Airports / Louisiana / PTN
Harry P Williams Memorial Airport
KPTN / PTNPatterson, LouisianaELEV 9 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#4 / 21
Louisiana airports by Google rating
4.7★ across 6 Google ratings — ranked against 21 rated LA fields.
35 nm
To the nearest alternate
Acadiana Regional Airport (ARA) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Harry P Williams Memorial Airport, listed as KPTN / PTN, is a general aviation field in Patterson, Louisiana. The airport sits 9 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into PTN for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Acadiana Regional Airport (ARA, 35 nm), Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT, 45 nm), and Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR, 50 nm).
Charter pricing from PTN depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Patterson.
Field capability
ICAO
KPTN
IATA
PTN
FAA / Local
PTN
Elevation
9 ft
Coordinates
29.7095° N · 91.3390° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs LA fields
state range 2–330 ft
At 9 ft, PTN sits lower than 82% of the 22 Louisiana fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 35nmARAAcadiana Regional AirportNew Iberia
- 45nmLFTLafayette Regional AirportLafayette
- 50nmBTRBaton Rouge Metropolitan AirportBaton Rouge
- 58nmMSYLouis Armstrong New Orleans International AirportNew Orleans
- 68nmNBGNew Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender FieldNew Orleans
- 71nmNEWLakefront AirportNew Orleans
Location
Open the full mapKPTN · Harry P Williams Memorial Airport · Patterson, LA