KAPS — Port Of South Louisiana Exec Rgnl
Reserve, LA · field elevation 7 ft · NON-ATCT
KAPS current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KAPS 111155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/24 A3014 RMK AO2 T02420235 10265 20240
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 24 °C / dewpoint 24 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.14 inHg
- Density altitude
- 829 ft · pressure altitude -213 ft
- Observed
- 19 minutes ago
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
2 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 36,000–39,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KAPS — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KAPS — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 30.08747, -90.58283
- Elevation
- 7 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1127Z / 0047Z
- Magnetic variation
- -1° (2020)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A,A+
- Sectional
- New Orleans
- County
- St John The Baptist, LA
Airport diagram
Everything else KAPS publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,151 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.7
- UNICOM
- 122.7
- Approach
- 125.5
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KMSY Louis Armstrong New Orleans Intl18 nm
- KREG Louisiana Rgnl19 nm
- KHDC Hammond Northshore Rgnl27 nm
- KNEW Lakefront29 nm
- KHUM Houma-Terrebonne32 nm
- KNBG New Orleans NAS Jrb (Alvin Callender Fld)33 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KAPS airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Louisiana airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.