Harry P. Williams Memorial Airport

Harry P. Williams Memorial Airport (IATA: PTN, ICAO: KPTN, FAA LID: PTN) is a public airport in Patterson, Louisiana. It has two runways, one of them being water for seaplanes.

Harry P. Williams Memorial Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState of Louisiana
OperatorMr. Ken Perry
ServesPatterson, Louisiana
LocationPatterson, LA
Elevation AMSL9 ft / 3 m
Coordinates29°42′34″N 091°20′20″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 5,399 1,646 Asphalt
4W/22W 4,500 1,372 Water
Statistics (June 2008)
Aircraft located at the Airport27

Historical airline service

Several air carriers operating scheduled passenger flights served the airport over the years. In 1931, Wedell-Williams Air Service was operating a daily round trip flight on a New Orleans - Patterson - Beaumont - Houston routing flown with Lockheed Vega and Ryan Aeronautical "Cabin" aircraft.[2] Trans-Texas Airways (TTa) was serving the airport in 1961 with direct, no change of plane service operated on a twice daily basis with Douglas DC-3 aircraft to Dallas Love Field, Fort Worth and Shreveport via stops at Lafayette and Lake Charles as well as two daily nonstop DC-3 flights to New Orleans.[3][4] By 1963, Trans-Texas was operating daily round trip service flown with a Douglas DC-3 on a routing of New Orleans - Patterson - Lafayette - Lake Charles - Shreveport - Marshall, TX - Dallas Love Field as well as an additional daily nonstop Patterson - New Orleans DC-3 flight.[5][6] Trans-Texas was no longer serving the airport by 1966 and would subsequently change its name to Texas International Airlines, become an all-jet air carrier operating DC-9 twin jets and then eventually be merged into Continental Airlines.[7] During the mid 1970s, Bee Line, a small commuter air carrier based in the Houston area, was operating nonstop flights between Patterson and Houston Hobby Airport on the weekdays with small prop aircraft.[8] By 1978, Royale Airlines, a regional air carrier based in Louisiana, was operating direct one stop service to New Orleans via Houma, LA.[9] In late 1979, two commuter air carriers were serving the airport: Commutair operating Beechcraft aircraft with nonstop service from Houston Hobby Airport and direct one stop service from Houston Intercontinental Airport, and Hammonds Flying Service operating Piper aircraft with nonstop service from Lafayette and Houma as well as direct one stop service from Houston Hobby Airport via Lafayette.[10] By the early 1980s, Hammonds Commuter Air Service was operating four round trip flights every weekday on a Houma - Patterson - Lafayette - Houston Hobby Airport routing flown with Piper aircraft.[11][12][13]

Facilities

Available services include 100LL Fuel, Jet Fuel, as well as major airframe and powerplant service.[1]

Terminal procedures (Instrument Approach Procedures)

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for PTN PDF
  2. http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/wwa31/wwa31-2.jpg
  3. http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ti1/tt61/tt61-02.jpg
  4. http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ti1/tt61/tt61-10.jpg
  5. http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ti1/tt63/tt63-02.jpg
  6. http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ti1/tt63/tt63-10.jpg
  7. http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/tt66/tt66-01.jpg
  8. http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/bee70s.htm
  9. http://www.departedflights.com/OQ043078.html
  10. Dec. 1, 1979 Official Airline Guide (OAG) North American Edition, Morgan City/Patterson flight schedules
  11. http://www.departedflights.com/LFT79p1.html
  12. http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/em3.htm
  13. http://www.departedflights.com/LFT81p1.html
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