Chennault International
CWF · KCWF · Lake Charles, Louisiana · Calcasieu County · map
Chennault International is a public-use airport owned by Chennault Intl Arpt Authority, 4 miles east of Lake Charles, Louisiana, 16 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 10,702 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 24 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 32,029 takeoffs and landings a year. About 433 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KCWF · observed 5:55 pm CDT (22:55 UTC), 35 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 5,500 feet
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 68°F (20°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCWF 062255Z VRB06KT 10SM SCT055 31/20 A2987
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CWF · ICAO KCWF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Chennault Intl Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 16 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,483 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 10,702 × 200 ft | Concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 124.2 | Chennault |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Cwf and aWOS-3 | 120.0 | Chennault |
| Ground | 121.65 | Chennault |
| Approach and departure | 119.8 | Chennault |
| Lake Charles Center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.7 | Chennault |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 337-214-2134.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 32,029, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Lake Charles from the FAA register
163 aircraft are registered to owners in Lake Charles, Louisiana: 68 piston singles, 60 helicopters, 11 drones, 10 piston twins, 6 turboprops. 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 · 2 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
- Provided the control tower opnl to provide air traffic control services prior to aircraft operations.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 15; runway end identifier lights runway 33; PAPI runway 15 and 33; high-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of of airport
- Prior permission required required for aircraft / helo operations in the industrial area
- Compass rose available on tenant ramp, 301315N, 930912W.
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.