Galvez-Lake Vfd Heliport
8LA8 · Gonzales, Louisiana · Ascension County · map
Galvez-Lake Vfd Heliport is a private heliport, 5 miles northeast of Gonzales, Louisiana, 60 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 24 by 24 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8LA8
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 60 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1993
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 24 × 24 ft | Grass, fair |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Louisiana Regional (8 nm south), Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field (19 nm northwest), Port Of South Louisiana Executive Regional (21 nm southeast), Hammond Northshore Regional (28 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Louisiana Regional (8 nm south), Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field (19 nm northwest), Port Of South Louisiana Executive Regional (21 nm southeast), Hammond Northshore Regional (28 nm northeast).
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
- 10 feet trees 600 feet from helipad; 20 feet building 150 feet southeast; 25 feet water tank 185 feet southeast and 25 feet power line 130 feet east.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Gonzales from the FAA register
26 aircraft are registered to owners in Gonzales, Louisiana: 19 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 glider. 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:
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
Charter operators and airlines based in Gonzales:
- Aviation Specialists INC 2 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Gonzales:
- Glencoe Aviation Glencoe Aviation is a full-service aircraft maintenance and repair facility in Gonzales, Louisiana.
Companies in the same town as this heliport, 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 heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Gonzales 26 aircraft · 19 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters
- Aviation Specialists INC 3 aircraft in town
- Aviation Specialists INC 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Glencoe Aviation · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Louisiana 1,272 since 1982 · 187 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/8LA8.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.