George R Carr Memorial Air Field
BXA · KBXA · Bogalusa, Louisiana · Washington County · map
George R Carr Memorial Air Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Bogalusa, 2 miles north of Bogalusa, Louisiana, 119 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBXA · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 4,000 feet, a broken layer at 4,800 feet, a broken layer at 6,000 feet
- Temperature 87°F (31°C), dew point 71°F (22°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 KBXA 062015Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM SCT040 BKN048 BKN060 31/22 A2989 RMK AO2 T03070215
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 BXA · ICAO KBXA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Bogalusa
- Elevation
- 119 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1941
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,002 × 100 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: LOCALIZER, PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 87 ft high 1,005 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 79 ft high 2,011 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Bxa and aWOS-3PT | 118.025 | |
| Mc Comb Center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.8 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 985-732-6224.
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 Bogalusa from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Bogalusa, Louisiana: 7 piston singles, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 9 since 1982, 3 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
- Dusk to dawn. Runway end identifier lights runways 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset low intst dusk to dawn; to incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available 24 hours self serve with credit card.
- Single point and overwing fueling available. 24 hours self service with credit card.
- Markings are faded and are covered with mold.
- Markings are faded and covered with mold.
- Runway contains svrl cracks with grass eruption and raveling.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.