South Haven Area Regional
LWA · KLWA · South Haven, Michigan · Van Buren County · map
South Haven Area Regional is a public-use airport, 3 miles south of South Haven, Michigan, 666 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 4,800 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KLWA · observed 5:15 pm EDT (21:15 UTC), 4 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (250°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 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 KLWA 062115Z AUTO 25007KT 10SM CLR 21/09 A2996 RMK AO2
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 LWA · ICAO KLWA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 666 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 4,800 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 3,260 × 190 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 60 ft high 1,395 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 22 ft high 505 ft from the end
- Runway 14: threshold displaced 956 ft, trees 78 ft high 10 ft from the end
- Runway 32: threshold displaced 1,229 ft, tree 50 ft high 235 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.55 | |
| Lwa and aWOS-3P | 118.025 | |
| Pullman and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 269-637-7016.
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 South Haven from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in South Haven, Michigan: 16 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 drone. 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 Michigan.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 2 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
- Deer and large birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate or incr intst runway end identifier lights runway 05 and 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 05 and 23 operates continuously; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 preset low intst DUSK-2300.
- Dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones, 3 each side.
- Dthr marked with 3 feet yellow cones, 3 each side.
- Approach ratio 12:1 to dthr ovr 78 feet trees, 966 feet dist, 110 feet L.
- Agricultural operations summer months.
- Admin building aces: press 5, then 3 and 2 simul, then 1.
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.