# Whiteville Airport (38LA)

**Whiteville Airport** (FAA: 38LA) is a small airport in Ville Platte, Louisiana, United States. It opened in Nov 1989. It has one runway, 3,000 ft (914 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/38la

## At a glance

- FAA: 38LA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Ville Platte, Louisiana, United States
- Opened: Nov 1989
- Elevation: 43 ft / 13 m
- Coordinates: 30.7844, -92.1823
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 ft / 914 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35319806
- Weather station: KOPL
- Ident: 38LA

## Timeline

- Nov 1989: Whiteville Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,000 ft / 914 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,000 ft / 914 m | =15,843 of 29,858 | =6,443 in North America | =5,447 in US |
| Elevation | 43 ft / 13 m | =39,668 of 43,403 | =17,956 in North America | =14,821 in US |
| Age | Opened 1989 | =9,515 of 15,079 | =7,305 in North America | =7,195 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/38la/data