation airport located in Galliano, LA, 37 mi south of New Orleans. It features 1 runway measuring 6,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
5 kts
90°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KGAO 121415Z AUTO 09005KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A3013 RMK AO1

Runways

1 installed

6,500 FT MAX
18/36
6,500 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

18
97% of ops
29 land · 5 TO
36
3% of ops
1 land · 14 TO
Runway 18 carries 97% of operations (29 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 3%.

Approach quality

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

18 29 landings
UA 0%
36 1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 29 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
2.4
flights/day · 72 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 6pm · 8pm
Day vs night
72%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–8pm local, averaging 2.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (2.4 vs 2.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (17% of 65 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000 —
APCH 120.850 —
APCH 256.900 —
UNICOM 123.000 —
AWOS 118.175 —
OTHER 120.850 —
CD/P 120.850 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZHU
Mag var:
2° E
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
shumphries
7/28/2021
Elevation: ZERO!
Great airport with helpful service, chilled FBO, and cheap gas. But I came here for the selfie with the airport sign showing "Elevation: 0.0"!
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