KLCH — Lake Charles Rgnl
Lake Charles, LA · field elevation 15 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT-TRACON
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KLCH current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KLCH 100253Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/13 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP231 60000 T01670133 50020
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 17 °C / dewpoint 13 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.19 inHg
- Density altitude
- -114 ft · pressure altitude -255 ft
- Observed
- 24 minutes ago
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48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KLCH 092336Z 1000/1024 VRB03KT P6SM -RA BKN100 OVC200 FM100600 VRB05KT P6SM BKN250
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 30.12609, -93.22341
- Elevation
- 15 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
- 3°E (2005)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A1+
- Sectional
- Houston
- County
- Calcasieu, LA
Airport diagram
Everything else KLCH publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 6,500 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 05/23 | 5,200 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 118.75
- Tower 0600-2200
- 120.7
- Ground
- 121.8
- Clearance
- 126.25
- CTAF
- 120.7
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach WEST
- 119.35
- Approach EAST
- 119.8
Published procedures
- 7 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS), VOR
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KLCH 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.