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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Leesville Airport

Leesville Airport is a city-owned, public-use general aviation airport located 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Leesville, a city in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Due to the small size of Leesville Airport, it has been assigned the three-letter FAA location identifier of L39, but has no corresponding IATA or ICAO designations.

Leesville Airport is listed as a "Local/Basic" airport in the 2017-2021 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems Report. Between 2017 and 2021, it was expected to receive $4,914,250 in developmental funding.

Facilities and aircraft

Leesville Airport covers an area of 120 acres (49 ha) at an elevation of 281 feet (85.6 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway: 18/36 is 3,807 by 75 feet (1,460 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface.

For the 12-month period ending September 22, 2016, the airport had 15,000 aircraft operations, an average of 41 per day: 67% local general aviation (10,000), 20% itinerant general aviation (3,000), and 13% military (2,000). At that time there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single-engine (14), and 7% helicopter (1).

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