Franklinton Airport
2R7 · Franklinton, Louisiana · Washington County · map
Franklinton Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Franklinton, 3 miles southeast of Franklinton, Louisiana, 175 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 3,000 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 2R7
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Franklinton
- Elevation
- 175 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 76 ft high 1,069 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 73 ft high 901 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Franklinton from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Franklinton, Louisiana: 8 piston singles, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. 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 · 6 since 1982, 1 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Golf course.25 miles north of airport.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 13 runway end identifier lightss out of service.
- Runway 31 runway end identifier lightss out of service.
- Runway markings chipped and faded
- Runway markings chipped and faded
- Runway 13 PAPI out of service indefinitely.
- Runway 31 PAPI out of service indefinitely.
- Airport lighting out of service. VFR only
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.