Harry P Williams Memorial
PTN · KPTN · Patterson, Louisiana · St Mary County · map
Harry P Williams Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the State of Louisiana, 2 miles northwest of Patterson, Louisiana, 8 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,399 feet of asphalt. It has 1 water landing area. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 22 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 45,075 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Harry P Williams Memorial?
Its FAA code is PTN, and its ICAO code is KPTN.
Where is Harry P Williams Memorial?
It is 2 miles northwest of Patterson, Louisiana, 8 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Harry P Williams Memorial?
Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,399 feet long, asphalt.
Does Harry P Williams Memorial have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Harry P Williams Memorial?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Harry P Williams Memorial?
2 pilot examiners and 6 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Harry P Williams Memorial…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PTN · ICAO KPTN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Louisiana
- Elevation
- 8 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,399 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04W/22W | 4,500 × 100 ft | Water, good |
- Runway 06: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 394 ft, trees 58 ft high 1,491 ft from the end
- Runway 24: ILS with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 04W: right-hand traffic pattern, road 20 ft high 600 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery | 124.3 | |
| Ptn and aWOS-3PT | 134.575 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 985-395-6735.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Acadiana Regional (35 nm northwest), Louisiana Regional (35 nm northeast), Houma-Terrebonne Airport (36 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
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 preset med intst, to incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Approach ratio 23:1 to dthr.
- 4500 feet by 100 feet waterway hdg 04/22 located 1100 feet south of concrete runway. Dual land/sea operation.
- Pilots conducting efvs operations; be aware led als in use runway 24.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 13 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 6 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 45,075, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 23,000 |
| general aviation, local | 22,000 |
| military | 75 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Patterson from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Patterson, Louisiana: 7 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 1 turboprop. 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
Repair stations in Patterson:
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 2 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 6 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 13 training center evaluators, 4 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners.
- Shawn Christopher Crump private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · La Regional Airport · Gonzales, LA (35 nm) · (225) 623-4373 · [email protected]
- Peyton Augustine Enloe private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Lafayette, LA (45 nm) · (337) 739-4627 · [email protected]
All 37 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 17 since 1982, 5 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 Patterson 12 aircraft · 7 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 1 turboprops
- Kinetica Energy Express LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Patterson Avionics INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 17 since 1982 · 5 fatal
- 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 3,734 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PTN.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 26, 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.