Jennings Airport
3R7 · Jennings, Louisiana · Jefferson Davis County · map
Jennings Airport is a public-use airport owned by Jefferson Davis Parish, 1 mile northwest of Jennings, Louisiana, 23 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3R7
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- Elevation
- 23 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 6:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1945
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 3,601 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 1,977 × 150 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 36 ft high 1,256 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, pole 37 ft high 1,407 ft from the end
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, sign 30 ft high 827 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 588 ft, building 17 ft high 396 ft from the end
- Runway 17: right-hand traffic pattern, pole 35 ft high 682 ft from the end
- Runway 35: power line 40 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.8 | |
| 3R7 AWOS-3PT | 121.150 | |
| Lake Charles Center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.7 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 337-824-0517.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Jennings from the FAA register
46 aircraft are registered to owners in Jennings, Louisiana: 30 piston singles, 10 turboprops, 6 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 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
- 20 feet unlighted tower 150 feet from aer 35.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26, runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service fuel available aft hours with credit card.
- 5 feet fence and +15 feet road 140 feet from eor.
- Runway 17/35 and thld outlined with orange cones.
- Approach ratio 21:1 from displaced thld.
- Ultralight actvty in the vicinity of airport.
- Nmrs agricultural aircraft in the vicinity of airport.
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.