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 and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- Jet A with additives; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A with additives
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- cargo handling
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Shreveport Downtown Airport (5 nm northwest), Shreveport Regional (9 nm west), Minden Airport (20 nm northeast), C E 'Rusty' Williams Airport (26 nm south).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Shreveport Downtown Airport (5 nm northwest), Shreveport Regional (9 nm west), Minden Airport (20 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
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Bossier City from the FAA register
78 aircraft are registered to owners in Bossier City, Louisiana: 47 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, 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- 343 Aero Club 1 aircraft · Bossier City, 2 miles away
- Red River Aviators Flying Club 1 aircraft · Bossier City, 2 miles away
- Tubreaux Aviation Services LLC 5 aircraft · Shreveport, 5 miles away Tubreaux Aviation is a flight school based in Shreveport, Louisiana that provides flight training from private pilot through CFI ratings, aircraft maintenance, aircraft management, and FBO services.
- Budget Flyers 1 aircraft · Shreveport, 5 miles away
- Neu Aviation LLC 8 aircraft · Benton, 14 miles away Neu Aviation is a Part 61 flight school based in Shreveport, Louisiana, with additional locations in Ruston and Natchitoches.
Companies in the same town as this airport, 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 airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Bossier City 78 aircraft · 47 piston singles, 11 drones, 10 business jets
- Edko LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Gulf States Air INC 2 aircraft in town
- Grey Sky LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Geaux Fly LLC 2 aircraft in town
- 343 Aero Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Red River Aviators Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Tubreaux Aviation Services LLC 5 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Louisiana 1,272 since 1982 · 188 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 3,735 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BAD.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 29, 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.
