Little Pecan Island Airport (3LA4) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 5:55 AM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (K3R7), 3LA4 is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Little Pecan Island Airport in Grand Chenier, LA, decoded from the nearest reporting station (K3R7): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Little Pecan Island Airport (3LA4) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Grand Chenier, LA at a field elevation of 7 ft. 3LA4 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from K3R7, about 27 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (12/30), the longest 4,002 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KLCH.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station K3R7, 27.4 nm away.
Wind calm, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 17°C (62°F), altimeter 30.17 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR K3R7 281055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/16 A3017 RMK AO2 T01650160
What changed at K3R7 (nearest station)?
Since the 1035Z (5:35 AM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
No significant changes since the 1035Z (5:35 AM CDT) report, conditions are holding steady.
Current pilot readout for 3LA4
Based on the nearest station (K3R7), 3LA4 is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately -100 ft (field elevation 7 ft). 3LA4 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KLCH, about 29 nm away.
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
Current wind is calm: calm wind is not a factor for runway selection, and with no wind there is no head/tail or crosswind component to compute. Live numbers return automatically once a report includes a wind direction.
| Runway | Length | Surface | Head / Tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 4,002 ft | ASP | - | - |
| 30 | 4,002 ft | ASP | - | - |
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3LA4 runways
1 physical runway · 2 runway ends. Each card opens the runway's intelligence page: equipment and lighting, LAHSO, frequencies, today's configuration, predicted use, history and approaches.
- Status not monitoredRunway 12/304,002 × 60 ft · ASPCurrent useno stated-runway source at 3LA4Wind
- 12
- no steady wind
- 30
- no steady wind
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“Current use” is what the facilitystates; wind components are arithmetic on the current METAR against TRUE headings; status reflects NOTAMs received through SWIM, the tower's TFDM record and the D-ATIS — a runway reads “Open” only with a complete NOTAM picture.
24-hour trend
Wind, ceiling and flight category over the last 24 hours.
Over the last 24 h: wind 0→0 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
3LA4 weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
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NOAA NEXRAD composite and lightning, updated about every five minutes; amber frames are HRRR model guidance, not observed radar. Not for navigation.
Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of 3LA4
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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AEX UA /OV AEX140025/TM 0526/FL220/TP PC12/TA M15/IC MOD RIME 220/RM ZHU
AEX UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV AEX140025Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 0526Reported at 05:26 UTC.FL220Altitude: 22,000 ft MSL.TP PC12Aircraft type reporting.TA M15Outside air temperature, °C.IC MOD RIME 220Icing: moderate rime 220.RM ZHURemarks.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at 3LA4
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station K3R7 reported mostly VFR across 70 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. The strongest gust reached 17 kt, the lowest ceiling was 4,300 ft. Wind most often came from the E.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 12
- 86%
- 30
- 14%
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Live crosswind meter
3LA4 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from K3R7, 27 nm away.
Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 12/30 drawn from FAA threshold coordinates.
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Airport info
From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.
Services
- Attended
- Unattended
- Landing fee
- No
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Unlighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 3LA4
- City
- Grand Chenier
- State
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 7 ft
- Coordinates
- 29.7997, -92.8036
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 4,002 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station K3R7
- TAF
- Nearest KLCH
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Next sunset
- 12h 30m
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Pilot PIREPs for Little Pecan Island Airport (3LA4)
Community-submittedCommunity-submitted airport notes from pilots about runway conditions, wildlife, FBOs, fuel, turbulence, ramp access, and local tips.
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