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 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
- 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 |
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, 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.