FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 20 MARCH 2025
Location
FAA Identifier: | RSN |
Lat/Long: | 32-30-47.6090N 092-35-18.4010W 32-30.793483N 092-35.306683W 32.5132247,-92.5884447 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 316.8 ft. / 97 m (estimated) |
Variation: | 03E (1995) |
From city: | 3 miles E of RUSTON, LA |
Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 71270 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 01/1994 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | FORT WORTH CENTER |
FSS: | DE RIDDER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | RSN (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | 0700-1900 |
Pattern altitude: | 1316.8 ft. MSL |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | REIL RWY 18 & 36; MIRL RWY 18/36 - PRESET LOW INTST DUSK-DAWN; TO INCR INTST ACTVT - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.7 |
WX AWOS-3PT: | 119.525 (318-242-0062) |
MONROE APPROACH: | 126.9 |
MONROE DEPARTURE: | 126.9 |
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: | 118.8 |
- APCH/DEP CTL SVC PRVDD BY FORT WORTH ARTCC (ZFW) ON FREQS 126.325/346.25 (MONROE RCAG) WHEN MONROE APCH CTL (MLU) CLSD.
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
MLUr267/28.0 | | MONROE VORTAC | | 117.20 | | 03E |
SWBr006/32.7 | | SAWMILL VOR/DME | | 113.75 | | 02E |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
BASTROP | | 245/38.5 | | 329 | | 03E | | BQP | -... --.- .--. |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A 100LL:FOR FUEL AFTER HOURS CALL IN ADVANCE DURING WORKING HOURS 318-251-9098. |
Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MINOR |
Powerplant service: | MINOR |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 18/36
Dimensions: | 6002 x 100 ft. / 1829 x 30 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in excellent condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | PCN 30 /F/B/X/T | Single wheel: | 78.0 | Double wheel: | 119.0 |
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Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
Latitude: | 32-31.288370N | | 32-30.298597N |
Longitude: | 092-35.306015W | | 092-35.307367W |
Elevation: | 276.2 ft. | | 316.8 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 177 magnetic, 180 true | | 357 magnetic, 000 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in fair condition | | nonprecision, in fair condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 60 ft. trees, 2383 ft. from runway, 450 ft. left of centerline, 36:1 slope to clear | | none |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | CITY OF RUSTON 401 N. TRENTON RUSTON, LA 71270 Phone 318-251-8620 |
Manager: | JOHN FREEMAN 701 E. TENNESSEE AVE, PO BOX 2069 RUSTON, LA 71270 Phone 318-242-7703 DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS |
Additional Remarks
- | NUMEROUS TRNG ACFT IN VICINITY. |
- | MEN AND EQUIPMENT OPERATING NEAR THE RUNWAY MARCH-OCTOBER |
- | FOR CD CTC MONROE APCH AT 318-327-5641 OR 118.8, IF UNAVBL, CTC FORT WORTH ARTCC AT 817-858-7584 |
- | ADDTL AIRPORT MANAGER CONTACT - JOEY SUTTON OFFICE # 318-251-9098 | MOBILE # 318-265-1415 |
- | CTC ARPT MGR FOR DSNGD RAMP SPACE FOR PU USE AT ARPT |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 20 March 2025 at 0901Z to 17 April 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 | |
download (267KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 36 | |
download (217KB) |
VOR-A | |
download (210KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (159KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (309KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
F88 - Jonesboro Airport (20 nm S)
KMLU - Monroe Regional Airport (28 nm E)
0R5 - David G Joyce Airport (33 nm S)
KMNE - Minden Airport (37 nm W)
KBQP - Morehouse Memorial Airport (39 nm E)
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 31-Mar-2025
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:36 | | 11:36 |
Sunrise | | 07:01 | | 12:01 |
Sunset | | 19:28 | | 00:28 |
Evening civil twilight | | 19:53 | | 00:53 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 31-Mar-2025 22:33:40 |
Local (UTC-5) | 31-Mar-2025 17:33:40 |
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METAR |
KRSN | 312155Z AUTO 01008KT 10SM CLR 24/13 A2988 RMK AO2 T02450133
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TAF |
KMLU 28nm E | 311720Z 3118/0118 31006KT P6SM FEW019 FM010000 04004KT P6SM SKC FM011200 08003KT P6SM SKC
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NOTAMs |
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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