O'Brien Flying Service Airport
LA71 · Iowa, Louisiana · Jefferson Davis County · map
O'Brien Flying Service Airport is a private airport owned by O'Brien Flying Service INC., 1 mile east of Iowa, Louisiana, 26 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 3,800 feet of grass. It has fuel (Jet A).
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 LA71
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- O'Brien Flying Service INC.
- Elevation
- 26 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Fuel and services
- Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1991
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,800 × 100 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Chennault International (7 nm west), Lake Charles Regional (13 nm southwest), Jennings Airport (17 nm east), Southland Field (20 nm west).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Chennault International (7 nm west), Lake Charles Regional (13 nm southwest), Jennings Airport (17 nm east).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Iowa from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Iowa, Louisiana: 6 piston singles, 4 turboprops. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Rock Solid Aviation LLC 6 aircraft · Lake Charles, 15 miles away Rock Solid Aviation is a flight school based in Lake Charles, Louisiana, with additional operations in Sulphur, Louisiana and Beaumont and Orange, Texas.
- Sowela Technical Community College 4 aircraft · Lake Charles, 15 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 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 Iowa 10 aircraft · 6 piston singles, 4 turboprops
- Obriens Flying Service INC 2 aircraft in town
- O'Briens Flying Service INC 2 aircraft in town
- Rock Solid Aviation LLC 6 aircraft · flight school
- Sowela Technical Community College 4 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Louisiana 1,274 since 1982 · 189 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 3,729 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LA71.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 November 10, 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.