Whitaker
39LA · Chataignier, Louisiana · Evangeline County · map
Whitaker is a private ultralight field, 6 miles southwest of Chataignier, Louisiana, 65 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 1,000 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The ultralight field facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 39LA
- Kind
- Ultralight field · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 65 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- April 2008
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 1,000 × 200 ft | Grass |
- Runway 09: trees 30 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 27: trees 40 ft high 200 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this ultralight field.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: St. Landry Parish Airport (7 nm east), Eunice Airport (12 nm southwest), Lafayette Rgnl/Paul Fournet Field (26 nm southeast), Allen Parish Airport (26 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: St. Landry Parish Airport (7 nm east), Eunice Airport (12 nm southwest), Bunkie Municipal (22 nm north), Lafayette Rgnl/Paul Fournet Field (26 nm southeast).
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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided pvt use only.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Chataignier from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Chataignier, LA as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this ultralight field
Accidents and incidents at or near this ultralight field NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this ultralight field.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this ultralight field links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Louisiana 1,274 since 1982 · 189 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/39LA.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.