Church Point Flyers Airport (6LA5) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 12:15 PM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KOPL), 6LA5 is currently VFR with winds from 110° at 3 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Church Point Flyers Airport in Church Point, LA, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KOPL): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Church Point Flyers Airport (6LA5) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Church Point, LA at a field elevation of 45 ft. 6LA5 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KOPL, about 9 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (18/36), the longest 2,500 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KLFT.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KOPL, 9.4 nm away.
Wind from the east-southeast (110°) at 3 kt, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 26°C (78°F), altimeter 30.19 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KOPL 281715Z AUTO 11003KT 10SM CLR 26/13 A3019 RMK AO2 T02550130
What changed at KOPL (nearest station)?
Since the 1635Z (11:35 AM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Pressure falling: altimeter 30.22 → 30.19 inHg.
Current pilot readout for 6LA5
Based on the nearest station (KOPL), 6LA5 is currently VFR with winds from 110° at 3 knots, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. the wind favors south-facing runway ends (18). Density altitude is approximately 1,000 ft (field elevation 45 ft). 6LA5 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KLFT, about 20 nm away.
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
| Runway | Length | Surface | Head / Tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18FAV | 2,500 ft | ASPH-TURF | 1 kt head | 3 kt left |
| 36 | 2,500 ft | ASPH-TURF | 1 kt tail | 3 kt right |
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6LA5 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 18/362,500 × 115 ft · ASPH-TURFCurrent useno stated-runway source at 6LA5Wind
- 18
- 1 kt headwind · 3 kt crosswind from left
- 36
- 1 kt tailwind · 3 kt crosswind from right
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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 9→3 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
6LA5 weather radar
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Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of 6LA5
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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AEX UA /OV KAEX/TM 1649/FL350/TP B39M/TB OCNL LGT CHOP/RM ZHU
AEX UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV KAEXLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1649Reported at 16:49 UTC.FL350Altitude: 35,000 ft MSL.TP B39MAircraft type reporting.TB OCNL LGT CHOPTurbulence: occasional light chop.RM ZHURemarks.Show raw report
BTR UA /OV KLSU310030/TM 1623/FL240/TP PC12/TB NEG/RM ZHU
BTR UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV KLSU310030Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1623Reported at 16:23 UTC.FL240Altitude: 24,000 ft MSL.TP PC12Aircraft type reporting.TB NEGTurbulence: none reported.RM ZHURemarks.Show raw report
HEZ UA /OV HEZ/TM 1520/FL350/TP B39M/TB OCNL LGT CHOP/RM ZHU
HEZ UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV HEZLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1520Reported at 15:20 UTC.FL350Altitude: 35,000 ft MSL.TP B39MAircraft type reporting.TB OCNL LGT CHOPTurbulence: occasional light chop.RM ZHURemarks.Show raw report
AEX UA /OV AEX/TM 1258/FL370/TP B738/TB OCNL LGT CHOP/RM ZHU
AEX UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV AEXLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1258Reported at 12:58 UTC.FL370Altitude: 37,000 ft MSL.TP B738Aircraft type reporting.TB OCNL LGT CHOPTurbulence: occasional light chop.RM ZHURemarks.Show raw report
LCH UA /OV 20NW LCH/TM 1150/FLDURD/TP P28A/SK B035
LCH UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.OV 20NW LCHLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.TM 1150Reported at 11:50 UTC.FLDURDReported during descent.TP P28AAircraft type reporting.SK B035Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at 6LA5
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KOPL reported mostly VFR across 70 observations, with 2 flight-category changes. The lowest ceiling was 4,200 ft. Wind most often came from the E.
Most recent change: IFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 36
- 70%
- 18
- 30%
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Live crosswind meter
6LA5 has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KOPL, 9.4 nm away.
Wind is 73° off runway 18, the end with the most headwind right now.
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Field aerial
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Airport info
From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.
Services
- Attended
- Unattended
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Unlighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 6LA5
- City
- Church Point
- State
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 45 ft
- Coordinates
- 30.4597, -92.2405
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 2,500 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KOPL
- TAF
- Nearest KLFT
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Sunset in
- 5h 58m
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Pilot PIREPs for Church Point Flyers Airport (6LA5)
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