Yankee Field
17LS · Port Barre, Louisiana · St Landry County · map
Yankee Field is a private airport, 1 mile southeast of Port Barre, Louisiana, 32 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 3,300 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 17LS
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 32 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2002
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,300 × 100 ft | Grass |
- Runway 22: trees 50 ft high 20 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Port Barre from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Port Barre, Louisiana: 2 drones, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.