# South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr Airport (KGAO)

**South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr Airport** (ICAO: KGAO) is a small airport in Galliano, Louisiana, United States. It opened in Nov 1987. It has one runway, 6,500 ft (1,981 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgao

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KGAO
- FAA: GAO
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Galliano, Louisiana, United States
- Opened: Nov 1987
- Elevation: 0 ft / 0 m
- Coordinates: 29.4411, -90.2611
- Runways: 1
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 6,500 ft / 1,981 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: https://portfourchon.com/airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Lafourche_Leonard_Miller_Jr._Airport (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14691843
- Weather station: KGAO
- Ident: KGAO

## Timeline

- Nov 1987: South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 6,500 ft / 1,981 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |

- Also 1 helipad.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,500 ft / 1,981 m | =4,091 of 29,858 | =1,025 in North America | =784 in US |
| Elevation | 0 ft / 0 m | =43,336 of 43,403 | =19,419 in North America | =15,758 in US |
| Age | Opened 1987 | =9,153 of 15,079 | =6,972 in North America | =6,861 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | NEW ORLEANS APP/DEP | 123.850 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 118.175 |
| UNIC | UNICOM CTAF | 123.000 |

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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/kgao/data