Southland Field
UXL · KUXL · Sulphur, Louisiana · Calcasieu County · map
Southland Field is a public-use airport owned by W. Calcasieu Managing Airport Board, 5 miles south of Sulphur, Louisiana, 10 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KUXL · observed 4:55 pm CDT (21:55 UTC), 10 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (010°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 9 miles
- Sky: scattered clouds at 5,500 feet
- Temperature 90°F (32°C), dew point 69°F (20°C)
- Altimeter 29.85 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 KUXL 062155Z AUTO 01004KT 9SM SCT055 33/20 A2985 RMK AO2 T03250204 $
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 UXL · ICAO KUXL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- W. Calcasieu Managing Airport Board
- Elevation
- 10 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1987
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 5,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: LOCALIZER, PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), tree 33 ft high 991 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 45 ft high 1,758 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.35 | |
| Uxl and aWOS-3PT | 118.175 | |
| Lake Charles Center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.7 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 337-558-5321.
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 Sulphur from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Sulphur, Louisiana: 16 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 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 · 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Odals runway 15; runway end identifier lights runway 33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 preset low intst dusk to dawn. To incr intst - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 15 and 33 operates continuously.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.