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This is a list of airports in Louisiana (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
In 2018, Western Global Airlines created a consolidated maintenance center at Shreveport Regional to serve its growing fleet of 16 Boeing 747 and McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 aircraft. The airline moved into the former Expressjet facilities. The airline cited Shreveport's central location as the reason for the airport being selected.
For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2022, the airport had 87,015 aircraft operations, an average of 238 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 133 aircraft based at this airport: 110 single- engine , 19 multi-engine, 3 jet, and 1 helicopter .
Western Global Airlines was founded on March 6, 2013, by Jim Neff. [2] It was certified by the United States Department of Transportation on February 24, 2014, with FAA approval being granted on August 1, 2014, for operations using the McDonnell Douglas MD-11F.
Elon Musk pushed Federal Aviation Administration Chief Michael Whitaker from his post just 10 days before the deadly plane and Black Hawk helicopter crash over Washington, DC.
Royale operated scheduled passenger flights in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Florida from 1962 to 1989. [2] It primarily operated turboprop aircraft such as the Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, Beechcraft Model 99, Short 330 and Grumman Gulfstream G-I with the latter being a regional airliner version of Grumman's successful propjet business aircraft.
Louisiana's and Texas' fragile power grids were exposed during the historic winter storm of February 2021, a new $100 million project aims to strengthen that grid.
For the 12-month period ending November 15, 2023, the airport had 37,590 aircraft operations, an average of 103 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 175 aircraft based at this airport: 143 single- engine , 24 multi-engine, 6 jet and 2 glider.