Southland Field

Southland Field (ICAO: KUXL, FAA LID: UXL, formerly L75) is a public-use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) south of the central business district of Sulphur, a city in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is owned by the West Calcasieu Airport Managing Board[1] and is also known as West Calcasieu Airport.

Southland Field

West Calcasieu Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerWest Calcasieu Airport Managing Board
ServesSulphur, Louisiana
Elevation AMSL10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates30°07′53″N 093°22′34″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations19,690
Based aircraft29

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2] Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned UXL by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Southland Field covers an area of 278 acres (113 ha) at an elevation of 10 feet (3 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 6, 2009, the airport had 19,690 aircraft operations, an average of 53 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 29 aircraft based at this airport: 72% single-engine, 17% multi-engine and 10% ultralight.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for UXL PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
  2. National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 3 (PDF, 1.28 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  3. "Southland Field (FAA: UXL, ICAO: KUXL)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
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