Port Of South Louisiana Executive Regional
APS · KAPS · Reserve, Louisiana · St John the Baptist County · map
Port Of South Louisiana Executive Regional is a public-use airport owned by the Port of South Louisiana Executive, 2 miles northwest of Reserve, Louisiana, 6 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,151 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KAPS · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (360°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 3,200 feet, overcast at 3,800 feet
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 70°F (21°C)
- Altimeter 29.89 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAPS 062015Z AUTO 36003KT 10SM BKN032 OVC038 30/21 A2989 RMK AO2 T03010210
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA APS · ICAO KAPS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Port of South Louisiana Executive
- Elevation
- 6 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, 7:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1989
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,151 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 746 ft, trees 75 ft high 1,725 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.5 | |
| Aps and aWOS-3PT | 125.45 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 985-536-1009.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Reserve from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Reserve, Louisiana: 4 piston singles. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Ultralight act.
- Runway end identifier lights runway 17 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Self ser 24 hours. Full ser wkend and aft hours operations by RQ.
- Airport phys. Address: 355 airport road., Reserve, LA 70084
- Approach slope 22:1 to the displaced thld.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- For transient general aviation customers not requiring the FBO (fixed-base operator) service, please park north of the white line.
- Taxiway a unlit.
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.