Ellerbe Field
1LA4 · Shreveport, Louisiana · Caddo County · map
Ellerbe Field is a private airport owned by Prince Aviation, 16 miles northwest of Shreveport, Louisiana, 200 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,800 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1LA4
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Prince Aviation
- Elevation
- 200 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- April 2011
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,800 × 40 ft | Grass, poor |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 1,270 ft, trees 75 ft high 1,500 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Shreveport Regional (13 nm northwest), C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport (15 nm southwest), Shreveport Downtown Airport (15 nm north), Minden Airport (27 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Shreveport Regional (13 nm northwest), C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport (15 nm southwest), Shreveport Downtown Airport (15 nm north), Minden Airport (27 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Louisiana · avgas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Shreveport from the FAA register
275 aircraft are registered to owners in Shreveport, Louisiana: 125 piston singles, 80 helicopters, 21 turboprops, 19 business jets, 18 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Shreveport, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Tubreaux Aviation Services LLC Tubreaux Aviation Services is a flight school, FBO, aircraft maintenance facility, and aircraft management company based in Shreveport, Louisiana.
- Hangar 21 Aviation LLC Hangar 21 Aviation provides flight training, aircraft ferry and repositioning services, aerial photography, and scenic tours in East Texas.
- Shreveport Aviation Services LLC
Charter operators and airlines based in Shreveport:
- Metro Aviation, INC 185 aircraft on the certificate Metro Aviation operates more than 160 aircraft for over 40 air medical and other programs across 25 states.
- Flite Air Charter LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate Private FLITE Charters is a private jet charter broker that arranges charter flights worldwide through a network of licensed aircraft operators.
- Chem-Air, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate Chem-Air is an aerial services company based in Shreveport, Louisiana, operating since 1973.
Repair stations in Shreveport:
- Metro Aviation, INC Metro Aviation is an aircraft operations, completions, and maintenance company based in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Shreveport 275 aircraft · 125 piston singles, 80 helicopters, 21 turboprops
- Metro Aviation INC 69 aircraft in town
- Chem-Air LLC 8 aircraft in town
- Tubreaux Aviation Services LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Skyrunner LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Tubreaux Aviation Services LLC 5 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Hangar 21 Aviation LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Shreveport Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Metro Aviation, INC 185 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Flite Air Charter LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Chem-Air, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Metro Aviation, INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Louisiana 1,272 since 1982 · 188 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Louisiana 72 landing places
- Louisiana 3,734 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/1LA4.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.