Grand Isle Seaplane Base

Airport

Grand Isle Seaplane Base

* IATA: none
* ICAO: KGNI
* FAA LID: GNI

Summary
Airport type| Private
Owner| Freeport Sulphur Company
Serves| Grand Isle, Louisiana
Elevation AMSL| 0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates| 29°15′46″N 089°57′40″W﻿ / ﻿29.26278°N 89.96111°W﻿ / 29.26278; -89.96111
Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

|
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ft  | m
ALL/WAY  | 15,000  | 4,572  | Water

Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Grand Isle Seaplane Base (ICAO: KGNI, FAA LID: GNI) is a private-use seaplane base located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Grand Isle, in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is owned by the Freeport Sulphur Company.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Grand Isle Seaplane Base is assigned GNI by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned GNI to Lyudao Airport in Green Island, Taiwan[3]).

## Facilities

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Grand Isle Seaplane Base has one landing area measuring 15,000 x 200 feet (4,572 x 61 m).[1]

## See also

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* List of airports in Louisiana

## References

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1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for GNI PDF, effective 2008-04-10
2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KGNI - Grand Isle, Louisiana (Grand Isle Seaplane Base)
3. ^ Great Circle Mapper: GNI / RCGI - Green Island, Taiwan (Lyudao Airport)

## External links

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*   * Resources for this airport:
* FAA airport information for GNI
* AirNav airport information for GNI
* FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
* SkyVector aeronautical chart for GNI