South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr. Airport (ICAO: KGAO, FAA LID: GAO, formerly L49[2]) is a public use airport in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1] It is owned by the Greater Lafourche Port Commission and located one nautical mile (2 km) east of the central business district of Galliano, Louisiana.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr. Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KGAO FAA LID: GAO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Greater Lafourche Port Commission
Serves	Galliano, Louisiana
Elevation AMSL	1 ft / 0.3 m
Coordinates	29°26′28″N 090°15′40″W
Map
GAO Location of airport in Louisiana
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 6,502 1,982 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H1 60 18 Concrete
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations 14,004 Based aircraft 29
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned GAO by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[4] (which assigned GAO to Los Canos Airport in Guantanamo, Cuba).[5][6]

Facilities and aircraft

South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr. Airport covers an area of 390 acres (158 ha) at an elevation of 1 feet (0.3 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,502 by 100 feet (1,982 x 30 m). It also has one helipad designated H1 with a concrete surface measuring 60 by 60 feet (18 x 18 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 12, 2012, the airport had 14,004 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day: 99.6% general aviation and 0.4% military. At that time there were 29 aircraft based at this airport: 58.6% helicopter, 27.6% single-engine, and 13.8% jet.[1]

References

External links

• Airport page at Greater Lafourche Port Commission
• South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr. Airport (GAO) at LaDOTD airport directory
• GAO FBO Services, the fixed-base operator
• Aerial image as of October 1990 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for GAO, effective June 16, 2022

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for GAO
  • AirNav airport information for KGAO
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures