Southland Field
Southland Field West Calcasieu Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | West Calcasieu Airport Managing Board | ||||||||||
| Serves | Sulphur, Louisiana | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 10 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°07′53″N 093°22′34″W / 30.13139°N 93.37611°W | ||||||||||
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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.
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
[edit]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 October 10, 2023, the airport had 21,550 aircraft operations, an average of 59 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: 14 single-engine, and 1 multi-engine.[1]
Accidents and incidents
[edit]On September 7, 2011, Colgan Air Flight 3222, a Saab 340B (registered N352CJ) operated for Continental Connection with 23 passengers mistakenly landed at Southland Field instead of the nearby Lake Charles Regional Airport, which was its intended destination.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for UXL PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 28 December 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Southland Field (FAA: UXL, ICAO: KUXL)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ "Flight Crew Relieved From Duty Following Landing at Wrong Airport". Fox News. September 15, 2011.
External links
[edit]- Southland Aviation, the fixed-base operator (FBO)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for UXL, effective December 26, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for UXL
- AirNav airport information for KUXL
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures