# Southern Seaplane Airport (BCS / 65LA)

**Southern Seaplane Airport** (IATA: BCS, FAA: 65LA) is a small airport in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, United States. It opened in May 1977. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,000 ft (1,524 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/65la

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BCS / —
- FAA: 65LA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Belle Chasse, Louisiana, United States
- Opened: May 1977
- Elevation: 0 ft / 0 m
- Coordinates: 29.8661, -90.0216
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://southernseaplane.com/cms/?page_id=460
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Seaplane_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7570460
- Weather station: KNBG
- Ident: 65LA

## Timeline

- May 1977: Southern Seaplane Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02W/20W | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Water |  |  |
| 02/20 | 3,200 ft / 975 m | 40 ft / 12 m | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | =6,591 of 29,858 | =2,430 in North America | =2,018 in US |
| Elevation | 0 ft / 0 m | =43,336 of 43,403 | =19,419 in North America | =15,758 in US |
| Age | Opened 1977 | =7,544 of 15,079 | =5,572 in North America | =5,476 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Nearby airports

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- [NEW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knew.md) Lakefront Airport · 12 mi / 20 km
- [LS40](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ls40.md) St Charles Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [MSY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsy.md) Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [1LA1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1la1.md) Triche Field · 26 mi / 42 km

## In collections

- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #6

## 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/65la/data