Louisiana | Business Air News

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Business aviation in Louisiana

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
26

Based business aircraft available for charter:
137

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Bell 407	19
2	Bell 206B JetRanger	16
3	AgustaWestland AW139	14
4	Airbus Helicopters H135	14
5	Sikorsky S-76	11
6	Bell 206L LongRanger	7
7	Sikorsky S-92	7
8	Agusta A119	7
9	Beechcraft King Air 200	6
10	Agusta A109	4
11	Challenger 300	4
12	Airbus Helicopters H145	3
13	Beechcraft King Air 90	3
14	Piper twin piston	2
15	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	2
16	Pilatus PC-12	2
17	Falcon 50	2
18	Cessna Citation CJ2	2
19	Learjet 45	2
20	Falcon 10/100	1
21	HondaJet	1
22	Learjet 60	1
23	Gulfstream G400/G450	1
24	Beechcraft King Air 300	1
25	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	1
26	Citation Mustang	1
27	Citation 550/551	1
28	Gulfstream GIV	1
29	Cessna Citation CJ3	1

Major business aviation airports:

1	Lafayette Regional	12 business aviation companies active
2	New Orleans (Lakefront)	9
3	Houma (Terrebonne)	7
4	New Orleans (Louis Armstrong)	7
5	New Iberia Acadiana Regional	6
6	Shreveport Downtown	6
7	Baton Rouge (Metropolitan)	6
8	Hammond Northshore Regional	5
9	Shreveport Regional	5
10	Slidell	4
11	Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial	4
12	Lake Charles (Chennault International)	4
13	Lake Charles Regional	4
14	Ruston Regional	3
15	Patterson (Harry P Williams Memorial)	3
16	Natchitoches Regional	3
17	Jennings	3
18	Reserve (Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional)	3
19	Baton Rouge (Southern Helicopters)	2
20	Tallulah/Vicksburg (Vicksburg Tallulah Regional)	2
21	Opelousas (St Landry Parish Ahart Field)	2
22	Covington (St. Tammany Regional)	2
23	New Roads (False River Regional)	2
24	Galliano South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr	2
25	Minden	2
26	De Ridder (Beauregard Regional)	2
27	Mansfield (C E 'Rusty' Williams)	2
28	Monroe Regional	2
29	Alexandria International	2
30	Belle Chasse (Southern Seaplane)	1
31	Childrens Hospital of New Orleans Heliport	1
32	Monroe (Oliair)	1
33	Boothville Heliport	1
34	Sunset (Red Oak Landing)	1
35	New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field	1
36	Pollock Municipal	1
37	Alexandria (Esler Regional)	1
38	Homer Municipal	1
39	Jeanerette (LeMaire Memorial)	1
40	Sulphur (Southland Field)	0
41	Springhill	0
42	Fort Polk Polk Army Air Field	0
43	Marksville Municipal	0
44	Tallulah Scott	0
45	Rayville John H Hooks Jr Memorial	0
46	Thibodaux Municipal	0
47	Olla	0
48	Leesville	0
49	Gonzales Louisiana Regional	0
50	St Joseph Tensas Parish	0
51	Jonesville	0
52	Jonesboro	0
53	Farmerville Union Parish	0
54	Columbia Caldwell Parish	0
55	Bogalusa George R Carr Memorial Air Field	0
56	Bastrop Morehouse Memorial	0
57	Bossier City Barksdale Air Force Base	0
58	Oakdale (Allen Parish)	0
59	Oak Grove Kelly	0
60	De Quincy Industrial Airpark	0
61	Arcadia Bienville Parish	0
62	Eunice	0
63	Many Hart	0
64	Crowley Le Gros Memorial	0
65	Vivian	0
66	Franklinton	0
67	Bunkie Municipal	0
68	Pineville Municipal	0
69	Woodworth	0
70	Jena	0
71	Winnfield David G Joyce	0
72	Vidalia Concordia Parish	0
73	Delhi Municipal	0
74	Lake Providence Byerley	0
75	Winnsboro	0

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