Louisiana
Greater New Orleans
Plaquemines Parish

Southern Seaplane Airport

Southern Seaplane Airport is an and seaplane base located two nautical miles northwest of the central business district of , in , , .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Louisiana, United States of America
  • Also known as: “BCS” and “Southern Seaplane Base”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Judge Perez Bridge and Belle Chasse Tunnel.

Bridge
Photo: Dr. Warner, CC BY 2.0.
The , also known as the Belle Chasse Bridge, was a vertical-lift bridge in the U.S. state of which carried northbound Louisiana Highway 23 over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway between and .

Tunnel
Photo: Dr. Warner, CC BY 2.0.
The was built starting in March 1954 to accommodate the new branch of the Intracoastal Canal. After nearly two years of construction, the $2,436,000 structure opened in February 1956 with the Canal beginning operations later that year.

Hospital
Ochsner Medical Center – West Bank is a in , USA. The 107-bed hospital opened in 1984 as Meadowcrest Hospital and was run by Tenet Healthcare.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Timberlane and Belle Chasse.

Hamlet
is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 10,364 in 2020. It is part of the New Orleans–– .

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, , United States, on the west bank of the .

Village
Photo: Infrogmation, CC BY 2.5.
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , , United States. It is on the "Westbank" of the .

Southern Seaplane Airport

Latitude
29.86689° or 29° 52′ 1″ north
Longitude
-90.02067° or 90° 1′ 14″ west
Elevation
-3 feet (-1 metres)
IATA airport code
BCS
FAA airport code
65LA
Open location code
76XFVX8H+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369014753
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
4342133
Wiki­data ID
Q7570460
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Satellite Map

Discover Southern Seaplane Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Southern Seaplane Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Southern Seaplane Airport”
  • Chinese: “南方水上機場”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار الطائره المائيه الجنوبيه”
  • French: “65LA”
  • French: “aérodrome de Southern Seaplane”
  • Indonesian: “BCS”
  • Navajo: “Tónteel Biihílį́ Hatsohdi chidí naatʼaʼí táłkááʼ ńdanidaahígi”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه سوترن سیپلین”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Southern Seaplane”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи сутрн сиплин”
  • Urdu: “سدرن سی پلین ہوائی اڈا”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Farmington Place and Noble Manor.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include United Medical Rehabilitation Hospitals and Oakdale Park.

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