KLCH — Lake Charles Rgnl
Lake Charles, LA · field elevation 15 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT-TRACON
1 AIRMET & SIGMET Read in the EFB →
KLCH current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KLCH 111153Z 00000KT 7SM CLR 24/24 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP200 70001 T02390239 10250 20239 53003
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 24 °C / dewpoint 24 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Density altitude
- 853 ft · pressure altitude -165 ft
- Observed
- 24 minutes ago
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 111120Z 1112/1212 VRB04KT P6SM SCT250 FM111800 20007KT P6SM SCT250 PROB30 1118/1122 3SM TSRA BKN050CB
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
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
- 1138Z / 0058Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2200
- Magnetic variation
- 3° (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
- 8 approaches — ILS, LD, 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.