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
- 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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- 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 |
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- May be exempt under grandfather clause.
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.