Building tower 1020296 — Shreveport, LA

At 21 m, structure 1020296 is about 25% of the 83 m average across the 242 structures registered in Caddo Parish. It is about 24% of the Louisiana average of 87 m across 5,039 registrations. Among the 1,089 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (BTWR), the average overall height is 63 m, so this one is about 33% of that figure.

The supporting structure itself measures 7 m; antennas and other appurtenances on top bring the overall height above ground to 21 m. The site's filed ground elevation is 76 m, which puts the top of the structure 97 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Shreveport in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, at coordinates 32.45250, -93.82750, with the site address filed as "WEATHER SVC BLDG SHREVEPORT REGL ARPT". Caddo Parish has 242 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 2nd-largest count among the 64 Louisiana counties with registrations, and 176 of them are marked constructed. Louisiana as a whole has 5,039 registrations, the 14th-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Shreveport, LA · 1020877, a guyed tower at 557 m (constructed).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1020296 on May 27, 1997. Nationally, 141,898 of the 197,833 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 3,706 in Louisiana.

The FCC record lists GTE AIRFONE INCORPORATED of Oak Brook, IL as the registered owner. Across the registry it holds 9 structure registrations, including 1 in Louisiana. Its most common filed structure-type code is TOWER (8 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 92-ASW-2189-NRA, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 1, is listed on the FCC registration form as "None".