Airports · Louisiana · heliport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

Jackson Barracks Heliport

6LA0 · New Orleans, Louisiana · Orleans County · map

Jackson Barracks Heliport is a private heliport owned by the State of Louisiana - Military Dept, 3 miles east of New Orleans, Louisiana, 5 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 600 by 150 feet of concrete.

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

The airport

Codes: FAA 6LA0
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
Owner: State of Louisiana - Military Dept
Elevation: 5 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm
Lights: runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
Repairs: airframe: none; engine: none
On the chart: New Orleans sectional
Magnetic variation: 3E
In the FAA's files since: August 1971

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

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

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface	Lights
H1	600 × 150 ft	Concrete, fair	Perimeter lights

Aircraft registered in New Orleans from the FAA register

157 aircraft are registered to owners in New Orleans, Louisiana: 116 piston singles, 22 piston twins, 11 business jets, 6 helicopters, 2 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Peregrine Howard Aeroflight Owner LLC 18 Gulf Coast Aviation LLC 13 Runamuck LLC 12 Peregrine Howard Partners II LP 11 Peregrine Howard Fund V Owner LLC 5 Tailwinds Aviation LLC 2Pelican Waypoint LLC 2Entergy Services LLC 2Cool Creek Aviation LLC 2Bollinger Enterprises LLC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Louisiana.

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Lakefront Airport NEW · 5 nm north Louis Armstrong New Orleans International MSY · 13 nm west Slidell Airport ASD · 26 nm northeast St. Tammany Regional L31 · 30 nm north Jefferson Parish Sheriff'S Office Heliport 3LS3 · 4 nm southwest · private Umcno Heliport LA58 · 4 nm west · private Southern Seaplane Airport 65LA · 5 nm south · private Touro Infirmary Heliport LS24 · 5 nm west · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Ingress/egress to north and south.
(11) a. G. office LA. north. G.
HQ Jackson bks

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.