Welsh Airport
6R1 · Welsh, Louisiana · Jefferson Davis County · map
Welsh Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Welsh in Welsh, Louisiana, 18 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 2,700 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6R1
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Welsh
- Elevation
- 18 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 2,700 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 2,200 × 150 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 07: trees 57 ft high 1,137 ft from the end
- Runway 25: trees 67 ft high 953 ft from the end
- Runway 09: trees 55 ft high 204 ft from the end
- Runway 27: trees 51 ft high 367 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.8 | |
| Lake Charles Center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.7 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Welsh from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Welsh, Louisiana: 5 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Taxiway from hangar to end of runway 25.
- Runway has some small longitudinal cracks with grass growth. Block cracks with grass growth runway 07 turnaround. Gravel fod present in places.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.