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Lake Charles Regional airport at Lake Charles (USA)
Lake Charles Regional airport is located near Lake Charles, with Prairieland at 1mi↑, Prien at 5mi↑, Lake Charles at 6mi↑, Westlake at 8mi↑, Holmwood at 9mi↑, Carlyss at 10mi↑, Calcasieu Parish at 11mi↑, Hackberry at 11mi↑, Sulphur at 12mi↑, Moss Bluff at 12mi↑, Iowa at 15mi↑, Cameron Parish at 18mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in USA and Southernmost airports in USA
→ See also airports in USA
aerial view of Lake Charles Regional airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : KLCH
- IATA code : LCH
- Local code : -
Elevation : 5 m = 16ft
→ See also Highest airports in USA and Lowest airports in USA
Runways
- runway 15/33 : 1981m = 6499ft
- runway 05/23 : 1585m = 5200ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in USA
Where to go from Lake Charles Regional airport KLCH LCH
Aviation weather for Lake Charles Regional airport KLCH LCH
METAR for Lake Charles Regional airport KLCH LCH
KLCH 051353Z 00000KT 6SM HZ SCT017 BKN023 OVC050 28/25 A2983 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NW SLP109 T02830250
Decoded METAR for Lake Charles Regional airport KLCH LCH
METAR issued by KLCH on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 13:53 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 38 hours and -1422 minutes ago.
visibility is 10km = 6sm.
The temperature is 28°C = 82°F, dew point is 25°C = 77°F . This correspond to 84% relative humidity.
QNH is 1010hPa = 29.83inHg
Clouds : scattered clouds at 1700ft = 520m. broken at 2300ft = 700m. overcast at 5000ft = 1520m.
haze
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor LTG D snow T N AND NW Sea Level Pressure SLP=109 T02830250
TAF for Lake Charles Regional airport KLCH LCH
KLCH 051138Z 0512/0612 18010KT P6SM BKN025 FM051300 18010G18KT P6SM VCTS BKN025CB TEMPO 0513/0517 VRB20G30KT 1SM +TSRA OVC025CB FM051900 18014G22KT P6SM VCTS SCT025CB BKN035 FM060100 17005KT P6SM BKN050 FM060800 23003KT 6SM BR BKN015
Decoded TAF for Lake Charles Regional airport KLCH LCH
TAF issued by KLCH on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 11:38 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 1 days and 16 hours and 33 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Wednesday, June 5, 2024 à 12:00 heure TU to Wednesday, June 5, 2024 à 13:00 heure UTC
0512/0612 18010KT P6SM BKN025
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 180°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
broken at 2500ft = 760m
from Wednesday, June 5, 2024 à 13:00 heure TU to Wednesday, June 5, 2024 à 19:00 heure UTC
FM051300 18010G18KT P6SM VCTS BKN025CB
wind 10kt = 19km/h with gusts at 18kt = 33km/h, direction is 180°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
in vicinity thunderstorm
broken at 2500ft = 760m
temporarily from Wednesday, June 5, 2024 à 13:00 heure TU to Wednesday, June 5, 2024 à 17:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0513/0517 VRB20G30KT 1SM +TSRA OVC025CB
wind 20kt = 37km/h with gusts at 30kt = 56km/h, direction is °
Visibility is 2km = 1sm.
heavy thunderstorm rain
overcast at 2500ft = 760m
from Wednesday, June 5, 2024 à 19:00 heure TU to Wednesday, June 5, 2024 à 01:00 heure UTC
FM051900 18014G22KT P6SM VCTS SCT025CB BKN035
wind 14kt = 26km/h with gusts at 22kt = 41km/h, direction is 180°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
in vicinity thunderstorm
scattered clouds at 2500ft = 760m broken at 3500ft = 1070m
from Wednesday, June 5, 2024 à 01:00 heure TU to Thursday, June 6, 2024 à 08:00 heure UTC
FM060100 17005KT P6SM BKN050
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 170°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
broken at 5000ft = 1520m
from Thursday, June 6, 2024 à 08:00 heure TU to Thursday, June 6, 2024 à 12:00 heure UTC
FM060800 23003KT 6SM BR BKN015
wind 3kt = 6km/h, direction is 230°
Visibility is 10km = 6sm.
mist
broken at 1500ft = 460m
NOTAM for Lake Charles Regional airport
Around Lake Charles Regional airport at Lake Charles (USA)
near
- Nearest hotels
- Hotels in Prairieland
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- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 4842mi↑
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- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 4883mi↑ book
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 4884mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 4884mi↑ book
- San Sebastian at 4884mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 4885mi↑
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz at 4897mi↑
- Hôtel Txoko (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 4897mi↑ book
- Grand Hôtel Thalasso & Spa (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 4897mi↑ book
- Vieux Boucau at 4898mi↑
- for Lake Charles Regional airport at 0mi↑
- for Open A-1 Ranch airport at 1mi↑
- for Lake Charles Office airport at 1mi↑
nearest airports to Lake Charles Regional airport at Lake Charles (USA)
- Open A-1 Ranch airport ( 3LA8) at 1mi↑
- Lake Charles Office heliport ( LS81) at 1mi↑
- South 40 heliport ( LS29) at 2mi↑defunct airport
- Children's Clinic of Southwest Louisiana heliport ( US-5012) at 2mi↑
- Air Logistics (Lake Charles) heliport ( LS82) at 3mi↑
- Moss Regional Hospital heliport ( 73LA) at 4mi↑
- Christus Ochsner Lake Area Hospital heliport ( LS58) at 4mi↑
- Lake Charles Memorial heliport ( LA55) at 6mi↑
- Golden Nugget Lake Charles heliport ( US-0617) at 6mi↑
- Golden Nugget Lake Charles heliport ( 17LA) at 6mi↑defunct airport
- Christus Ochsner Saint Patrick Hospital heliport ( 47LA) at 6mi↑
- L Auberge du Lac Hotel seaplane base ( 29LS) at 6mi↑
- Utec heliport ( LS74) at 7mi↑
- Chennault International airport (KCWF CWF ) at 8mi↑METAR & TAF
- Louisiana State Police Troop D heliport ( 5LA8) at 8mi↑
- East Lake Charles airport ( US-4611) at 8mi↑defunct airport
- Morgan Crop Service Nr 2 airport ( 3LA6) at 9mi↑
- Texas Eastern Transmission Maintenance Hq heliport ( LA27) at 9mi↑
- Southland Field airport (KUXL ) at 9mi↑METAR & TAF
- Chute N Gators airport ( 7LA9) at 10mi↑
- Chloe airport ( LA21) at 10mi↑
- Morgan Crop Service airport ( 3LA9) at 11mi↑
- West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital heliport ( LS37) at 11mi↑
- Reynolds airport ( LS10) at 11mi↑
- Grosse Savanne airport ( US-1905) at 12mi↑
- Chalkley heliport ( LA39) at 13mi↑
- Kml airport ( 12LA) at 13mi↑
- West Hackberry heliport ( 0LA0) at 14mi↑
- Sulphur Mines heliport ( 72LA) at 14mi↑
- O'Brien Flying Service airport ( LA71) at 15mi↑
→ See also Former airports in USA
Data sources
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap