# St Charles Airport (LS40)

**St Charles Airport** (FAA: LS40) is a small airport in Ama, Louisiana, United States. It opened in Jul 1987. It has one runway, 3,900 ft (1,189 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ls40

## At a glance

- FAA: LS40
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Ama, Louisiana, United States
- Opened: Jul 1987
- Elevation: 13 ft / 4 m
- Coordinates: 29.9519, -90.2861
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,900 ft / 1,189 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Charles_Airport_(Louisiana) (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20715081
- Weather station: KMSY · WMO 72231
- Ident: LS40

## Timeline

- Jul 1987: St Charles Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 3,900 ft / 1,189 m | 125 ft / 38 m | Grass |  | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,900 ft / 1,189 m | =10,955 of 29,858 | =4,272 in North America | =3,548 in US |
| Elevation | 13 ft / 4 m | =42,081 of 43,403 | =18,973 in North America | =15,496 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 |

## Nearby airports

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- [1LA1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1la1.md) Triche Field · 9.2 mi / 15 km
- [NEW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knew.md) Lakefront Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [BCS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/65la.md) Southern Seaplane Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [NBG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knbg.md) New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field · 17 mi / 28 km
- [KAPS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k1l0.md) Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport · 20 mi / 32 km

## 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/ls40/data