# Chennault International Airport (CWF / KCWF)

**Chennault International Airport** (IATA: CWF, ICAO: KCWF) is a small airport in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. It opened in 1940. It has one runway, 10,702 ft (3,262 m) long, concrete.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcwf

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CWF / KCWF
- FAA: CWF
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States
- Opened: 1940
- Elevation: 17 ft / 5 m
- Coordinates: 30.2106, -93.1432
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 10,702 ft / 3,262 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.chennault.org/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennault_International_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708583
- Weather station: KCWF
- Ident: KCWF

## Timeline

- 1940: Chennault International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 10,702 ft / 3,262 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Concrete | 154° / 334° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05111AD.PDF

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 10,702 ft / 3,262 m | #756 of 29,858 | #173 in North America | #139 in US |
| Elevation | 17 ft / 5 m | =41,723 of 43,403 | =18,820 in North America | =15,398 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | LAKE CHARLES APP/DEP | 119.800 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 120.000 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 124.200 |
| GND | GND | 121.650 |
| TWR | TWR | 124.200 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [LA21](https://dromopedia.com/airports/la21.md) Chloe Airport · 3.1 mi / 5.0 km
- [3LA9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3la9.md) Morgan Crop Service Airport · 3.5 mi / 5.7 km
- [3LA6](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3la6.md) Morgan Crop Service Nr 2 Airport · 6.3 mi / 10 km
- [3LA8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3la8.md) Open A-1 Ranch Airport · 7.1 mi / 11 km
- [LCH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klch.md) Lake Charles Regional Airport · 7.5 mi / 12 km
- [LA71](https://dromopedia.com/airports/la71.md) O'Brien Flying Service Airport · 8.6 mi / 14 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcwf/data