Stuart Airstrip (LA51) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 4:55 AM CDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KIER), LA51 is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Stuart Airstrip in Coushatta, LA, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KIER): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Stuart Airstrip (LA51) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Coushatta, LA at a field elevation of 130 ft. LA51 has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KIER, about 24 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has 2 physical runways (N, S), the longest 1,500 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KBAD.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KIER, 24 nm away.
Wind calm, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 12°C (54°F), altimeter 30.17 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KIER 280955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/12 A3017 RMK AO2 T01230123
What changed at KIER (nearest station)?
Since the 0935Z (4:35 AM CDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Visibility moved from 7 SM to 10 SM.
Current pilot readout for LA51
Based on the nearest station (KIER), LA51 is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately -450 ft (field elevation 130 ft). LA51 does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KBAD, about 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 1,500 ft | TURF | - | - |
| S | 1,500 ft | TURF | - | - |
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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.
LA51 weather radar
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Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of LA51
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 LA51
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KIER reported mostly VFR across 72 observations, with 2 flight-category changes. The lowest ceiling was 700 ft. Wind most often came from the SE.
Most recent change: IFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- N/S
- 100%
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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
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- LA51
- City
- Coushatta
- State
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 130 ft
- Coordinates
- 32.0174, -93.4318
- Runways
- 2 physical runways · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 1,500 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KIER
- TAF
- Nearest KBAD
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
- Next sunset
- 13h 31m
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Pilot PIREPs for Stuart Airstrip (LA51)
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