Tensas Parish Airport
L33 · St Joseph, Louisiana · Tensas County · map
Tensas Parish Airport is a public-use airport owned by Tensas Parish Police Jury, 4 miles northeast of St Joseph, Louisiana, 74 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 3,509 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Tensas Parish Airport?
Its FAA code is L33.
Where is Tensas Parish Airport?
It is 4 miles northeast of St Joseph, Louisiana, 74 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Tensas Parish Airport?
Its one runway, 16/34, is 3,509 feet long, asphalt.
Does Tensas Parish Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Tensas Parish Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Tensas Parish Airport?
3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Tensas Parish Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA L33
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Tensas Parish Police Jury
- Elevation
- 74 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1986
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,509 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: road 15 ft high 435 ft from the end
- Runway 34: trees 68 ft high 1,486 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Hardy-Anders Fld/Natchez-Adams County (22 nm south), Vicksburg Municipal (22 nm northeast), Vicksburg Tallulah Regional (25 nm northeast), Jonesville Airport (37 nm southwest).
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
- Traffic pattern oerations at state Joseph municipal conducted on west side of runway or all traffic pattern operations at hunter may airport conducted east side runway.
- Birds in vicinity of airport.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- (wind indicator) windsock out of service tempoly.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in St Joseph from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in St Joseph, Louisiana: 1 piston single. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner.
All 4 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
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 St Joseph 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- 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/L33.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 28, 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.