Myrtle Grove Airport
68LS · Waterproof, Louisiana · Tensas County · map
Myrtle Grove Airport is a private airport, 8 miles east of Waterproof, Louisiana, 71 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 2,500 feet of grass and dirt.
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 68LS
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 71 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- March 2011
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,500 × 80 ft | Grass and dirt | |
| 13/31 | 1,300 × 60 ft | Grass |
- Runway 18: road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 36: road 15 ft high 70 ft from the end
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: Hardy-Anders Fld/Natchez-Adams County (13 nm south), Jonesville Airport (26 nm southwest), Vicksburg Municipal (34 nm northeast), Vicksburg Tallulah Regional (37 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Tensas Parish Airport (12 nm northeast), Hardy-Anders Fld/Natchez-Adams County (13 nm south), Concordia Parish Airport (17 nm southwest), Jonesville Airport (26 nm southwest).
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
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only.
- Land on runway 13 only; takeoff from runway 31 only.
- Power line at end of runway 18; levee at end of runway 36.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Waterproof from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Waterproof, LA as the owner's town.
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:
- Natchez Flight Training LLC 3 aircraft · Natchez, 15 miles away Natchez Flight Training is a flight school in Natchez, Mississippi offering private pilot training, instrument rating training, discovery flights, and ground school instruction.
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
- Accidents and incidents in Louisiana 1,272 since 1982 · 188 in the last ten years
- Natchez Flight Training LLC 3 aircraft · flight school
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Louisiana 72 landing places
- Louisiana 3,735 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/68LS.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 28, 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.