# Lake Charles Regional Airport (LCH / KLCH)

**Lake Charles Regional Airport** (IATA: LCH, ICAO: KLCH) is a medium airport in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. It opened in Nov 1961. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,500 ft (1,981 m). In 2025 it handled 183 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LCH / KLCH
- FAA: LCH
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States
- Opened: Nov 1961
- Elevation: 15 ft / 4 m
- Coordinates: 30.1261, -93.2233
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,500 ft / 1,981 m
- Instrument procedures: 7 approaches
- Passengers: 182,768 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.flylakecharles.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Charles_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6475279
- Weather station: KLCH · WMO 72240
- Ident: KLCH

## Timeline

- Nov 1961: Lake Charles Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 6,500 ft / 1,981 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 155° / 335° | yes |
| 05/23 | 5,200 ft / 1,585 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 052° / 232° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05083AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 141,922 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 112,463 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 102,156 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 117,464 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 124,571 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 63,057 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 105,173 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 121,966 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 164,401 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 180,524 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 182,768 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [IAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiah.md) George Bush Intercontinental Airport · United States · 127 mi / 204 km · United Express
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 295 mi / 475 km · American Eagle

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from LCH, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 1
- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 183K (2025) | #1,572 of 3,974 | #348 in North America | #231 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,500 ft / 1,981 m | =4,091 of 29,858 | =1,025 in North America | =784 in US |
| Elevation | 15 ft / 4 m | =42,006 of 43,403 | =18,931 in North America | =15,460 in US |
| Age | Opened 1961 | =4,721 of 15,079 | =3,230 in North America | =3,154 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 119.350 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 118.750 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 126.250 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 120.700 |
| GND | GND | 121.800 |
| RDO | DE RIDDER RDO | 122.300 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.700 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [BPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbpt.md) Jack Brooks Regional Airport · 49 mi / 79 km
- [DRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdri.md) Beauregard Regional Airport · 49 mi / 79 km
- [POE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpoe.md) Polk Army Air Field · 64 mi / 102 km
- [LFT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klft.md) Lafayette Regional Airport · 74 mi / 119 km
- [ARA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kara.md) Acadiana Regional Airport · 80 mi / 129 km
- [AEX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaex.md) Alexandria International Airport · 92 mi / 148 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Lake Charles Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lake_Charles_Regional_Airport&oldid=1364367264), revision of 16 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/klch/data