Country Bend Airport
LS39 · Watson, Louisiana · Livingston County · map
Country Bend Airport is a private airport, 1 mile east of Watson, Louisiana, 49 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 3,000 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 LS39
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 49 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1987
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,000 × 50 ft | Grass |
- Runway 05: threshold displaced 400 ft, trees 60 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
- Runway 23: threshold displaced 400 ft, power line 35 ft high 25 ft from the end
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: Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field (9 nm west), Louisiana Regional (24 nm south), Hammond Northshore Regional (29 nm east), Port Of South Louisiana Executive Regional (36 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field (9 nm west), Louisiana Regional (24 nm south), False River Regional (27 nm west), Hammond Northshore Regional (29 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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- West end is bluff over river - strip floods only in extreme conditions.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Watson from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Watson, LA as the owner's town.
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:
- Br Flyers Club LLC 1 aircraft · Baton Rouge, 11 miles away
- Plane Nuts Aviation LLC 3 aircraft · Livingston, 15 miles away Plane Nuts Aviation is a Part 61 flight school based at Louisiana Regional Airport (KREG) in Livingston, Louisiana.
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 · 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Louisiana 1,272 since 1982 · 187 in the last ten years
- Br Flyers Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Plane Nuts Aviation LLC 3 aircraft · flight school
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Louisiana 72 landing places
- Louisiana 3,734 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LS39.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 30, 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.