Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Bunkie Municipal (2R6) is an unattended public airport in central Louisiana, roughly 47 nm from the nearest customs facility at KLFT. It handles a small volume of business aviation traffic on a single paved runway.
Bunkie Municipal has one paved runway, 18/36, 3,005 ft long and 75 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Bunkie Municipal has 100LL available on the field. The airport has no control tower.
Source: FAA Form 5010 / NASR.
Bunkie Municipal does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Lafayette Regional / Paul Fournet Field (KLFT), 47 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Bunkie Municipal recorded 146 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in June. Business aviation traffic at 2R6 peaks in June, with volumes roughly three to four times lower during the slower winter and late-summer months.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month June, 22 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Bunkie Municipal averages 24.2 days above 90°F in August and 7.9 freeze days in January. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 93.3°F, and January the coldest, at 60.2°F.
Weather station is 2.9 NM from the field. Some values are estimated by the agency. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: NOAA NCEI.
Bunkie Municipal has published operating constraints in three categories: access, runway notes and other notes.
For clearance delivery, contact Alexandria (MAKS) Approach.
REIL for runways 18 and 36, and MIRL for runway 18/36, are pilot-activated via CTAF. MIRL for runway 18/36 is preset to low intensity from dusk to dawn; increase intensity via CTAF.
100LL fuel is available by appointment.
Contact the airport manager for designated ramp space for public use.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Bunkie Municipal has five airfields within 27 NM. The closest is Marksville Municipal (KMKV), 11.86 NM northeast.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
We arrange catering, fuel and trip support here. Supplier prices reach you unchanged; our coordination fee sits on its own line.
$600.00 catering order at 2R6.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
Passed on at the exact amount the processor took.
Market practice figures are industry averages, not a specific competitor.
Bunkie Municipal offers 100LL fuel only, with no Jet A on the field. Fuel is available by appointment rather than on demand, so operators should plan ahead for uplift at this unattended airport.
Bunkie Municipal has a single paved runway, 18/36, measuring 3,005 feet long and 75 feet wide with an asphalt surface. This is the only runway configuration at the airport, which is unattended and uncontrolled.
Bunkie Municipal (2R6) has no onsite customs service. The nearest customs facility is at KLFT, located approximately 47 nautical miles away, so international arrivals must plan clearance there rather than at Bunkie.