F L Braughton Airport
LA40 · Vidalia, Louisiana · Concordia County · map
F L Braughton Airport is a private airport, 18 miles north of Vidalia, Louisiana, 50 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 3,300 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LA40
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 50 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- March to December, every day, 5:30 am to 9:00 pm
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1999
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,300 × 30 ft | Asphalt | |
| N/S | 3,300 × 30 ft | Grass |
Aircraft registered in Vidalia from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Vidalia, Louisiana: 6 piston singles. 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 · 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Operated by evergreen flying
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.