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St Landry Parish Ahart Field

30.55840°N
-92.09940°W
ARR / DAY
3
0.0%
DEP / DAY
5
25.0%

St Landry Parish Ahart Field (KOPL) is a small general aviation airport located in Opelousas, LA, 24 mi north of Lafayette. It features 3 runways with the longest being 5,999 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

20m ago
Temp
34°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
Ceil
METAR KOPL 061315Z AUTO 00000KT 1/4SM FG OVC002 23/23 A2996 RMK AO2 T02300225

Runway intelligence

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

36
29% of ops
65 land · 39 TO
06
21% of ops
48 land · 6 TO
18
19% of ops
43 land · 41 TO
29
12% of ops
28 land · 10 TO
24
11% of ops
25 land · 23 TO
11
7% of ops
16 land · 5 TO
Runway 36 carries 29% of operations (65 landings, 39 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 06 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

36 65 landings
UA 0%
06 48 landings
UA 2%
18 43 landings
UA 5%
29 28 landings
UA 0%
24 25 landings
UA 12%
11 16 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 36 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 65 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
8.2
flights/day · 246 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 7pm · 12am
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–2pm local, averaging 8.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (9.4 vs 8.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (20% of 193 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
APCH 128.700
APCH 268.700
UNICOM 123.000
AWOS 118.775
OTHER 126.350
LAFAYETT 126.350
OTHER 338.250
LAFAYETT 338.250
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZHU
Mag var:
1° E
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 13:35 UTC