South Lafourche Leonard Miller JR Airport
GAO · KGAO · Galliano, Louisiana · Lafourche County · map
South Lafourche Leonard Miller JR Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Greater Lafourche Port Commission, 1 mile east of Galliano, Louisiana, 0 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 6,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 44 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 24,089 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KGAO · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 18 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 3,300 feet
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 72°F (22°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 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 KGAO 062235Z AUTO 05008KT 10SM OVC033 26/22 A2988 RMK AO1
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 GAO · ICAO KGAO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Greater Lafourche Port Commission
- Elevation
- 0 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1987
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 6,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Concrete, good |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 70 ft high 2,306 ft from the end
- Runway 36: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, short approach lights with alignment lights (SSALR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery | 120.85 | |
| Gao and aWOS-3PT | 118.175 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 985-475-5178.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 24,089, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Galliano from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Galliano, Louisiana: 2 business jets. 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 · 4 since 1982, 1 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
- Ssalr runway 36; runway end identifier lights runway 18 and medium-intensity runway lights runway 18 and 36 preset low intst dusk to dawn; PAPI runway 18 and 36 operates continuously; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available 24/7 with CC.
- All surface work in prog mowing. Bird acty in the vicinity of runway 18/36.
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.