3LA8
Open A-1 Ranch Airport
Open A-1 Ranch Airport (3LA8) is a general-aviation airfield serving Lake Charles, Louisiana. The field lies at 16 ft (5 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 2,250 ft (686 m), grass. Its nearest neighbour is Lake Charles Regional Airport (LCH), 1 nm SSE.
Open A-1 Ranch Airport is a smaller field, so Alārium does not attribute movements to it directly — but aircraft flying near it appear on the live map like any other, at their real altitude and on their real track.
Location
- Elevation
- 16 ft (5 m)
- Coordinates
- 30.1385, -93.2279
- Serving
- Lake Charles
- Region
- Louisiana
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Runways1 · longest 2,250 ft
The diagram shows each runway’s orientation and relative length, read from its designator — runway 16 points 160° magnetic. Threshold coordinates are not published for this field, so strips are drawn about its centre rather than where they sit on the ground. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,250 ft686 m | 75 ft | Grass | — |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.