St. Landry Parish Airport
OPL · KOPL · Opelousas, Louisiana · St Landry County · map
St. Landry Parish Airport is a public-use airport owned by St. Landry Parish Government, 2 miles northwest of Opelousas, Louisiana, 74 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 5,999 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KOPL · observed 4:55 pm CDT (21:55 UTC), 12 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 4,600 feet
- Temperature 89°F (32°C), dew point 69°F (21°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KOPL 062155Z AUTO 04004KT 10SM SCT046 32/21 A2987 RMK AO2 T03150206
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA OPL · ICAO KOPL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- St. Landry Parish Government
- Elevation
- 74 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm; Saturday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,999 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 4,051 × 100 ft | Concrete, fair |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 150 ft, tree 48 ft high 943 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 789 ft, road 19 ft high 307 ft from the end
- Runway 06: threshold displaced 165 ft, trees 46 ft high 520 ft from the end
- Runway 24: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 169 ft, trees 56 ft high 941 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 128.7 | |
| Opl and aWOS-3PT | 118.775 | |
| Lafayette and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.35 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 337-948-8560.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Opelousas from the FAA register
30 aircraft are registered to owners in Opelousas, Louisiana: 23 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. 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 · 4 since 1982, 1 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
- Runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36, preset low intst dusk to dawn; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway markings are faded.
- Runway markings are faded.
- Approach ratio 10:1 from displaced thld.
- Approach slope 16:1 to displaced thld.
- Approach ratio 16:1 from displaced thld.
- Approach slope 30:1 to displaced thld.
- Runway has some cracks with grass growing through cracks.
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.