Tow'S Field
62LA · Erath, Louisiana · Vermilion County · map
Tow'S Field is a private airport, 3 miles north of Erath, Louisiana, 12 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 1,000 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 62LA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 12 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2026
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 1,000 × 40 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 18: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial (4 nm southwest), Acadiana Regional (7 nm east), Lafayette Rgnl/Paul Fournet Field (12 nm north), St. Landry Parish Airport (34 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial (4 nm southwest), Acadiana Regional (7 nm east), Lafayette Rgnl/Paul Fournet Field (12 nm north), LE Maire Memorial (19 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Erath from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Erath, Louisiana: 2 piston singles, 2 drones. 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:
- Owens Flight Training LLC 6 aircraft · Lafayette, 14 miles away
- Acadian Aviation Pilot Training Centre INC 3 aircraft · Lafayette, 14 miles away Acadian Aviation Pilot Training Centre is a flight school in Lafayette, Louisiana that has trained hundreds of pilots since 2008.
- 310 Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Lafayette, 14 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.
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 Erath 4 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 2 drones
- Owens Flight Training LLC 6 aircraft · flight school
- Acadian Aviation Pilot Training Centre INC 3 aircraft · flight school
- 310 Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Accidents and incidents in Louisiana 1,272 since 1982 · 188 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/62LA.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.