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📍 Belle Chasse2 runways
65LA · BCS

Southern Seaplane Airport

29.86610°N
-90.02220°W
ARR / DAY
1
55.6%
DEP / DAY
1
18.2%

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

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

32m ago
Temp
76°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KNBG 060255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP121 60000 T02440239 53003

Runway intelligence

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

02
95% of ops
71 land · 6 TO
20
5% of ops
4 land · 1 TO
Runway 02 carries 95% of operations (71 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 5%.

Approach quality

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

02 71 landings
UA 6%
20 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 02 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 71 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
2.9
flights/day · 86 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
86%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 2.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (2.4 vs 3.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (43% of 86 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

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