Louisiana | Business Air News

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Business aviation in Louisiana

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
23

Based business aircraft available for charter:
90

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Bell 206B JetRanger	14
2	Airbus Helicopters H135	12
3	Beechcraft King Air 200	7
4	Agusta A119	7
5	Bell 206L LongRanger	5
6	Bell 407	5
7	Beechcraft King Air 90	4
8	Sikorsky S-76	3
9	AgustaWestland AW139	3
10	Piper twin piston	3
11	Airbus Helicopters H145	2
12	Learjet 45	2
13	Cessna Citation CJ2	2
14	HondaJet	2
15	Agusta A109	2
16	Challenger 300	2
17	Falcon 10/100	2
18	Boeing B-737	1
19	Cessna Citation CJ3	1
20	Gulfstream G400/G450	1
21	Hawker 750/800/900	1
22	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	1
23	Falcon 50	1
24	Beechcraft Premier	1
25	Pilatus PC-12	1
26	Citation 550/551	1
27	Learjet 60	1
28	Nextant 400XT	1
29	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	1
30	Citation Sovereign	1

Major business aviation airports:

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

Business aviation suppliers in Louisiana

Maintenance 10 • Completions 2 • Training 1

Guardian Air Transport is now part of the Metro family of operations customers.

Guardian purchase moves Metro into Arizona

As Metro prepares to take over Guardian Air its team has begun the process of training pilots, technicians, medical crews and communication specialists.

August 16, 2022 Full report

Life Force Air Medical's EC145e will be operated by Med-Trans Corporation.

Life Force puts first EC145e into service

The EC145e replaces an H135 at the Cleveland Regional Jetport base in Tennessee. It will allow Life Force to fly greater distances and provide transport to patients in need of critical care.

August 16, 2022 Full report

All GPMS customers have the option to get trusted, high-quality installations and support through GPMS’s certified installer network.

GPMS makes major expansion of certified installer network

While some prefer to install Foresight themselves, others have it done for them. Expansion allows GPMS to boost scalability, ensure quality and support its current deliveries, the growing backlog and mounting demand.

August 2, 2022 Full report

The H125 replaces one of the police department's oldest aircraft, an AS350B2, that has been in the fleet since 1991.

Pinellas County sheriff gains custom completed H125

Pinellas County has taken delivery of an advanced law enforcement aerial mission platform. Completed by Metro's Louisiana-based completion centre, the H125 meets its specific mission needs.

August 2, 2022 Full report

The United States is Signature’s largest market with operations at 38 of the top 50 busiest airports.

Signature acquires chain of FBOs from TAC Air

Signature will begin to transition TAC Air locations into its network immediately, with full integration by the end of 2022. Three original TAC Air FBOs were not included, and have been divested to Atlantic Aviation.

July 5, 2022 Full report