Facilities and Aircraft
Lafayette Regional Airport covers an area of 746 acres (302 ha) at an elevation of 42 feet (13 m) above mean sea level. It has three asphalt paved runways: 4L/22R measuring 4,099 x 75 feet (1,249 x 23 m), 4R/22L measuring 7,651 x 150 feet (2,332 x 46 m), and 11/29 measuring 5,400 x 148 feet (1,646 x 45 m). It also has one helipad measuring 50 x 50 ft (15 x 15 m).
For the 12-month period ending February 28, 2006, the airport had 114,303 aircraft operations, an average of 313 per day: 38% general aviation, 36% air taxi, 24% commuter/cargo, 2% military and 1% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 159 aircraft based at this airport: 57% single-engine, 27% multi-engine, 9% jet and 7% helicopter.
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