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📍 Belle Chasse2 runways
65LA · BCS

Southern Seaplane Airport

29.86610°N
-90.02220°W
ARR / DAY
2
50.0%
DEP / DAY
1
33.3%

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 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KNBG, 3 mi away (65LA does not publish METAR)

28m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
3 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KNBG 171055Z 27003KT 10SM FEW250 26/24 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP184 T02610244

Runway intelligence

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

02
89% of ops
51 land · 2 TO
20
11% of ops
6 land · 1 TO
Runway 02 carries 89% of operations (51 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 11%.

Approach quality

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

02 51 landings
UA 10%
20 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 02 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 51 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
2.3
flights/day · 68 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
88%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 2.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (1.6 vs 2.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (47% of 68 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

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