BAD - Barksdale Afb

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Location: Bossier City, LA

Elevation: 165ft

Sectional: Memphis

Activation date: May 1941

Fuel: A++ (prices)

Runway 15/33: 11,758ft

Access: Private to everyone

This is a military facility.

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METAR

2026-05-21 09:55:00 CDT

Ceiling:	1,100ft
Wind:	060° @ 5kt
Temperature:	72°F
Dewpoint:	68°F
Weather:	N/A
Visbility:	10SM
Clouds:	Overcast @ 1,100ft

Raw: METAR KBAD 211455Z AUTO 06005KT 10SM OVC011 23/20 A3001 RMK AO2 OVC V BKN SLP165 T02260203 50004 $

TAF

2026-05-21 16:00:00 CDT – 2026-05-21 19:00:00 CDT

Ceiling: Sky clear

Wind: 000° @ kt

Weather: Light thunderstorm rain

Visbility: SM

Raw: TAF KBAD 211200Z 2112/2218 06006KT 9999 OVC012 QNH2989INS BECMG 2120/2121 05007KT 9999 -SHRA VCTS BKN015CB QNH2985INS TEMPO 2121/2124 -TSRA BECMG 2204/2205 13006KT 9999 NSW BKN015 QNH2984INS BECMG 2207/2208 14006KT 9999 BKN007 QNH2982INS BECMG 2213/2214 18007KT 9999 VCSH BKN015 QNH2980INS TX27/2121Z TN20/2112Z

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Rstd: tran acft with ordnance not auth.
Rstd: twys e & e1 unlgtd & usable for daylt vfr only.
Bearing strength rwy 15-33: st175, auw800
A-gear - bak-12b avbl upon req 1 hr prior. w side a-gear mrk perm removed. mp every third fri fr 1200-1400z++.
Jasu - 1(ma-1a) 7(a/m32a-86) 1(a/m32a-95) 1(a/m32a-60).
Fluid - w sp presair lhox lox.
Oil - o-132-133-148-156 joap.
Tran alert - no priority basis. exp svc delays of 2 hr or more. ltd fleet svc avbl. potable water unavbl.
Rstd: 180 deg turns for c135 and hvy acft are auth in the first 750 ft rwy 15 and the first 1000 ft rwy 33.
Rstd: ppr req no more than 7 days prior, nlt 24 hr prior to arr. ppr good for +/- 15 min ppr time. coord of ppr outside of block time by fone is rqr or ppr nr will be considered cnl.
Tfc pat - rectangular 1200 ft, overhead 1700 ft. vfr copter enter tfc pat at 700 ft fm e and 1000 ft fm w. ovft of munitions stor area e-ne of fld not auth.
Misc: acft with dv ctc ptd or comd post at least 20 min prior to eta.
Rstd: trng for tran aircrews will not be perms to interfere with lcl acft opr. non-afgsc acft may be subjected to less than rqr quantity-distance separation due munitions opr. aircrews should exer appropriate risk management in determining afld suitability. all tran aircrews must rpt to base ops.
Caution - lgt acft and prcht ops invof shreveport downtown 3.3 nm nw dur final apch rwy 15 and dep rwy 33.
Service - tran alert: tran maint svc hr 1400-0100z++ mon-fri; 1400-2400z++ sat-sun; clsd hol.
Service-lgt: rwy 15 alsf-1 nstd confign - dist fm thr lgt to pre-thr lgt is 128 ft; pre-thr lgt to term bar is 128 ft.
Misc: nstd spacing of 150 ft btn rwy 15 & 33 overrun mrks.
All trans aircrews must report to airfield ops.
Rstd: twy c unlgtd, open to all acft for daytime ops only exe for b-52.
Misc: usaf afld mgmt pers do not determine/rpt a rwy cond code (rwycc) nor issue faa formatted fld cond notam (ficon).
Misc: afld ops una to issue comsec and has no storage capability.
Opr 1200z-0630z++mon-fri 1400z-2200z++wkends; clsd afgsc family days and fed hol.
Alt #'s 2707/0158.
Bak-12(b) (1102').
First 1184 ft rwy 15 and first 1600 ft rwy 33 concrete. middle 8972 ft asphalt with first 3000 ft at each end having a 75 ft wide concrete keel sfc in cntr and the mid 2972 ft having a 50 ft concrete keel sfc.
Wx dsn 781-3136 or c318-456-3136.

Comments

Ceiling:	1,200ft
Wind:	060° @ 6kt
Weather:	N/A
Visbility:	6SM
Clouds:	Overcast @ 1,200ft

Ceiling:	1,500ft
Wind:	050° @ 7kt
Weather:	Light rain showers, thunderstorm in vicinity
Visbility:	6SM
Clouds:	Broken @ 1,500ft

Ceiling:	Sky clear
Wind:	000° @ kt
Weather:	Light thunderstorm rain
Visbility:	SM

Ceiling:	700ft
Wind:	140° @ 6kt
Weather:	N/A
Visbility:	6SM
Clouds:	Broken @ 700ft

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