Louisiana | Business Air News

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Business aviation in Louisiana

Federal Aviation Administration - www.faa.gov

Based business air charter operators:
25

Based business aircraft available for charter:
118

Most prevalent charter types:

1	Bell 206B JetRanger	16
2	Airbus Helicopters H135	13
3	AgustaWestland AW139	11
4	Bell 407	10
5	Sikorsky S-92	7
6	Agusta A119	7
7	Bell 206L LongRanger	6
8	Sikorsky S-76	6
9	Beechcraft King Air 200	6
10	Agusta A109	4
11	Airbus Helicopters H145	3
12	Beechcraft King Air 90	3
13	Piper twin piston	2
14	Learjet 45	2
15	Cessna Citation CJ2	2
16	Cessna CitationJet/CJ1	2
17	Pilatus PC-12	2
18	Falcon 50	2
19	Falcon 10/100	2
20	Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350	1
21	Beechcraft King Air 300	1
22	HondaJet	1
23	Citation Mustang	1
24	Hawker 750/800/900	1
25	Gulfstream G400/G450	1
26	Gulfstream GIV	1
27	Challenger 300	1
28	Citation 550/551	1
29	Cessna Citation CJ3	1
30	Citation Sovereign	1
31	Learjet 60	1

Major business aviation airports:

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

Business aviation suppliers in Louisiana

Maintenance 11 • Completions 3 • Training 1

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