Bluebird Hill Airport
5F5 · Keithville, Louisiana · Caddo County · map
Bluebird Hill Airport is a public-use airport owned by Bluebird Hill LLC, 2 miles northeast of Keithville, Louisiana, 180 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,000 feet of asphalt and grass.
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What is the airport code for Bluebird Hill Airport?
Its FAA code is 5F5.
Where is Bluebird Hill Airport?
It is 2 miles northeast of Keithville, Louisiana, 180 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Bluebird Hill Airport?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,000 feet long, asphalt and grass.
Does Bluebird Hill Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Bluebird Hill Airport?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Tubreaux Aviation Services LLC and Budget Flyers. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Bluebird Hill Airport?
4 pilot examiners and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Bluebird Hill Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5F5
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Bluebird Hill LLC
- Elevation
- 180 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1972
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,000 × 40 ft | Asphalt and grass, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 430 ft, trees 57 ft high 309 ft from the end
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 850 ft, trees 20 ft high 229 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Shreveport Regional (6 nm north), Shreveport Downtown Airport (12 nm north), C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport (16 nm south), Harrison County (28 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Shreveport Regional (6 nm north), Shreveport Downtown Airport (12 nm north), C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport (16 nm south), Panola County-Sharpe Field (27 nm west).
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
- Beacon out of service
- Closed sunset to sunrise.
- Runway 18/36 430 feet asphalt on runway 18 end, 2570 feet grass on runway 36 end.
- + 32 feet marked pwr lines both sides of centerline 156 feet from runway end.
- Runway 18/36 displaced thresholds marked with one orange cone on each side. Runway ends stop at 50 feet: trees.
- Approach ratio 12:1 to displaced threshold.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to displaced threshold.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Keithville from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Keithville, Louisiana: 5 balloons, 1 piston single. 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, 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:
- Tubreaux Aviation Services LLC 5 aircraft · Shreveport, 14 miles away Tubreaux Aviation is a flight school based in Shreveport, Louisiana that provides flight training from private pilot through CFI ratings, aircraft maintenance, aircraft management, and FBO services.
- Budget Flyers 1 aircraft · Shreveport, 14 miles away
- 343 Aero Club 1 aircraft · Bossier City, 15 miles away
- Red River Aviators Flying Club 1 aircraft · Bossier City, 15 miles away
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 4 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 1 training center examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Dustin Wayne Howell private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Harrison County Airport KASL · Marshall, TX (28 nm) · (903) 371-0495 · [email protected]
- Joseph Claude Casey private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Cherokee County Airport · Rusk, TX (41 nm) · (903) 721-9549 · [email protected]
- Bradley Frank Smith private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · LeTourneau UNIVERSITY · Longview, TX (46 nm) · (903) 269-7006 · [email protected]
- Bruce Allen Chase private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · LeTourneau University · Longview, TX (46 nm) · (903) 261-4661 · [email protected]
All 16 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
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 Keithville 6 aircraft · 5 balloons, 1 piston singles
- Tubreaux Aviation Services LLC 5 aircraft · flight school
- Budget Flyers 1 aircraft · flight school
- 343 Aero Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- 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/5F5.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.