Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans

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Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans
Part of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans
Belle Chasse, Louisiana in the United States
CGAS New Orleans during 2008
New Orleans Location in the United States
Coordinates	29°49′19.1″N 90°01′30.9″W / 29.821972°N 90.025250°W / 29.821972; -90.025250Coordinates: 29°49′19.1″N 90°01′30.9″W / 29.821972°N 90.025250°W / 29.821972; -90.025250
Type	Coast Guard Air Station
Site information
Owner	Department of Homeland Security
Operator	United States Coast Guard
Controlled by	Eighth District
Condition	Operational
Aircraft operated	MH-65D Dolphin
Website	Official website
Site history
Built	1955 (1955)
In use	1955 – present
Garrison information
Current commander	Commander William Blair
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: NBG, ICAO: KNBG, FAA LID: NBG, WMO: 722316
Elevation	0.7 metres (2 ft 4 in) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 4/22 3,048 metres (10,000 ft) Porous European Mix (PEM) 14/32 1,828.8 metres (6,000 ft) PEM
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans is a United States Coast Guard Air Station located at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Belle Chasse, Louisiana.

Operations and missions[]

Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) New Orleans support a multitude of Coast Guard missions worldwide. Air Station New Orleans provides Search & Rescue (SAR) coverage with MH-65D Dolphin helicopters 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for 655 nautical miles of shoreline from Apalachicola, Florida to the eastern border of Texas, and 735 nautical miles of the Mississippi River from the mouth of the river to Memphis, Tennessee, averaging more than 320 SAR cases a year. Other missions include: Marine Safety, Marine Environmental Protection, Protection of Natural Resources, Aids to Navigation support, Migrant Interdiction, Drug Interdiction, and Defense Readiness. Many of these missions require deployment of Aviation Detachments (AVDETs) about Coast Guard Cutters.

External links[]

• Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans official site