KCWF — Chennault Intl
Lake Charles, LA · field elevation 17 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KCWF current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KCWF 100255Z 36004KT 10SM CLR 17/14 A3019
- Wind
- from 360° at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 17 °C / dewpoint 14 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.19 inHg
- Density altitude
- -76 ft · pressure altitude -253 ft
- Observed
- 19 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 360° at 4 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | 4 kt head | 2 kt from the right |
| 15 | 4 kt tail | 2 kt from the left |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KCWF — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KCWF — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 30.21059, -93.14319
- Elevation
- 17 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1234Z / 2319Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2200
- Magnetic variation
- 0° (2025)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A1+
- Sectional
- Houston
- County
- Calcasieu, LA
Airport diagram
Everything else KCWF publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 10,702 | 200 | CONC | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 120.0
- Tower 0600-2200
- 124.2
- Ground
- 121.65
- CTAF
- 124.2
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 119.8
Published procedures
- 4 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KLCH Lake Charles Rgnl7 nm
- KUXL Southland Fld13 nm
- KORG Orange County35 nm
- KDRI Beauregard Rgnl39 nm
- KACP Allen Parish40 nm
- KBPT Jack Brooks Rgnl48 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KCWF airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Louisiana airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.