Open A-1 Ranch Airport
3LA8 · Lake Charles, Louisiana · Calcasieu County · map
Open A-1 Ranch Airport is a private airport owned by Open A-1 Ranch INC, 6 miles southeast of Lake Charles, Louisiana, 11 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,250 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 3LA8
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Open A-1 Ranch INC
- Elevation
- 11 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
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,250 × 75 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Lake Charles Regional (4 nm west), Chennault International (4 nm north), Southland Field (12 nm west), Jennings Airport (25 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Lake Charles Regional (4 nm west), Chennault International (4 nm north), Southland Field (12 nm west), Jennings Airport (25 nm east).
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
- May be exempt under grandfather clause.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Lake Charles from the FAA register
163 aircraft are registered to owners in Lake Charles, Louisiana: 68 piston singles, 60 helicopters, 11 drones, 10 piston twins, 6 turboprops. 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Rock Solid Aviation LLC 6 aircraft · Lake Charles, 5 miles away Rock Solid Aviation is a flight school based in Lake Charles, Louisiana, with additional operations in Sulphur, Louisiana and Beaumont and Orange, Texas.
- Sowela Technical Community College 4 aircraft · Lake Charles, 5 miles away
- C & S Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Grand Lake, 7 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Lake Charles:
- Bristow LLC 62 aircraft on the certificate Bristow Group is a helicopter operator providing offshore energy transportation, search and rescue (SAR), and aircraft support services to government and civil organizations worldwide.
- Bristow U.S. LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate Bristow U.S.
Repair stations in Lake Charles:
- Bristow LLC Bristow Group is a helicopter operator providing offshore energy transportation, search and rescue (SAR) services, and aircraft support solutions to government and civil organizations worldwide.
- Citadel Completions LLC Citadel Aviation is a repair station and aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) provider based at Chennault International Airport in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
- Landlocked Industries LLC Landlocked Aviation Services is an aircraft refinishing company operating from Chennault International Airport in Lake Charles, Louisiana, with additional locations in Oklahoma City and Indianapolis.
- Nexgen Aviation Kcwf LLC NextGen Aviation Services is an FAA Part 145 heavy maintenance repair station founded in 2020 in Chino, California.
- Northrop Grumman Corporation
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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Lake Charles 163 aircraft · 68 piston singles, 60 helicopters, 11 drones
- Bristow LLC 59 aircraft in town
- Rock Solid Aviation LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Sowela Technical Community College 4 aircraft in town
- Calcasieu Parish Police Jury 3 aircraft in town
- Bristow LLC 62 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Bristow U.S. LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Rock Solid Aviation LLC 6 aircraft · flight school
- Sowela Technical Community College 4 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- C & S Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Bristow LLC · repair station
- Citadel Completions LLC · repair station
- Landlocked Industries LLC · repair station
- Nexgen Aviation Kcwf LLC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Louisiana 1,272 since 1982 · 187 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/3LA8.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.