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South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr Airport

29.44480°N
-90.26110°W
ARR / DAY
2
0.0%
DEP / DAY
2
33.3%

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

19h ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGAO 020235Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A3003 RMK AO2 T02670245

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
94% of ops
66 land · 9 TO
36
6% of ops
4 land · 20 TO
Runway 18 carries 94% of operations (66 landings, 9 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 6%.

Approach quality

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

18 66 landings
UA 2%
36 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 66 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
3.8
flights/day · 115 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 4pm · 7pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 3.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (3.9 vs 4.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 104 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
07/28/2021
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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