LA Crosse Regional
LSE · KLSE · La Crosse, Wisconsin · La Crosse County · map
LA Crosse Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of la Crosse, 4 miles northwest of La Crosse, Wisconsin, 655 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 8,742 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KLSE · observed 3:53 pm CDT (20:53 UTC), 27 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 10 knots, gusting to 17
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 51°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.77 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 14 knots, gusting to 24, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm CDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 12:00 am CDT (05:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am CDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the west at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLSE 062053Z 24010G17KT 10SM CLR 27/11 A2977 RMK AO2 PK WND 21028/1956 SLP073 T02720106 56023
TAF KLSE 061720Z 0618/0718 20014G24KT P6SM FEW250 FM062300 20008KT P6SM FEW250 FM070500 31005KT P6SM FEW250 FM071600 28009KT P6SM SKC
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 LSE · ICAO KLSE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of la Crosse
- Elevation
- 655 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1938
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 8,742 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 6,050 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 5,199 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 8,536 ft available for landing, tree 69 ft high 3,443 ft from the end
- Runway 36: VASI, four boxes on the left, threshold displaced 1,131 ft, 7,433 ft available for landing, tree 48 ft high 1,522 ft from the end
- Runway 13: VASI, four boxes on the left, 5,310 ft available for landing, trees 68 ft high 1,995 ft from the end
- Runway 31: VASI, four boxes on the left, threshold displaced 739 ft, 5,310 ft available for landing, trees 40 ft high 1,250 ft from the end
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left, pole 47 ft high 1,516 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 43 ft high 994 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.45 | La Crosse |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Lse and automated weather (ASOS) | 124.95 | La Crosse |
| Ground | 121.8 | La Crosse |
| La Crosse Center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.6 | La Crosse |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 608-781-9067.
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 La Crosse from the FAA register
36 aircraft are registered to owners in La Crosse, Wisconsin: 30 piston singles, 3 gliders, 2 helicopters, 1 business jet. 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 Wisconsin.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 4 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
- Tower, 1390 feet above ground level 6NM southwest.
- When the control tower closed medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset low intst; to incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 18; runway end identifier lights runway 13, 31, 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36, runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 04, 18, and 22; VASI runway 13, 31, and 36 operates continuously.
- Runway 04/22 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- VASI unusable beyond 9 degreess right of centerline.
- Approach ratio 24:1 at dthr.
- Approach ratio 50:1 at dthr.
- Numerous towers up to 836 feet above ground level; 4NM southeast.
- Deer; waterfowl and other birds on and in the vicinity of airport. Hvy concentrations of waterfowl spring and fall.
- Runway incursion risk. Runway 36 and taxiway C. runway hldg psn markings fthr from runway than expected. See HS-1 on airport diagram.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -21C.
- Runway incursion risk. Pilots are reminded to review airport hot spot information bfr txg for departure and bfr landing. See tpp airport diagram and chart suppl sxn on hot spots for addnl information.
- Wrong runway arrival risk, runway 4 and 36 approach ends are closely aligned. See tpp airport diagram.
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.