# Cottonwood Airport (6LA1)

**Cottonwood Airport** (FAA: 6LA1) is a small airport in Lake Providence, Louisiana, United States. It opened in Feb 1985. It has one runway, 3,500 ft (1,067 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/6la1

## At a glance

- FAA: 6LA1
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Lake Providence, Louisiana, United States
- Opened: Feb 1985
- Elevation: 120 ft / 37 m
- Coordinates: 32.9840, -91.2059
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,500 ft / 1,067 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35250577
- Ident: 6LA1

## Timeline

- Feb 1985: Cottonwood Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 3,500 ft / 1,067 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,500 ft / 1,067 m | =12,572 of 29,858 | =5,008 in North America | =4,193 in US |
| Elevation | 120 ft / 37 m | =36,201 of 43,403 | =16,423 in North America | =13,761 in US |
| Age | Opened 1985 | =8,826 of 15,079 | =6,682 in North America | =6,572 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))
- [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/6la1/data