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Bruce Beard Airport

52LA · Bell City, Louisiana · Calcasieu County · map

Bruce Beard Airport is a private airport, 9 miles southwest of Bell City, Louisiana, 13 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,620 feet of grass.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA 52LA
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation: 13 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: every day, irregular hours
On the chart: Houston sectional
In the FAA's files since: March 2011

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
09/27	2,620 × 90 ft	Grass

Runway 27: threshold displaced 600 ft, power line 30 ft high 40 ft from the end

Aircraft registered in Bell City from the FAA register

2 aircraft are registered to owners in Bell City, Louisiana: 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter. 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 · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal

2016-02-14GAA16CA131 · Foxworthy Roy Christen Eagle N960RF · accident · no injuries

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

Lake Charles Regional LCH · 8 nm northwest Chennault International CWF · 10 nm north Southland Field UXL · 15 nm west Welsh Airport 6R1 · 19 nm northeast Jennings Airport 3R7 · 25 nm northeast Chute N Gators Airport 7LA9 · 3 nm southwest · private Open A-1 Ranch Airport 3LA8 · 6 nm north · private Morgan Crop Service NR 2 Airport 3LA6 · 6 nm north · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided VFR operations and pvt use only; coordinate with adjacent airfield located 7,300 feet east.
Displaced thld marked with orange cones.

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.