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📍 Belle Chasse2 runways
65LA · BCS

Southern Seaplane Airport

29.86610°N
-90.02220°W
ARR / DAY
1
50.0%
DEP / DAY
2
0.0%

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

Current weather

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

20m ago
Temp
80°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KNBG 031255Z 00000KT 10SM SCT025 SCT250 27/27 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP157 T02670267

Runway intelligence

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

02
94% of ops
74 land · 6 TO
20
6% of ops
5 land · 1 TO
Runway 02 carries 94% of operations (74 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 6%.

Approach quality

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

02 74 landings
UA 4%
20 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 02 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 74 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
3.0
flights/day · 90 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
86%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 3.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (2.4 vs 3.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 90 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

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