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]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Slidell | ||||||||||
| Serves | Slidell, Louisiana | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 29 ft / 9 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°20′47″N 089°49′15″W / 30.34639°N 89.82083°W | ||||||||||
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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
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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 located here.
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]
See also
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edit- FAA Terminal Procedures for ASD, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for ASD
- AirNav airport information for KASD
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures