# St Landry Parish Ahart Field (OPL / KOPL)

**St Landry Parish Ahart Field** (IATA: OPL, ICAO: KOPL) is a small airport in Opelousas, Louisiana, United States. It opened in Oct 1947. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,999 ft (1,829 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: OPL / KOPL
- FAA: OPL
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Opelousas, Louisiana, United States
- Opened: Oct 1947
- Elevation: 74 ft / 23 m
- Coordinates: 30.5584, -92.0994
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,999 ft / 1,829 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.oplairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Landry_Parish_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7589453
- Weather station: KOPL
- Ident: KOPL

## Timeline

- Oct 1947: St Landry Parish Ahart Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 5,999 ft / 1,829 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 180° / 360° | yes |
| 06/24 | 4,051 ft / 1,235 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 060° / 240° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,999 ft / 1,829 m | =4,711 of 29,858 | =1,390 in North America | =1,090 in US |
| Elevation | 74 ft / 23 m | =38,017 of 43,403 | =17,229 in North America | =14,335 in US |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =1,856 in North America | =1,803 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | LAFAYETTE APP/DEP | 128.700 |
| RCO | DE RIDDER RDO | 135.075 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 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/kopl/data