Detel Airport
LA50 · Hessmer, Louisiana · Avoyelles County · map
Detel Airport is a private airport, 1 mile ene of Hessmer, Louisiana, 63 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 2,200 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LA50
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 63 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- April 2014
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,200 × 75 ft | Grass |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Esler Regional (22 nm north), Alexandria International (27 nm northwest), St. Landry Parish Airport (29 nm south), Allen Parish Airport (34 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Marksville Municipal (5 nm northeast), Bunkie Municipal (7 nm southwest), Esler Regional (22 nm north), Pineville Municipal (24 nm northwest).
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
- Provided all operations are conducted in VFR weather conditions. The landing area is limited to private use.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Hessmer from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Hessmer, Louisiana: 3 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Hessmer 3 aircraft · 3 piston singles
- 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 3,733 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LA50.json.
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 27, 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.