Slidell Airport

Slidell Airport (ICAO: KASD, FAA LID: ASD) is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) northwest of the central business district of Slidell, a city in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1]

Slidell Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Slidell
ServesSlidell, Louisiana
Elevation AMSL29 ft / 9 m
Coordinates30°20′47″N 089°49′15″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations112,000
Based aircraft86

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned ASD by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned ASD to Andros Town Airport on Andros Island in the Bahamas[3]).

Facilities and aircraft
NWS Office by the airport.

Slidell Airport covers an area of 340 acres (140 ha) at an elevation of 29 feet (9 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with a 5,001 by 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m) asphalt surface.[1] The Louisiana Office of the National Weather Service is colocated.

For the 12-month period ending April 15, 2008, the airport had 112,000 aircraft operations, an average of 306 per day: 96% general aviation, 4% military. At that time there were 86 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 2% helicopter and 1% jet.[1]

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References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for ASD (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-05-07.
  2. Great Circle Mapper: KASD - Slidell, Louisiana
  3. Great Circle Mapper: ASD / MYAF - Andros Town, Bahamas
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