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📍 Belle Chasse2 runways
65LA · BCS

Southern Seaplane Airport

29.86610°N
-90.02220°W
ARR / DAY
1
41.7%
DEP / DAY
1
30.0%

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)

34m ago
Temp
88°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KNBG 022055Z 00000KT 9SM SCT029 SCT040 SCT090 BKN250 31/25 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP156 CB DSNT SW-NW AND NE SHRA DSNT SW-NW T2 SET T03110250 56012

Runway intelligence

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

02
91% of ops
53 land · 4 TO
20
9% of ops
5 land · 1 TO
Runway 02 carries 91% of operations (53 landings, 4 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 53 landings
UA 2%
20 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 02 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 53 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
2.7
flights/day · 82 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 5pm · 3pm
Day vs night
84%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 2.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (2.4 vs 3.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (39% of 82 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

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