Covington-Vincent Airport
LA87 · Covington, Louisiana · St Tammany County · map
Covington-Vincent Airport is a private airport owned by Covington-Vincent Pilots Assoc, 3 miles northwest of Covington, Louisiana, 35 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,400 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LA87
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Covington-Vincent Pilots Assoc
- Elevation
- 35 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1974
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,400 × 200 ft | Grass |
- Runway 18: trees 30 ft high 900 ft from the end
- Runway 36: trees 50 ft high 600 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
Aircraft registered in Covington from the FAA register
45 aircraft are registered to owners in Covington, Louisiana: 37 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 drones, 2 business jets. 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 · 2 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
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.