Hammond Northshore Regional Airport
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| Coordinates | 30°31′18″N 090°25′06″W / 30.52167°N 90.41833°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.hammond.org/... | ||||||||||||||
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Hammond Northshore Regional Airport (
VHF-band UNICOM as a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF). As a result of the relocation of Army National Guard flight operations from Lakefront Airport to Hammond, a new control tower was constructed at the airport. This tower, staffed by military air traffic controllers from the Air Operations Department of the Louisiana Army National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility #1 at the airport, became operational on 15 December 2014.[2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned HDC by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]
Facilities and aircraft
Hammond Northshore Regional Airport covers an area of 920 acres (370 ha) at an
mean sea level. It has two runways: 13/31 is 6,502 by 100 feet (1,982 x 30 m) with an asphalt/concrete surface; 18/36 is 5,001 by 150 feet (1,524 x 46 m) with a concrete surface.[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2021, the airport had 86,500 aircraft operations, an average of 237 per day: 75% general aviation, 23% military and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 91 aircraft based at this airport: 57 single-engine, 20 military, 2 multi-engine, 10 jet and 2 helicopter.[1]
The
UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, and the 204th Theater Air Operation Command.[4] The Louisiana Air National Guard also maintains a non-flying unit, the 236th Combat Communications Squadron
(236 CCS), at the airport.
History
During World War II, part of the airport served as a detention camp for prisoners of war from Germany.
See also
References
- ^ PDF, effective 2023-08-10.
- ^ "Control tower to open at Hammond Northshore airport". 10 December 2014.
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: KHDC - Hammond, Louisiana
- ^ Purpura, Paul (2001-01-18). "Hammond new base for Guard helicopters". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
External links
- Hammond Northshore Regional Airport at City of Hammond website
- FAA Terminal Procedures for HDC, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for HDC
- AirNav airport information for KHDC
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures