AirportsLake Charles Regional Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Lake Charles, in Louisiana, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is LCH.
Key facts
- IATA code
- LCH
- ICAO code
- KLCH
- City
- Lake Charles
- State or region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 30.1261° N, 93.2233° W
- Elevation
- 5 m (15 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 1,981 m (6,500 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, LCH means Lake Charles Regional Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KLCH. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 30.1261° N, 93.2233° W. It stands 5 metres (15 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Beaumont, about 85 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Chicago, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Lake Charles Regional Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 1,981 metres (6,500 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 404.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 1,981 m 6,500 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 05/23 | 1,585 m 5,200 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Brooks Regional AirportBeaumont/Port Arthur | BPT | 79 km |
| Lafayette Regional AirportLafayette | LFT | 119 km |
| Alexandria International AirportAlexandria | AEX | 148 km |
| Baton Rouge Metropolitan AirportBaton Rouge | BTR | 204 km |
| George Bush Intercontinental AirportHouston | IAH | 204 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,410 km | 16 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,344 km | 17 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,007 km | 16 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,616 km | 9 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,108 km | 3 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 2,405 km | 3 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 16,068 km | 19 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,848 km | 13 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,030 km | 17 h 25 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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