Barksdale Air Force Base
BAD · KBAD · Bossier City, Louisiana · Bossier County · map
Barksdale Air Force Base is a private airport owned by Usaf, 3 miles east of Bossier City, Louisiana, 165 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 11,758 feet of partially concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (Jet A with additives).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather right now KBAD · observed 4:55 pm CDT (21:55 UTC), 57 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 89°F (32°C), dew point 53°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 3:00 pm CDT (20:00 UTC), good until Wed 9:00 pm CDT (02:00 UTC)
- From Tue 3:00 pm CDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 6 knots, a few clouds at 6,000 feet
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBAD 062155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 32/11 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP131 T03160114 $
TAF KBAD 062000Z 0620/0802 30006KT 9999 FEW060 QNH2993INS TX32/0621Z TN16/0712Z
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 BAD · ICAO KBAD
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf
- Elevation
- 165 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · operates 1300-0400z++ mon-fri 1400-2200z++ weekends; closed afgsc family days and federal holidays and 1200-1500z++ third friday monthly for a-g maintenance.
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- Jet A with additives
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1941
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 11,758 × 299 ft | Partially concrete | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 33: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
Radio frequencies
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Clearance delivery arriving from headings 153 to 319; When tower closed | 119.9 | Barksdale |
| Ground | 121.8 | Barksdale |
| Tower | 128.25 | Barksdale |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 320 to 152 | 123.75 | Barksdale |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Barksdale |
Aircraft registered in Bossier City from the FAA register
76 aircraft are registered to owners in Bossier City, Louisiana: 45 piston singles, 11 drones, 10 business jets, 5 piston twins, 2 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport 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 airport NTSB records · 1 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
- Altitude #'S 2707/0158.
- BAK-12(B) (1102').
- First 1184 feet runway 15 and first 1600 feet runway 33 concrete. Middle 8972 feet asphalt with first 3000 feet at each end having a 75 feet wide concrete keel surface in cntr and the mid 2972 feet having a 50 feet concrete keel surface.
- Restricted: tran aircraft with ordnance not authorized.
- Restricted: taxiways east and E1 unlighted and usable for daylt VFR only.
- Bearing strength runway 15-33: ST175, AUW800
- A-GEAR - BAK-12B available upon required 1 hour prior. West side A-GEAR mrk permission removed. MP every third Friday FR 1200-1400Z++.
- Jasu - 1(MA-1A) 7(A/M32A-86) 1(A/M32A-95) 1(A/M32A-60).
- Fluid - west SP presair lhox lox.
- Oil - O-132-133-148-156 joap.
- Tran alert - no priority basis. Exp service delays of 2 hour or more. Ltd fleet service available. Potable water unavailable.
- Restricted: 180 degrees turns for C135 and hvy aircraft are authorized in the first 750 feet runway 15 and the first 1000 feet runway 33.
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.