According to Wikipedia and the City of Slidell's website, the Slidell Municipal Airport (KASD) is a "city-owned, public-use general aviation airport located four nautical miles (7 km) northwest of the central business district of Slidell, a city in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States." The airport has one lighted (medium intensity) asphalt runway: "18/36 is 5001 x 100 feet (1524 x 30 m) and can handle general aircraft and small (corporate style) jets.
I had the recent opportunity to be invited by a pilot friend to a "fly-in" and was able to check out the facility and meet several general aviation pilots from the region. As my review is based on my one and only visit, I was not familiar with the airport layout. As per their website, this airport "complex" is home to "33 private hangar facilities, 33 private hangar facilities, the National Weather Service Station, St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District #2 flying operations, and Skydive N'Awlins. The Airport also supports two aviation organizations: the Experimental Aircraft Association and the Civil Air Patrol."
The facilities are nice and the employees with whom I have had contact courteously greeted me upon walking through the front door. Not only did my son and I get to meet several pilots, we were also able to walk out to the "apron" and check out the general aviation planes that flew in for the day. We also got to check out the continuous parachute jumpers landing at the airport. This is a really cool facility and I plan on a return tip in the very near future. read more