Hammond Northshore Regional
HDC · KHDC · Hammond, Louisiana · Tangipahoa County · map
Hammond Northshore Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Hammond, 3 miles northeast of Hammond, Louisiana, 46 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 6,502 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KHDC · observed 3:55 pm CDT (20:55 UTC), 25 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (080°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 3,600 feet, scattered clouds at 4,800 feet
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 71°F (22°C)
- Altimeter 29.89 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:32 pm CDT (17:32 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 2,000 feet MVFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the east-southeast at 2 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am CDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the east at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHDC 062055Z AUTO 08005KT 10SM SCT036 SCT048 30/22 A2989 RMK AO2 T03020218
TAF KHDC 061732Z 0618/0718 03006KT P6SM OVC020 FM070000 11002KT P6SM OVC250 FM071500 08006KT P6SM SCT250
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 HDC · ICAO KHDC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Hammond
- Elevation
- 46 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 956 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 6:00 am to 8:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 am to 6:00 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
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 6,502 × 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 5,001 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 690 ft, trees 91 ft high 1,700 ft from the end
- Runway 18: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.575 | Hammond |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 118.325 | Hammond |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery When tower closed | 119.3 | Hammond |
| Ground | 119.85 | Hammond |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 125.5 | Hammond |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 985-277-5670.
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 Hammond from the FAA register
52 aircraft are registered to owners in Hammond, Louisiana: 35 piston singles, 13 piston twins, 1 helicopter, 1 drone, 1 business jet. 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 · 6 since 1982, 4 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
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 18; runway end identifier lights runway 13, 31, and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 and 18/36; preset low intst dusk to dawn; to incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 31 right side runway end identifier lights out of service.
- Approach slope 26:1 to displaced thld.
- Birds, deer and coyotes on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Military and government aircraft svcd at northwest apn at the FBO (fixed-base operator).
- Caution: taxiway D unmkd and unlighted.
- Pilots conducting efvs operations; be aware led als in use runway 18.
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.