Lake Charles Regional
LCH · KLCH · Lake Charles, Louisiana · Calcasieu County · map
Lake Charles Regional is a public-use airport owned by Calcasieu Parish, 5 miles south of Lake Charles, Louisiana, 14 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 6,500 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KLCH · observed 3:53 pm CDT (20:53 UTC), 28 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 10 knots, gusting to 18
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 7,000 feet
- Temperature 91°F (33°C), dew point 66°F (19°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:56 pm CDT (17:56 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 10,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLCH 062053Z 05010G18KT 10SM FEW070 33/19 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP120 T03280189 56025
TAF KLCH 061756Z 0618/0718 05010KT P6SM FEW100 FM070000 VRB03KT P6SM SCT250
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 LCH · ICAO KLCH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Calcasieu Parish
- Elevation
- 14 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 10:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1961
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 6,500 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 5,200 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, pole 28 ft high 1,412 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF)
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 65 ft high 1,620 ft from the end
- Runway 23: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.7 | Lake Charles |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 118.75 | Lake Charles |
| Clearance delivery | 126.25 | Lake Charles |
| Ground | 121.8 | Lake Charles |
| Approach and departure · Terminal radar service West | 119.35 | Lake Charles |
| Approach and departure · Terminal radar service East | 119.8 | Lake Charles |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Lake Charles |
| Helicopter and operations Offshore helicopter operations | 119.75 | Lake Charles |
| Lake Charles Center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.7 | Lake Charles |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 337-240-9596.
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 · 12 since 1982, 3 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
- The control tower blind spot on taxiway J.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 15; malsf runway 33; high-intensity runway lights runway 15/33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 33 operates continuously.
- South 900 feet grvd.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.